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• Retirees, brace yourselves for rising interest rates

  1:58 PM ET Tue, 22 April 2014

  With the Fed paring back its bond-buying program, retirees are bracing for volatility in bonds, but financial advisors are not overly concerned.

• Here's why riskier bonds are shining again

  3:25 PM ET Wed, 16 April 2014

  Many stock markets around the world are at or near their highest levels ever, so perhaps a correction is on the cards. The asset class that benefits most in this environment is fixed income.

• Consumers will feel sting of rising interest rates

  8:04 AM ET Wed, 16 April 2014

  Rising interest rates will impact consumer finances beyond bond portfolios, affecting credit card bills, mortgage refinancing, auto loans and more.

• Clients didn't sweat Fed meeting minutes: Advisors

  9:41 AM ET Fri, 11 April 2014

  Advisors say clients weren't interested in the April 9 release of Fed meetings minutes but still care about the Fed's impact on monetary policy.

• Are you better off buying bonds or bond funds?

  11:26 AM ET Thu, 10 April 2014

  With higher interest rates looming, investors are about to get schooled in the difference between investing in individual bonds vs. bond funds.

• Dovish Fed found 6.5% jobs threshold 'outdated'

  3:48 PM ET Wed, 9 April 2014

  The March meeting was significant not for what the Fed did regarding QE, but for what it said about how it will raise interest rates in future.

• Financial advisors say keep bonds but stay alert

  11:35 AM ET Wed, 9 April 2014

  Given a bond market selloff in 2013 and a likely rise in interest rates, financial advisors caution clients to keep bonds without getting complacent.

• Investors were wrong on bonds: Private equity pro

  12:18 PM ET Wed, 9 April 2014

  The bond market signals that the sooner the Fed winds down quantitative easing the better, private equity titan Barry Sternlicht tells CNBC.

• Fixed-income primer: Learning the ABCs of bonds

  8:00 AM ET Mon, 7 April 2014

  Despite financial advisors' efforts to educate clients about bonds, not everyone understands the asset class or how it fits into portfolios.

• More investors yielding to bonds' charms again

  8:00 AM ET Mon, 31 March 2014

  Despite a likely rise in interest rates, investors are rotating back to bonds amid a recent uptick in equity-market volatility.

• Dealing with rising interest rates, step by step

  9:32 AM ET Mon, 24 March 2014

  Investors can guard against rising interest rates by analyzing current holdings, shortening bond maturities and reducing bond exposure.

• Are bonds still a safe bet? It depends—on rates

  8:40 AM ET Mon, 17 March 2014

  As the losses fixed-income investors saw in 2013 may occur again when the Fed raises interest rates, bonds may not always be a safe investment.

• Sky-high interest rates of days gone by

  9:59 AM ET Wed, 25 June 2014

  With interest rates apparently set to rise, CNBC takes a look at sample record-high benchmark rates from around the world over the past century.

• Are ETFs the Amazon.com of the fund world?

  3:39 PM ET Wed, 12 March 2014

  Lower-cost ETFs are enjoying record inflows and increased popularity as a vehicle for higher yields and downside protection in a bond bear market.

• Investing tips to deal with rising interest rates

  9:57 AM ET Wed, 14 May 2014

  Investors are concerned about rising rates and its effect on portfolios. One advisor details how to prepare for a rising interest-rate environment.

• Investors shun TIPS with rates up, inflation low

  8:02 AM ET Tue, 4 March 2014

  With inflation low and rates up, a run on Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities isn't likely but investors may think low-priced TIPS a good hedge.