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Pathfinder: Bonds
Resources for Bonds
Bonds are debt investments. They represent a loan you make to an institution—a corporation, government, or government agency—in exchange for interest payments during a specific term plus the repayment of your principal when the bond comes due. Because the income you receive from a bond is generally fixed at the time the bond is created, bonds are often considered fixed-income investments.
The following resources are all available free online, or through SELCO libraries. Ask your local librarian if you have further research needs.
Subject Headings in the catalog
• Bonds
• Finance, Personal
• Government securities
• Investments
• Savings bonds
Books
• Andrew, John. Buying Municipal Bonds: The Common Sense Guide to Tax-Free Personal Investing. New York: Free Press, 1987.
• Krefetz, Gerald. The Basics of Bonds. Chicago, Ill: Dearborn Financial Pub, 1992.
Littauer, Stephen L. How to Buy Bonds the Smart Way. Chicago, Ill: Dearborn Financial Pub, 1996.
• Orman, Suze. Ask Suze --About Stocks and Bonds. New York: Riverhead Books, 2000.
Richelson, Hildy, and Stan Richelson. The Money-Making Guide to Bonds: Straightforward Strategies for Picking the Right Bonds and Bond Funds. Princeton: Bloomberg Press, 2002.
Scott, David Logan. David Scott's Guide to Investing in Bonds. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2004
Thau, Annette. The Bond Book: Everything Investors Need to Know About Treasuries, Municipals, GNMAs, Corporates, Zeros, Bond Funds, Money Market Funds, and More. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001.
Magazines & Newspapers
• Bond Guide. Published by the Standard and Poor's Corporation.
Databases
• EBSCOhost - Business Source Premier. Search for the Subject Term “Bonds”.
• ProQuest Newspapers. Includes Wall Street Journal & Barron’s.
Websites
All Smart Investing links are available at http://www.delicious.com/smartinvesting
