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Investing 4: Bonds & Becky With the Good Yield

Planet Money Summer School

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Borrowing Money From the General Public

Vicky bogan is an associate professor in the c johnson college of business at cornell university. She taught fixed income securities for about a decade, and it means everything bond markets ban related. When i buy a bond from a company, i am effectively loaning money to that company. you can also invest in government bonds, like us. Treasury's, and it works pretty much the same.

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