Interest rates have surged recently and one of the positive aspects of this is that you can now earn a much higher income whilst taking little risk. One approach to creating passive income via a low-risk stream of predictable cash flows is to build a bond ladder. So in this video, I will show you what a bond ladder is, how you can build one and what it takes to maintain it.
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