High Return Bond Investments

Let's begin our how to invest in corporate bonds webinar.

When investors decide whether to invest in bonds, they should view individual corporate bonds as investments that can, at times, achieve higher returns than stock market investments but without the downside and investment volatility of stock investments. As of December 31, 2018, BondSavvy had presented 27 corporate bond investment ideas, of which, 24 are still being recommended. We recommended selling one pick, and two others were 'hold but don't buy more.'

Prior to launching BondSavvy in June 2017, I had made 13 investments in individual corporate bonds. I show the returns for these previous investments below. These examples show how bond investing isn't just for clipping coupons and making 2-3% returns. Corporate bond investments can often provide high returns, especially if investors can identify bonds that are a compelling value and that can appreciate in price.

Corporate Bond	CUSIP	Purchase Date	Sold Date	Annualized Investment Return
Exited Investments
Cablevision 8.000% 4/15/2020	12686CBA6	12/8/15	1/10/18	13.3%
Cablevision 5.875% 9/15/2022	12686CBB4	12/8/15	1/9/18	17.6%
Toys R Us 10.375% 8/15/2017	892335AN0	2/12/16	9/26/16	54.2%
US Cellular 6.700% 12/15/2033	911684AD0	12/17/14	7/9/15	5.1%
ADT Group 4.875% 7/15/2042	00101JAG1	10/16/14	7/9/15	-5.8%
GFI Group 8.625% 7/19/2018	361652AA8	1/16/13	3/17/15	16.0%
Ruby Tuesday 7.625% 5/15/2020	781182AB6	1/6/17	7/15/17	0.8%
Apple 3.850% 5/4/2043	037833AL4	10/28/13	5/9/18	6.4%
CenturyLink 7.600% 9/15/2039	156700AM8	1/4/17	8/5/18	4.9%
Microsoft 4.000% 2/12/2055	594918BE3	2/12/16	1/3/19	6.4%

Still-Held Investments
Apple 4.450% 5/6/2044	037833AT7	2/12/16
Discovery Comms 4.950% 5/15/2042	25470DAG4	1/19/17
Jefferies 6.500% 1/20/2043	472319AM4	1/19/17

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Time	Slide	Summary
0:00	1	Bond Investing Made Simple
0:56	2	High Return Bond Investments
2:04	3	Vanguard Bond Fund Returns
3:06	4	Individual Bond Investment Returns
3:47	5	Fixed Income Investing Strategy
10:32	6	Understanding Bond Investing
11:01	7	Bond Investment Webinar Agenda
12:17	8	Disclaimer
13:34	9	How Big Is the US Bond Market?
16:23	10	AAII Asset Allocation Survey
17:59	11	iShares AGG ETF Returns
18:59	12	Why Own Actual Bonds Rather Than Funds?
20:50	13	Five Myths of Corporate Bond Investing
21:44	14	Bonds Minimum Investment
24:27	15	Corporate Bond Prices Online
29:47	16	Low-Cost Bond ETF Returns
31:28	17	Best Fixed Return Investments
35:33	18	Interest Rates' Impact on Bond Prices
38:17	19	After-Tax Bond Returns
39:57	20	Corporate Bond Bid-Ask Spreads
43:46	21	Review of Depth of Book
44:07	22	Individual Bonds vs. Mutual Funds
47:22	23	BondSavvy’s Value Add
48:18	24	Narrowing Down Bond Search Results
50:34	25	Corporate Bonds Example
54:19	28	High Yield Bonds Analysis
1:03:13	31	Before you invest…
1:05:04	32	Closing Remarks

I founded Bondsavvy to empower individual investors and to make individual corporate bonds an even stronger alternative to bond funds and ETFs.

Money market yields recently hit 22-month lows, and the paltry 1.2% S&P 500 dividend yield has fallen to 24-year lows. As of February 28, 2025, 38 of Bondsavvy’s 62 bond recommendations had YTMs of at least 5.50%.

We cut through the clutter and market noise to identify individual corporate bonds that can outperform bond funds and ETFs over the long term.

Let’s get Bondsavvy!

Steve Shaw Founder & President

High Return Bond Investments

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