If the issuing company remains solvent, bonds can be a good, stable investment. One of the dangers of investing in a long-term bond is the potential for it to lose value before it comes due. When you ...

Somer G. Anderson is CPA, doctor of accounting, and an accounting and finance professor who has been working in the accounting and finance industries for more than 20 years. Her expertise covers a ...

Michael Boyle is an experienced financial professional with more than 10 years working with financial planning, derivatives, equities, fixed income, project management, and analytics. Current maturity ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Depending on whom you ask, the lengthening maturity of US government debt is either a smart response to ...

Time is a measuring concept we use to order our experience — contrasting what is past from what is present from what is future, and prioritizing our choices for deciding when to schedule doing what.