Learn how call protection in bonds prevents early buybacks by issuers, safeguarding your investment for a defined term with ...

When companies and governments issue bonds, they do so with a specific maturity date attached to the bond. For example, a five-year corporate bond will pay interest for five years before it’s ...

Callable bonds are a type of bond that the issuer can “call” or redeem before the maturity date. The specifics vary from bond to bond, but callable bonds always have one thing in common — the issuer ...

Bond investors are used to studying features like yield, maturity and credit quality. But many municipal and corporate bonds throw a curve: a "call" feature that ends the income flow, adding a layer ...

If a bond is "callable," it means that the issuer has the right to buy the bond back at a predetermined date before its full maturity date. The call could happen at the bond's face value, or the ...

When thinking of interest rates in the taxable world, practitioners look at bellwether indicators such as the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield, and more broadly at the Treasury yield curve — a ...

The advance refunding of tax-exempt bonds with taxable bonds is the dominant activity in the municipal markets. This is the major driver of the increase in taxable volume. According to a recent report ...