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Personal Finance Daily: Bond investors face risks, uncertainty

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Personal Finance Daily
APRIL 18, 2012

Wednesday's Personal Finance Stories

By MarketWatch

Personal Finance Daily
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Got bonds? You face a number of risks and challenges in the years ahead. Check out our Investing Insights special report to get expert analysis on how to best position your bond portfolio for the coming interest-rate upheaval.

Our special report is based on a recent MarketWatch panel event in New York, featuring William O'Donnell, head of U.S. Treasury strategy at RBS Securities; Lee Munson, founder and chief investment officer at Portfolio LLC; and Robert Powell, MarketWatch's senior retirement columnist. The event was moderated by David Callaway, our editor-in-chief.

Check out the stories and videos, plus find out what money moves one Fed follower is making now.

Andrea Coombes , Personal Finance editor

INVESTING INSIGHTS: SPECIAL REPORT

Now's the time for a bond ladder

Given what's likely to happen to interest rates in the coming months and years, now might be the perfect time to use a bond ladder for your portfolio. But investors still face inflation risk.
Read more: Now's the time for a bond ladder.


Rate outlook poses big risks for bond investors

With interest rates near all-time lows, bond investors are between a rock and a hard place. At a MarketWatch Investing Insights event, bond experts discuss the risks and strategies investors should be thinking about now.
 Watch video: Rate outlook poses big risks for bond investors.


Bond investing: risks and strategies

At a MarketWatch Investing Insights panel discussion, William O'Donnell, head of U.S. Treasury strategy at RBS Securities Inc., talks about how investors can best manage their bond investments in a time of ultralow interest rates.
 Watch video: Bond investing: risks and strategies.


LIFESTYLE

How people pick a pet at a shelter

The ASPCA studies what traits make pets adoptable. For dogs, it's their appearance. For cats, it's behavior. ASPCA's Dr. Katherine Miller discusses on Lunch Break.
 Watch video: How people pick a pet at a shelter.


INVESTING

5 money moves a Fed follower is making now

There's a heaviness in James Bianco's voice when he talks about the U.S. economy and the investing climate. It's the tone of someone who is dismayed by current conditions but is resigned to them.
Read more: 5 money moves a Fed follower is making now.


Leading indicators of a market top

The financial sector's recent strong performance makes it unlikely the bull market is close to a top, according to Mark Hulbert's investigation.
Read more: Leading indicators of a market top.


Buffett's cancer spurs Apple-Berkshire comparison

The disclosure from Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett that he has stage-1 prostate cancer sparked a wave of sympathetic responses from his fans, a 1% drop in its stock Wednesday, and proved a good excuse to take a fresh look at Berkshire Hathaway's future.
Buffett's cancer spurs Apple-Berkshire comparison.


ECONOMY & POLITICS

U.S. bows to Wall Street on derivatives

Under pressure from Wall Street, energy companies and lawmakers on Capitol Hill, the nation's commodity futures and securities regulators Wednesday voted to approve rules that would require a smaller group of derivatives traders to set aside capital than they had originally considered.
Read more: U.S. bows to Wall Street on derivatives.


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