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It's a lot less than you might think. In a genuine nuclear bomb, enriched uranium or plutonium is explosively compressed, fracturing atomic bonds and releasing a cataclysmic blast of intense radiation. A dirty bomb is little more than a pipe bomb with radioactive rubbish packed into it.
That's what bonds are for. Unlike stocks, which are primarily a bet on tomorrow's growth, bonds provide a stream of income today and tomorrow. As its name implies, a bond is also a kind of contract that commits the borrower to give you all your money back down...
Interest rates may look like chicken feed right now--but inflation is low too, so your real return is richer than it looks. Even when bonds yielded 8% in the early 1990s, their return after inflation was under the 3.2% you can net on today's 4.8% bonds (see chart...
Instead, consider TIPS, or inflation-protected Treasury bonds. Uncle Sam isn't going to default on his debt (or, if he does, the world economy will be such a mess that nothing else will be worth investing in either). And TIPS guarantee you can't lose money after inflation. They...
In a taxable account, municipal bonds look good right now, says Vanguard's McKinnon. Low-cost muni funds are available from Vanguard, as well as from Fidelity, T. Rowe Price and USAA, with yields of 3% to 4%, tax free. McKinnon also likes REIT funds, which invest not in bonds...