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Where Do Bonds Fit in Your Investment Plan?

There’s no simple answer to whether you should own bonds.  Conventional financial wisdom holds that bonds are an essential part of any portfolio.  But while bonds can play an important role of adding security, whether to include them – and if so, at what level – isn’t an automatic decision.

Read Laura Mattia's March 2014 Financially Empowering Women™ (FEW) column to read more about where bonds fit in your investment plan.

You can go to the ABC News website or click the link below to read the entire article.

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