A bond ladder is an investment strategy that involves purchasing multiple bonds that mature at different times. The ladder analogy is an apt visual tool to describe how bond ladders work: Each rung of ...

A CD ladder consists of opening several CDs with different maturity dates. A CD ladder's benefit is you can earn high rates and also have access to portions of your money at frequent intervals. With a ...

The individual bond ladder I created last year beat corporate bond ETFs on total return. Keeping average maturity around 5 years, targeting slightly lower credit quality in the BBB range, and buying ...

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