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Rising Interest Rates, Falling Bonds and a Possible Way Forward

As interest rates rise, are you wondering if the bonds in your portfolio are still the wise investment you once thought?

If you are having second thoughts about bonds, you aren’t the only one. In the latter part of 2021, even Bill Gross, known as the “Bond King,” said that bonds belong in the “investment garbage can.”

Bonds typically have an inverse relationship with interest rates, meaning when interest rates rise, bond values decrease. With interest rates currently rising, plenty of people are wondering what they

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