Professional investors and other market participants are lousy at forecasting interest rates. Here are three more options to lock in higher yields today.

Topics covered include:

• The risk of buying long-term bonds and ETFs to benefit from falling yields
• How volatility drag has impacted a long-term bond ETF like TLT
• Why interest rates won't go up just because the government issues more bonds
• How CDs, fixed annuities, and zero-coupon bonds work
• We compare and contrast the seven fixed-income options reviewed in this two-part series

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Show Notes

Investors may be getting the Federal Reserve wrong, again—The Economist

Today's Best Multi-Year Guaranteed Annuities—Immediate Annuities

Zero-Coupon Treasuries Flew Off Shelves During October Yield Surge by Elizabeth Stanton—Bloomberg

Investments Mentioned

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT)

Invesco BulletShares 2029 Corporate Bond ETF (BSCT)

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418: Bond Investing Masterclass

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