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3 guides in Finabase Learn
- Bonds and fixed income: how bonds work, pay and lose value What a bond is, how its cash flows and price are calculated, the main types of fixed income, the five risks to know, and what the 2020–2023 rate shock did to bond ETFs.
- Corporate and high-yield bonds: how company debt behaves How corporate bonds work, what separates investment grade from high yield, and how LQD, HYG and IEF prices behaved in 2008, 2020 and the 2022 rate shock.
- Credit ratings and credit spreads: how bond risk is priced How the AAA-to-D rating scales work, who the SEC-registered rating agencies are, and how to read the yield spread between corporate bonds and Treasuries.
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