Hey – thanks for the responses. “Stay in CDs and maybe get into some gold” was what I got out of them.
The project where we live was developed partly with public transit monies of some kind. The idea was to create an urban village atmosphere. Anyhoos, coming back from “my” starbucks this morning I noticed an advert in the newly opened Edward Jones office on the commercial portion of the “village”. The sign was touting bonds of various kinds with favorable yeilds. Any thoughts on bonds, please? What’s the danger of loosing principal with bonds?