Dollars and Sense: Financial advisor, Ashley Hicks, shares the benefits on making fixed income investments [Video]

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) -In Morning Break’s Dollars and Sense segment, financial advisor Ashley Hicks from Edward Jones shares insights into the benefits of fixed income investments. Beyond stocks, Hicks explains the advantages of fixed income investments, both for long-term and short-term strategies.

She looks into bond prices and their significance in investment decisions.

Here are a few things that you can focus on as fixed-income investments offer three important benefits:

• Income– When you invest in fixed-income vehicles, such as bonds, Treasury securities and certificates of deposit (CDs), you receive regular income in the form of interest payments. And you continue to receive this income until your investment matures or you sell it, no matter what’s happening in the financial markets. Of course, the income you can receive from fixed-income investments will always depend on the interest rates at which these investments were issued. But if you own a mix of …