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The Money Making Guide to Bonds: Straightforward Strategies for Picking the Right Bonds and Bond Funds [Hardcover]

Hildy Richelson (Author), Stan Richelson (Author)
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Book Description

September 1, 2002
Bonds are the financial Cinderellas of the new millennium. Investors became aware of their charms when they saw their stock portfolios tanking while bonds were delivering double-digit returns. With the discovery that bonds could be a lucrative as well as a safe investment came a major problem: no single source of easily accessible information has been available that uniformly describes bonds, compares their relative strengths and drawbacks, and tells how to select and profit from buying them -- until now.

Registered investment advisers Hildy and Stan Richelson have written The Money-Making Guide to Bonds to serve as this solid and thorough, yet user-friendly, resource on the subject. Over 35 different types of bonds and 20 types of bond funds are described, highlighting the specific advantages, risks, and tax implications of each.

The stock market decline clearly demonstrated to investors that bonds belong in every portfolio. The Money-Making Guide to Bonds not only gives readers the information they need to select bonds suited to their needs but also tells them how to allocate bonds within a portfolio and then concludes with specific strategies for reducing taxes and increasing income.



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"I'm delighted to report there's finally a book that shows how this integral part of a portfolio works." -- BookPage

"The Money-Making Guide to Bonds is a clear and comprehensive road map for the novice... This book is required reading." -- John B. Brynjolfsson, Manager, PIMCO Real Return Bond Fund

"The Money-Making Guide to Bonds is packed full of essential information presented in an understandable way." -- Robert L. Freedman, Senior partner, Estate and Financial Planning, Dechert

"This excellent resource is designed for investors of all means... It’s one of the best books on bonds I’ve seen." -- George D. Kinder, CFP, Author, The Seven Stages of Money Maturity

About the Author

Richelson is the President of the Scarsdale Investment Group, Ltd.


Richelson is a fee-only financial planner, business adviser, attorney, and personal coach.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Bloomberg Press; 1 edition (September 1, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1576601226
  • ISBN-13: 978-1576601228
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,691,381 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Important reading, January 7, 2003
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This review is from: The Money Making Guide to Bonds: Straightforward Strategies for Picking the Right Bonds and Bond Funds (Hardcover)
The Money-Making Guide to Bonds is important reading for anyone with a bond portfolio, contemplating a bond portfolio or who should be considering bonds but doesn't know it. This well written book balances practical solutions with a very readable dose of technical information. The Money-Making Guide to Bonds will enable the reader to effectively manage their bond portfolio or intelligently deal with a portfolio manager.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A useful and practical guide to an informed investment, October 18, 2003
This review is from: The Money Making Guide to Bonds: Straightforward Strategies for Picking the Right Bonds and Bond Funds (Hardcover)
Co-written by recognized bond adviser and financial author Hildy Richelson and fee-only financial planner, attorney and coach Stan Richelson, The Money-Making Guide To Bonds: Straightforward Strategies For Picking The Right Bonds And Bond Funds is a useful and practical guide to an informed investment in the bond market. Presented in a direct, no-nonsense tone which is thoroughly accessible to readers of all financial backgrounds, the individual chapters discuss over 35 different types of bonds in detail, complete with their specific advantages and disadvantages, as well as tax issues, ways to protect oneself from risks, how to make the best use of online resources, and more. Though The Money-Making Guide To Bonds cannot replace professional advice or judgement, it is a "must-read" for non-specialist general readers seeking familiarize themselves with the complex bond market before seeing a financial expert who bills by the hour.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun reading, great reference, March 9, 2003
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This book is a great roadmap through the daunting maze of bonds available in today's market. My favorite parts were: *the detailed comparison of major categories of bonds, pointing out their advantages and disadvantages; *the "Richelson Investment Rules" (7 guidelines to help you think through your personal asset allocations and strategies); and *the final chapter suggesting specific strategies to consider in a variety of situations (like "strategies when interest rates are low or falling," and "strategies for keeping taxes low after retirement.") The book is interesting and upbeat reading, and it's so well-organized I expect to refer to it to review information and suggestions again and again.
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First Sentence:
BONDS ARE NEGOTIABLE or saleable loans, and what is special about them for investors is that there is a ready marketplace in which to trade them. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
agency mortgage securities, taxable munis, deferred fixed annuity, tobacco bonds, retail notes, muni funds, transportation bonds, sewer bonds, insured bonds, hospital bonds, bond index funds, housing bonds, high tax state, muni bonds, phantom income, junk bond funds, immediate annuity, deflation rate, municipal bond funds, corporate bond funds, private activity bonds, extraordinary calls, composite rate, credit watch, mortgage pool
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Fannie Mae, Ginnie Mae, Freddie Mac, New York, United States, Social Security, Treasury Department, Wall Street Journal, Fitch Ratings, Sallie Mae, John Doe, Farm Credit System, Federal Home Loan Banks, Federal National Mortgage Association, Liberty Bonds, Some Preferred, Tennessee Valley Authority, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Housing Administration, Industrial Development Bonds, Orange County, Salomon Brothers
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