The prospect of the Federal Reserve once again setting its short-term interest rate target at near zero levels at some point ...

For example, the same loan at a 5% interest rate paid over 10 years will cost you about $1,273 per month, or more than $32,000 in interest payments beyond your $120,000 principal amount.

Lower risk and predictable returns. Short-term bonds are generally considered steady and reliable and carry less risk than long-term bonds because they're not as affected by changes in interest rates.

Fed Chair Powell: Interest rates hold steady. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announced Wednesday that interest rates remail steady. The risk for higher inflation and unemployment rates has ...

With the Federal Reserve beginning a long-awaited shift to cutting rates with a decisive half-percentage-point move, changes are in store for bond investors. Investors may want to tilt their ...