Bonds & Fixed Income
From 'what is a bond?' to reading the yield curve — understand the other half of the market, where you lend instead of own, and why it moves the way it does.
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- What a bond is — lending money for regular interest plus your principal back
- Why bond prices and yields move in opposite directions
- How Treasury bills, notes, and bonds differ, and why they're the 'risk-free' benchmark
- What a yield actually measures, beyond the coupon rate
- What the yield curve is, including the 10-year vs 2-year spread and inversions
- How bond yields ripple into mortgage rates and the wider economy
- Bond funds vs individual bonds — the trade-offs of each
Lessons in this course
Seven short lessons on what bonds are, why their prices move, Treasuries, yields, the yield curve, and how to actually invest in them.
What Are Bonds?
The simplest way to understand a bond: it's an IOU you can buy.
How Bond Prices Work
Why a bond's price moves — and why it falls when interest rates rise.
Treasury Bonds Explained
The bonds the U.S. government issues to fund itself — and the yardstick the whole financial world measures against.
Bond Yields Explained
The coupon is the rate printed on the bond. The yield is what you actually get.
The Yield Curve Explained
One line that plots Treasury yields from short to long — and why people watch it so closely.
How Bond Yields Affect You
The bond market quietly sets the price of the loans in your everyday life.
Bond Funds vs Individual Bonds
Two ways to own bonds: pick them one by one, or buy a whole basket at once.
Course Summary
Review everything you learned and celebrate your progress.
Understand the other half of the market.
Start with what a bond actually is — then see why prices and yields move opposite each other, what the yield curve signals, and how to invest in bonds, one short lesson at a time.
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