Bond funds are plagued by weak returns and high undisclosed fees. We founded BondSavvy so investors can increase their returns by owning individual corporate bonds.
Get StartedDesire for strong returns but with less risk than stocks
Moody's and S&P ratings that ignore price, yield, and interest-rate risk
Difficult to select from 9,000 available corporate bonds
Many investors believe corporate bonds are too hard to understand
73% of our corporate bond picks have beaten the leading bond ETFs
Comprehensive analysis that picks bonds with high total return potential
25 recommendations per year. New corporate bond picks presented Dec 17
Educating and empowering investors is central to everything we do
To put the power of individual corporate bonds into the hands of every subscriber.
Investors who want income, protection of principal, capital appreciation, and transparency can find all of these benefits with individual corporate bonds. Corporate bonds offer many advantages over bond funds, dividend stocks, and municipal bonds:
With blue-chip companies such as Boeing, Disney, and Ford suspending dividends, corporate bond investing has never been more important. Individual corporate bonds provide investors with income they can rely on, opportunities for capital appreciation, and greater principal protection than dividend stocks.
BondSavvy has built a better mousetrap for corporate bond investing. We combine a proven bond investing strategy with a second-to-none subscriber experience.
With over 23 years of experience in the financial markets, BondSavvy founder Steve Shaw has created an investing strategy that provides subscribers an edge. Key parts of this strategy include:
We recommend corporate bonds that have attractive yields relative to their risk and have the opportunity for capital appreciation and strong total returns.
See our full investment strategyWe make new corporate bond recommendations after quarterly earnings releases and as opportunities present themselves. This enables us to capitalize on opportunities over the course of time.
Learn why our approach beats bond laddersAfter making an initial recommendation, we regularly update our analysis based on new company financial reports and the performance of our recommended bonds
We sell previously recommended bonds when little upside remains based on the financial performance of the company and the price of the recommended bond relative to comparable bonds
When To Sell BondsExpertise, alignment of interests, and performance are how BondSavvy earns the trust of its subscribers. Subscribers pay BondSavvy a subscription fee for access to our corporate bond recommendations and updates, and they execute trades through online brokers such as Fidelity.com and E*TRADE. We don’t earn trading commissions and are not a broker-dealer selling you bonds, so we can provide subscribers with unbiased investment recommendations that can outperform the market.
Our sole focus is individual corporate bond investments for individual investors. Founder Steve Shaw has presented to the SEC on the state of individual investors investing in individual corporate bonds. He has also presented his bond investing strategy on Fidelity and E*TRADE webinars and to over 20 nationwide chapters of the American Association of Individual Investors (AAII).
Read Steve's Full Bio HereBondSavvy founder Steve Shaw owns nearly every corporate bond BondSavvy recommends, which aligns our interests with our subscribers. In addition, since we are not a broker-dealer that holds bond inventory, we make each recommendation based on its merits. This is different from many traditional financial advisors who recommend bonds primarily because those same bonds are owned by their firm’s trading desk and the firm earns money on the corporate bond bid-ask spread and a juicy financial advisor commission.
Learn MoreBondSavvy has shown how owning a select portfolio of corporate bonds can outperform the leading bond ETFs. 73% of our corporate bond recommendations have beaten their benchmark bond ETF.
See Our ReturnsWe've designed our subscription fee to be a fraction of the returns our bond recommendations achieve. Learn how:
As soon as you subscribe to BondSavvy, you immediately gain access to every corporate bond recommendation we have made since September 2017. You will also see our current buy/sell/hold recommendations and the presentations and reports that support each recommendation.
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BondSavvy empowers subscribers to make successful buy/sell corporate bond investment decisions. BondSavvy narrows the universe of corporate bonds to a select number we recommend to our subscribers. We then monitor our recommended corporate bonds and issuing companies and decide whether to recommend buying more bonds, holding recommended bonds, or selling previously recommended bonds. Our subscribers follow the below three steps when making direct investments in corporate bonds:
BondSavvy empowers you to invest in corporate bonds by presenting the best bonds to buy during The Bondcast, a subscriber-only investment webinar we host after companies report quarterly earnings.
Watch Free SampleYou decide which of our recommended bonds to buy and make direct investments through your own online brokerage. Investing in bonds online is an efficient and competitive marketplace, where individual investors can invest at bond prices that are competitive with large bond funds.
How To Invest OnlineOur goal is to maximize the total return on each corporate bond we recommend. Corporate bond prices have ceilings and cannot increase in value to the extent stocks can. We therefore advocate selling bonds prior to maturity when we believe a recommended bond has maximized its investment return opportunity.
When To Sell BondsTo help educate and empower investors, we have created the world’s #1 blog focused on investing in individual corporate bonds.
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We have also created a Corporate Bonds FAQ page to empower investors to add individual corporate bonds to their portfolios.
March 11, 2021
BondSavvy presents new corporate bond recommendations to subscribers.
March 18, 2021
Steve Shaw presents Rethinking Bond Investing to AAII Twin Cities.
March 25, 2021
BondSavvy provides updated buy/sell/hold ratings on previous investment recommendations.