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How To Make Direct Investments in Corporate Bonds

Owning fixed income investments directly rather than through a bond mutual fund or bond ETF offers many advantages, such as higher potential returns, greater investment transparency, contractual interest payments, a maturity date, and lower fees.  That said, there are thousands of individual corporate bonds from which to choose, and it can be difficult to decide which corporate bonds to buy.

This is one of BondSavvy's key differentiators and value-adds.

BondSavvy narrows the universe of corporate bonds to a select number we recommend to our subscribers.  We then monitor our recommended 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 investing in corporate bonds: