Overview

Investing in Bonds Europe is a non-commercial, free resource for people at every point on the investing spectrum. This site offers valuable educational information, data, important economic indicators, as well as market news and commentary. Whether you are just beginning to think about investing in bonds, you know something about shares but not about bonds, or you are a seasoned investor, this site can answer your questions and provide you with the tools you need to invest in the bond markets. Bookmark this page and return to view frequent content additions, and visit the Market at a Glance pages for current market data and updates.

Beginning Investors

• Start out by learning about Bond Basics for an Individual Investor—what bonds are and what role they can play in your portfolio. Use the tools and aids to better understand bonds and bond concepts.
• Then take the next step with the What You Should Know about Bonds section, which builds on what you have learned in Bond Basics. Here you will learn more about the role of bonds and the bond markets in Europe and how external factors can affect your bond investments. Learn how to use financial information to your advantage. This section also offers a helpful Investor’s Checklist which can equip you to begin investing in bonds.
• Next learn about what Types of Bonds you can invest in.
• If you are prepared to invest in debt securities, visit our Buying and Selling Bonds section. Gain market and investment insights in our Bond Investments Strategies section.
• The Bonds at Your Stage of Life section answers questions about how much of your portfolio might be invested in bonds at each stage of your life.

Experienced Equity Investors

• Would you like to boost your bond knowledge? Are you looking for more information on the key bond market sectors? Learn more about individual bond types in the Types of Bonds section and about the markets at:
• About Government Bond Markets  
• About Sub-sovereign Bond Markets  
• About Corporate Bond Markets  
• About Collateralised Debt Markets  
• Do you want to get indicative price information in the government, sub-sovereign, corporate or collateralised bond markets and check the latest bond market commentary? Get news, commentary and data on how individual bond markets are doing on the Market at a Glance sections for each type of bond offering. Click on the navigation selections at the top or left to choose your next step.
• If you are prepared to invest in debt securities visit the Buying and Selling Bonds section which includes a helpful Investor’s Checklist. Gain market and investment insights through the Market and Economic Influences on Your Bond Investments and Bond Investment Strategies sections.
• The Bonds at Your Stage of Life section answers questions about how much of your portfolio should be invested in bonds at each stage of life.

A helpful hint: if you visit the Market at a Glance pages, any chart, table or graph representing information on the particular bond market sector, has a ? symbol in the upper right hand corner. Click on the ? symbol to learn what the graph, table or chart represents (What is it?) and why it is relevant to you the investor (Why Do I Care?) Click on any “see data” link to view the data underlying the chart, graph or table. 

Seasoned Bond Investors

• Get indicative price information, indices and indicators, as well as news and market commentary by visiting the Market at a Glance sections.
• If you are prepared to invest in debt securities visit our Buying and Selling Bonds section. Gain market and investment insights in our Bond Investment Strategies section.
• The Bonds at Your Stage of Life section answers questions about how much of your portfolio should be invested in bonds at each stage of life.

Investing in Bonds Europe can help you learn about bonds and keep up to date on the bond markets; develop the knowledge and skills you need to invest in bonds; and grow your wealth wisely. Bookmark this Learn More section page and return to view content additions. Visit the Market at a Glance pages for current market data.