Investors buy bonds for stable income, capital protection, and diversification. Big institutions always hold bonds to balance risk.
Bond yields go up, stocks usually go down. Bond yields go down, stocks usually go up. If you trade Nasdaq, watch bond yields daily.
You don’t need to buy bonds directly. You can trade them using ETFs like TLT, IEF, and SHY.
A bond is a loan. You earn interest. Prices move opposite to interest rates. Yield is the real return.”