Watch this video before you buy a retail bond
Tim Bennett explains the seven things you should know before you buy a retail bond.
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.
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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.
He then moved into financial markets training, designing and running a variety of courses at graduate level and beyond for a range of organisations including the Securities and Investment Institute and UBS. He joined MoneyWeek in 2007.
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