If Inflation Is Growing and Interest Rates Are Decreasing, What Will Happen to Bond Prices?

May 5, 2009

This seems to be the current situation; usually interest rates go up with inflation (which would make bond prices go down), but now we have substantial inflation, and interest rates are heading south. Help! Are bonds safe?

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dm_dragons May 5, 2009 at 12:10 pm: Bonds are "safe" in that they are owed to you legally. You aren't buying stock that might not be worth anything, you are actually giving a loan that must be paid back. As long as the company or government survives, you'll get your "loan" back with a bond.

As far as bonds value to you as for the yield – they tend to make money when the stock market drops. So you should have a portion of your portfolio in bonds to offset bad stock years.

If Inflation Is Growing and Interest Rates Are Decreasing, What Will Happen to Bond Prices?

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