Originally Posted by Kenneth
Originally Posted by denton
In general, avoid municipal bonds. For the most part, they are a very high risk investment.

There was a time that retirees put their money there because it was safe and dependable. Not so much anymore.


Understood, but Fidelity has multiple Municipal Bond funds rated with less risk than , for example, Large Growth Stocks,

Not that I fully understand the topic on hand here.


"Bonds" and "Bond Fund" is totally different. The former has 100% of it's risk in one bond. A fund spreads the risk over many issues, and thus less risk concentrateced in any one bond.