Despite recent anxiety that U.S. debt levels are becoming unsustainable, bond experts emphasize that Treasury bills remain ...

Refunded bonds secure investor principal by holding the cash amount aside via the original issuer, providing low-risk investment akin to U.S. Treasuries.

How to shift your mindset away from bonds.

Bonds play an important role in many portfolios by providing income, helping to manage volatility, and adding diversification alongside stocks.

I spend a lot of column space talking about equities (stocks). Whether U.S. or international, large cap or small cap, or value or growth, equities are a way of buying a small ownership in the future ...