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[quote=Anonymous]I think buying individual bonds would be a safer bet than a bond fund which can go up and down just like stock funds. Of course I'd be loath to do that unless you had $15-$20k to play with. There are several closed-end mutual funds from Blackrock and other companies that (1) trade just like stocks and (2) will return a guaranteed $10, $25, or whatever the IPO price was to the holder at some date in the future. Term trusts I think they are called and I guess they represent a big pile of municipal bonds. In the interim, they spew out dividends which are the interest from the bonds. Of course the risk is that Blackrock or whoever goes under in the interim in which case you're out, and of course Blackrock or whoever will take their bite. But talk to an investment advisor about those. They are a way a smaller investor can get into municipal bonds with some guarantee of a return. [/quote]
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