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What are bond and how do they work?

I've been reading a lot of articles on investing and most of the articles that I've read suggests that I should invest part of my money into bonds. It has been I am interested in investing on bonds but I'm not really sure why I should. How do other investors keep their portfolio stable by investing on bonds?

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    A bond is debt instrument that a government or a company issues to raise money.. Bonds are low-risk, stable and predictable investment. Investors earn from this because the investors act as a lender and the government acts as the borrower.

    2020.03.24 15:44

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