Quasi-bond ladders can be created with mutual funds or ETFs instead of individual bonds by choosing funds with differing durations.

A traditional bond ladder involves building a portfolio of individual bonds, typically noncallable, that mature at regular intervals and reinvesting the principal in a new longer-term bond every ...

By building a bond ladder instead, you can take advantage of rising interest rates by having bonds mature at regular intervals in this case two years. So when the two-year bond matures ...

You can even request a brokerage’s bond platform to set it up for you. I went to Schwab’s tool to ladder either Treasuries or certificates of deposit. Given the rate-curve inversion ...

Top strategies for building a bond portfolio Below are five ... bonds from multiple issuers or from high-quality issuers. A ...

The bond ladder, a classic strategy for income-focused ... These funds "are great tools for building laddered portfolios," says Gene Koyfman, lead fixed income ETF analyst at IndexUniverse.com.

A financial advisor told me the pros of building a two-part bond ladder (three-year Treasurys and 10-year corporates) to generate fixed income and cover required minimum distributions (RMDs).

Financial advisors and clients worried about stock volatility and inflation can climb bond ladders to safety — but they won't find any, if those steps lead to a place with higher taxes.