There are a lot of people out there – especially with the way that the market is today – who are interested in watching their money very closely. They keep their pennies in a jar and some money in a savings account and they leave the market alone because they think it’s volatile.
Right now it is, to some extent. But it’s not quite as bad as people have been led to believe. If you want your money to grow right now instead of just languish, you have to do something with it.
Investing in bonds is a great choice. They don’t earn quite as much as stocks, but they won’t lose like stocks, either, which makes them a better option with today’s uncertainty.