The disadvantages of bonds include rising interest rates, market volatility and credit risk. Bond prices rise when rates fall and fall when rates rise. Your bond portfolio could…
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Bond mutual funds can lose value if the bond manager sells a significant amount of bonds in a rising interest rate environment and investors in the open market…
Any U.S. citizen or resident who has a Social Security number, regardless of age, can own a U.S. savings bond. If you want to buy a savings bond…
Generally, bonds are thought of as safe. … If you purchased a 10-year U.S. government bond on Oct. 1, 2020, the bond would have yielded 0.68%. In other…
Effective today, Series EE savings bonds issued November 2020 through April 2021 will earn an annual fixed rate of 0.10%. Series I savings bonds will earn a composite…
Generally, unvested equity awards that companies have granted to their employees are not included in the calculation of basic EPS, even though such contingent awards are legally considered…
How are stock options taxed when sold? With NSOs, you pay ordinary income taxes when you exercise the options, and capital gains taxes when you sell the shares….
Early exercise is only possible with American-style option contracts, which the holder may exercise at any time up to expiration. With European-style option contracts, the holder may only…
When interest rates are expected to rise: an investor may consider adding individual bonds to their portfolio. … When interest rates are expected to decline: bond prices are…
The intrinsic value of both call and put options is the difference between the underlying stock’s price and the strike price. In the case of both call and…