This will certainly go down as one of the most interesting investment years in recent memory. There’s been a lot of pain felt with inflation pressure and a falling stock market and bond market.
But there have been some silver linings, too. One of those is that bonds, money market funds, CDs, savings accounts and other “fixed income” type financial products are paying considerably more interest than even 6 to 12 months ago. Here are a few charts to illustrate that “bonds are back,” and how investors can take advantage of the opportunity.