SCOUT· 41%38m·2026-11-12·Self DevelopmentUnderstanding Bonds: Part One (BOD042)
What exactly is a bond, and how can it make you money? 💰 In this episode of Bank of Dad, we're breaking down bonds in plain English, from who you're actually lending your money to and how bonds differ from shares, to how interest payments work and what happens when a bond reaches the end of its term. We'll also…
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“Being close to early retirement, this is just the episode I needed as just starting to look in to Bonds/Gilts. Biggest take away from the episode for me though was I found it strange how Pete mentioned Kate was 80 equities 20 Bonds. SURELY…”
“I lost £2000 in Debenhams shares when they went bust 😭 shortly afterwards I stopped investing in individual stocks and moved to funds instead”
“Thanks for vid , and good explanation of bonds .. I think most of us can use this video as reference, but we do not need to worry if we don’t 100% understand . We can still invest in global diverse passive funds for the long term”
“Canadian viewer here. Thanks for the education! One thing not mentioned was that taxes can impact on the relative desirability of different types of bonds, and what accounts you hold them in.”
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