Bond Basics
Incapital.com offers financial professionals and investors extensive information on bonds, CDs and structured notes. This site is not intended to provide full disclosure of the risks and features associated with all types of bonds. For new issue notes and CDs, these disclosures may be found on the relevant prospectus and offering documents.
Of the websites which cover bond basics, InvestingInBonds.com and FINRA.org are among the most educational and comprehensive.
On Incapital.com, glossaries with bond market terminology are available on bond basics, municipal bonds, CMOs and structured investments.
Risk Considerations covered on this site include:
The Bonds Bascis section begins with an introduction to bonds and laddering basics. See also introductory pages on new issue corporate and U.S. Agency notes.
Offerings of investment grade corporate and U.S. Agency notes are posted on a regular basis and typically remain available through a one week offering period. Notes are issued by major U.S. corporations & GSEs under various brand names including InterNotes® and DirectNotes®. Weekly offerings are available in a variety of structures and maturities, including fixed rate and callable notes.
Nearly all broker-dealers in the U.S. participate in new issue note programs. Corporate notes are unsecured debt obligations, and prospectus information should be consulted prior to any purchase. Contact your financial advisor to discuss investment risks, current rates, secondary markets, and other information regarding these new issue offerings.