Basics of bond investments

"This Element is an excerpt from Higher Returns from Safe Investments: Using Bonds, Stocks, and Options to Generate Lifetime Income (ISBN: 9780137003358) by Marvin Appel. Don't know anything about bonds? Start with this plain-English guide to the absolute basics! To begin with, a bond is a loan that an investor makes to a business or government. Bond investors make loans and, in return, receive regular interest payments"--Resource description page.