r/bonds

Why do investors prefer bonds over money markets? And are bonds better than bond ETFs?

I have some ibonds and I am trying to figure out how to designate a beneficiary for those bonds. I searched the treasurydirect.gov website and I can’t find anyway to do it. Is there a way to do this?

So a friend of mine recently came into 5 EE savings bonds. He had been helping a man who ultimately left this world before he should of. A year earlier right after his sister passed away, he gave my friend a sealed envelope and told him not to open it until his passing. He respected it and put the envelope up in his safe. Well when he was cleaning it out and found the envelope. He opened it to find 5 savings bonds EE. Only problem is they are not in his name and the man has been passed away about a year now. I've been reading to try to help him but I'm just confused. Might be worth to say that 4 is for $10,000 and one for $1000. I plugged info into the calculator and they all 5 are worth $99,000 one of them will be 30 years old next year. How can he get these cashed? His name is not on them but he does have owner and co owners death certs. Any guidance is greatly appreciated.

First, i'm not looking to sell these for a profit, i'm looking in to a fixed income on the investment for 30 years. I'm struggling to figure out which of these (or something else) is the best to invest in AND if I should wait a bit to do it. There are 3 that I think i'm interested in:

US 30 year treasury at 4.95%. Is it worth waiting a bit for it to go up? It's not like our debt is getting better in the near term.

There is a "United Mexican states" bond at 7% that is call protected. I'm not sure i understand what this is and the risk associated, so i'm weary about it.

In the corporate bonds, Fedex bonds are at 6.5% and are "call make whole"

I'm hoping people that are smarter than me can chime in? I'm not an investment pro, just looking for a long term stable investment. Thanks.

The proceeds of GSS bonds fund green, social and sustainable projects. I understand if the funds go towards loans for green business or maybe loans to local governments for social projects with payment by results schemes (savings generated in public budgets repay the loans). But what about projects that have no return? How does it work? I just don’t understand what generates the proceeds that pay the coupon to investors. Any thoughts?

Using the SpaceX IPO as a clean example of basic price rationing: when retail demand hits a fixed float, price does the rationing instead of quantity. Same mechanic that makes a Treasury auction tail when the bid is thin — not enough buyers at the screen, so yield backs up to clear.

Made a quick 45-sec explainer walking through the demand/supply framing: [link]

Relevant this week with the 20Y reopening hitting on the FOMC eve — curious how people are reading auction concession into Wednesday.

Educational, not investment advice.

When redeeming an I-Bond by mail, Form 1522 doesn't say or recommend it be sent Certified or Registered mail, so is it safe to send via regular USPS mail?