are corporate bonds fdic insured 
no corporate bonds are not fdic insured they are an investment security rather than a deposit of your funds hence they are not fdic insured like your checking account is the bottom linecompanies need money to run their businesses even if they generate enough money through their core operations it can be financially prudent to raise outside money companies generally have two options of doing this equity financing and debt financing equity financing is the issuance of stocks and debt financing includes the issuance of bonds corporate bonds allow companies to raise capital without giving up ownership and to operate more freely 