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Investing in Single Bonds as a Small Time Investor?

Alby asked:


Is there anyplace where a small investor can buy bonds? And I don’t mean I-Bonds or any of those direct Government treasuries. But I mean Corporate Bonds that might be yielding 8% or 12%?? Can you buy just (1) Corporate Bond?

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One Response to “Investing in Single Bonds as a Small Time Investor?”

  1. enoriverbend on April 19th, 2009 12:19 pm

    Of course. Many brokerages support this. However, it used to be that it was quite difficult for an individual investor to get a good deal on buying a bond (and difficult to even find out much about availability and prices). Recently this has gotten easier with the new MarketAxess system — Fidelity was one of the big adopters of this system. So if you’re interested in buying individual bonds in particular, before you select a broker first check out the extent of their bond tools and access to individual bonds.

    However, it’s hard to diversify your risk as a individual investor in bonds, unless you have substantial funds, so bond mutual funds is still a better choice for most people. Plus it’s still just plain easier.