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Bond funds’ low returns, high fees, and variable distributions do not serve individual investors well. We founded Bondsavvy to put investors in control by owning individual corporate bonds direct.

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Our Mission

To empower individual investors to own corporate bonds direct and to benefit from the income, growth, and safety these investments can provide.

Bondsavvy's individual corporate bond recommendations empower subscribers to own bonds direct and to achieve returns higher than bond funds and ETFs. Bondsavvy recommends 4-6 new corporate bonds each quarter during The Bondcast, an interactive subscriber investment webinar. We closely monitor our recommended corporate bonds and issue quarterly buy/sell/hold updates. Our subscribers own their bonds direct and follow the below three steps when investing in individual corporate bonds:

How Bondsavvy Works

Watch The Bondcast

Watch The Bondcast

Bondsavvy presents new buy recommendations during The Bondcast, a quarterly subscriber-only investment webinar, where we present the investment analysis that supports each new recommendation. Each edition of The Bondcast includes 4-6 new corporate bond recommendations.

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Make Direct Investments

Make Direct Investments

You decide which of our recommended bonds to buy and make direct bond 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.

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Act on Our Pick Updates

Act on Our Bond Pick Updates

To maximize total returns and mitigate risk, we update our corporate bond recommendations during quarterly subscriber webcasts and our emailed bond investment newsletter. Our buy/sell/hold updates evaluate a corporate bond issuer's financial performance and each bond's value relative to other corporate bonds in the marketplace.

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The Problems Bondsavvy Solves

Very few investors own individual corporate bonds despite their advantages vs. bond funds. We founded Bondsavvy to solve the key problems investors face so more investors can benefit from owning individual corporate bonds:

Investor Problem

Weak returns of overdiversified, inefficient bond funds and ETFs
Biased Moody's and S&P ratings that also ignore price, yield, and interest-rate risk
Difficult to select from 9,000 available corporate bond investments
Many investors believe corporate bonds are too hard to understand

Bondsavvy Solution

Investment returns
Investment returns that have outperformed the leading corporate bond funds and ETFs
Investment analysis
Comprehensive investment analysis that picks bonds with high total return potential
Corporte bond picks
4-6 new corporate bond picks presented every quarter following earnings releases
Educating and empowering investors
Educating and empowering investors is central to everything we do

Why Invest in Individual Corporate Bonds

Investors who want income, protection of principal, capital appreciation, and transparency can find all of these benefits with individual corporate bonds. Company bonds offer many advantages over bond funds, dividend stocks, and municipal bonds:

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Corporate Bonds vs. Bond Funds:

Individual corporate bonds offer potentially higher returns than bond funds, lower fees, increased transparency, and the ability to create a portfolio tailored to an investor’s risk-return objectives.

Corporate Bonds vs Dividend Stocks

Corporate Bonds vs. Dividend Stocks:

Companies can slash or suspend dividends at the drop of a hat. Individual corporate bonds provide investors with contractual income, opportunities for capital appreciation, and greater principal protection than dividend stocks.

Corporate Bonds vs Municipal Bonds

Corporate Bonds vs. Municipal Bonds:

Corporate bonds offer higher returns vs. muni bonds, superior and more frequent financial disclosures, and are far more easy to buy and sell.

What Makes Bondsavvy Different

Bondsavvy has built a better mousetrap for corporate bond investing. We combine a proven bond investing strategy with a second-to-none subscriber experience.

A Better Bond Investing Strategy

With over 27 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:

Focus on total returns

We recommend corporate bonds that have attractive yields relative to their risk and have the opportunity for capital appreciation and strong total returns.

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Invest over Time

We make new corporate bond recommendations after quarterly earnings releases. This enables us to capitalize on opportunities over the course of time.

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Rigorously Follow and Update

After making an initial recommendation, we update our buy/sell/hold recommendations quarterly based on the latest company financial reports and the performance of our recommended bonds.

Sell Before Maturity

We typically sell bonds before maturity to lock in capital gains, increase interest income, and reduce investment risk.

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Why You Should Trust Bondsavvy

We provide subscribers unmatched expertise and objective and unbiased recommendations, which have driven investment returns that have outperformed the leading bond funds and ETFs. Subscribers pay Bondsavvy a subscription fee for access to our corporate bond recommendations and updates, and they execute trades through bond trading platforms 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 bond investment recommendations that can outperform the market.

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  • Corporate Bond Expertise

Our sole focus is individual corporate bond investments for individual investors. Founder Steve Shaw has presented to the SEC on the state of retail bond investing. 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).

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  • Unbiased, Objective Recommendations

Bondsavvy makes corporate bond recommendations solely on their merits. We conduct a comprehensive investment analysis where we recommend a small number of individual corporate bonds from the 9,000 available. We charge a flat fee for our service and do not earn any trading commissions. We therefore do not try to sell you 'our' bonds in the way some full-service brokerages do. Our goal is to identify bonds that can achieve total returns higher than bond funds and ETFs.

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  • Strong Performance

Bondsavvy has shown how owning a select portfolio of corporate bonds can outperform the leading bond ETFs. Through February 28, 2025, the investment returns of over 72% of our exited corporate bond recommendations have beaten their benchmark corporate bond ETF.

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A Better Subscriber Experience

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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As a Bondsavvy subscriber, you will:

Be empowered to increase your investment returns with our 15 to 20 new corporate bond recommendations each year

Receive regular recommendation updates via webcast and email

Save significant time, as Bondsavvy does the investment analysis for you

Learn bond investing from Steve Shaw, the leading expert on corporate bond investing for individual investors

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Upcoming Investment Webinars & Presentations

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The Super Bondcast

June 26, 2025 5:00pm EDT

Bondsavvy updates the buy/sell/hold ratings on its 61 corporate bond recommendations. Exclusive one-hour interactive webinar for Bondsavvy subscribers only. Recording available to Bondsavvy subscribers shortly after event concludes.

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