How to Navigate the Amusement Park of Rising Interest Rates

It is a time-honored tradition that having bonds as part of a diversified portfolio is important, particularly as we age. Young investors can eschew bonds if they are willing to ride out the ebbs and flows of the stock market, but as we get into our 40s and beyond, it is common, and often necessary, to inject them into the equation.  But there has been recent turmoil in the bond market, also known as fixed income, driven by the , something that