Others set the threshold higher for individual bonds, at perhaps $100,000.

Investors who buy individual bonds should look closely at each issue.

In the last section we considered a variety of yield measures associated with individual bonds.

In 1996, investors held $419 billion of individual bonds, down 32 percent from 1991.

We unambiguously suggest individuals buy funds rather than individual bonds.

Most bond funds pay out dividends more frequently than individual bonds.

And those are just the dangers of individual bonds.

The lesson: individual foreign bonds may be risky, but they are not alone.

In addition, the combined bond strength is greater than the sum of the individual bonds.

That's because such a fund is composed of individual bonds that have their own fixed interest rate.