Rising interest rates are making bonds attractive again for private investors

For many years, private investors have avoided bonds because of low interest rates.

Interest rates have been rising since 2022, and they are currently climbing rapidly. You can now even get inflation compensation even from almost first-class debtors - at least if you look at the interest before taxes.

Examples of this from this month: The ten-year American government bond climbed to more than 5 percent for the first time since 2007 and reached 5.3 percent this week, while Japanese government bonds yielded a good 3 percent for the first time since 1996. On September 22nd, the German development bank KfW increased a bond by 3 billion euros, which will yield 2.625 percent interest (coupon) annually until November 2032.