Bonds 101: how to invest in bonds & what to look out for

<p>Have you ever wondered what an investment bond is?</p><p><br></p><p>To put it simply, bonds are effectively an IOU between a borrower (the issuer of the bond) and a lender (the investor who purchases the bond).</p><p>Although they’re less discussed in the retail investment space, the bond market in Australia alone is huge! As of May 2022, there are over $888 billion worth of Australian Government bonds issued, and that’s not even including the trillion dollar corporate bond market in Australia.</p><p><br></p><p>In this investment bond crash course, we cove...