Watch this video before you buy a retail bond

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If you want a home for your money that is not only safe but offers an inflation-busting return, you could consider retail bonds. But new investors beware: the bond market is quite different from the equities market. Here are seven things you should know before you buy a retail bond.

Beginner's guide to investing: bonds

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Tim graduated with a history degree from Cambridge University in 1989 and, after a year of travelling, joined the financial services firm Ernst and Young in 1990, qualifying as a chartered accountant in 1994.

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