Vanguard has a collection of bond ETFs across different maturity periods. The longer the maturity, the higher the yield. Investors need to balance the extra yield against the risk of longer-term bonds ...

If your financial plan demands you earn more than the 3% or 4%—and it should—now's the time to get comfortable with risk and how to manage it. You probably face risk-reward trade-offs regularly. When ...

In the search for income, investors sometimes don't pay enough attention to risk. That is a problem with both stocks and bonds. The interesting thing is that risk can often be very rewarding on the ...