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Anonymous

04 May 2019

General Investing

Is investing in bonds necessary? If so, what type of bonds if I’m looking to be invested in a long time horizon about 20 years?

Trying to build my investment portfolio currently investing in mutual funds. Not quite sure whether I should be investing in bonds too? If so, what type of bonds if I’m looking to be invested in a long time horizon about 20 years

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Bonds can be a part of your investment portfolio as they are less volatile than equities. There are government bonds, corporate bonds and high-yield bonds. However, you can consider the CPF Special Account as similar to government bonds. Therefore, you should only consider corporate bonds or high-yield bonds as part of an overall investment portfolio.

Ang Yee Gary

23 Apr 2019

Medicine at National University Of Singapore

For long term bonds interest rate risk and reinvestment risk should be considered.
U need to have a view on how interest rates will move in next 20 years.

Hariz Arthur Maloy

22 Apr 2019

Independent Financial Advisor at Promiseland Independent

Always a good to have to provide some negative correlation with your equity holdings. If you're alre...

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