“When growth is slower-than-expected, stocks go down. When inflation is higher-than-expected, bonds go down. When inflation is lower-than-expected, bonds go up.” - Ray Dalio

“Every portfolio benefits from bonds; they provide a cushion when the stock market hits a rough patch. But avoiding stocks completely could mean your investment won't grow any faster than the rate of inflation.” - Suze Orman

“Capital efficiently and frequently flows between bonds and stocks. It pays to keep an eye on yields offered by these markets.” - Naved Abdali

“Bonds as an asset class will always be needed, and not just by insurance companies and pension funds but by aging boomers.” - Bill Gross

“Economics is all about consumption. People either spend money now or they use financial instruments - like bonds, stocks, and savings accounts - so they can spend more later.” - Adam Davidson

“Mandatory allocation of capital between bonds and stocks by mutual funds creates tremendous short-term opportunities for investors.” - Naved Abdali

“At some point, the dollar has to give. You can't just keep printing money, and monetizing debt, and buying bonds, without the dollar imploding.” - Peter Schiff

“Portfolio theory, as used by most financial planners, recommends that you diversify with a balance of stocks and bonds and cash that's suitable to your risk tolerance.” - Harry Markowitz

“Increasingly, the Chinese will own a lot more of the world because they will be converting their dollar reserves and U.S. government bonds into real assets.” - George Soros

“Wall Street sells stocks and bonds, but what it really peddles is hope.” - Jason Zweig, 

“It is essential for a stock investor to understand the pricing model of the bonds.” - Naved Abdali

“It is a terrible mistake for investors with long-term horizons to measure their investment “risk” by their portfolio’s ratio of bonds to stocks. Often, high-grade bonds in an investment portfolio increase its risk.” – Warren Buffett

“Bond selection is primarily a negative art. It is a process of exclusion and rejection, rather than of search and acceptance.”― Benjamin Graham

“For investors who do want to speculate in high-yield bonds, one alternative may be a junk bond mutual fund, which can offer investors the relative safety of diversification.” - Author: Alex Berenson

“In the long run, a portfolio of well-chosen stocks and/or equity mutual funds will always outperform a portfolio of bonds or a money-market account.” - Peter Lynch