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May 3, 2009
By Janet Kidd Stewart
ChicagoTribune.com

If you're getting close to retirement and don't know much about bonds, you're not alone.

Many baby boomers came of age in an equity culture and haven't paid enough attention to the fixed-income side of their retirement balance sheets, said Marilyn Cohen, chief executive of Envision Capital Management Inc. in Los Angeles. Cohen manages bond portfolios for wealthy individuals and is the author of "The Bond Bible."

With stocks still volatile, Cohen offered some advice on how boomers nearing retirement with average nest eggs should be positioning their bond portfolios, which she said should account for at least half of their investment assets.

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