Shares & Derivatives
Creating a Bond Ladder
By Mr. IPO  •  February 28, 2016

I spent the last few weeks finishing a book bought during Christmas. (I skip some irrelevant chapters in between and focus on the gist of the book). 

Considering my workload, this is actually quite an "achievement" and I didn't have to travel for work in Feb helped tremendously.  

Bond Ladder

I will assume you know what a bond is. I have blog about a few retail bonds that IPOed last year. You can read about them here

I am not sure if you had heard of a bond ladder but basically what it means is that you buy a series of bond papers at regular intervals and hold them till maturity

Each bond pays you interest twice a year (typically) and the principal amount at maturity. Assuming you repeat that process every month, you will create a portfolio that gives you a stable and predictable cash ...
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Mr. IPO graduated from NTU with a Bachelor in Accountancy (Honors) and started life as a lowly auditor. The audit experience not only polished up his accounting skills but also made him very skeptical about the financial records of companies. He always read the financial reports with a huge dose of salt ...
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