Bond Funds
Keep up with the latest news about bond funds which can provide diversity and income to portfolios and offset equity risk.
Key Global Bond Index Suffered $916 Billion Loss Last Week
By Sid VermaIt was biggest loss since the aftermath of Trump's election in November 2016 and sows fears of even bigger losses ahead.
September 06, 2018
Vanguard Launches Total World Bond ETFThis fund of funds invests in two Vanguard bond ETFs -- one domestic and one international.
August 23, 2018
Passive U.S. Funds Get Boost in July: MorningstarJuly Direct Asset Flows report shows a "modest" uptick in inflows to long-term U.S. open-ended ETFs.
August 23, 2018
More Bad News About Active Funds' PerformanceMorningstar's latest active/passive barometer shows that the performance gap has grown.
July 23, 2018
Bondholders Tire of Losing Out When Funding Failed AcquisitionsOne of the failed transactions in investors' thoughts is the Aetna-Humana deal.
July 11, 2018
Bond Giants Bet $100 Billion on Growth. It Hasn't Paid OffThe luminaries of high finance have staked more than $100 billion in one of the boldest bond bets of the post-crisis era: That a global economy firing…
July 10, 2018
Corporate Bonds Are Getting JunkierSome of the 'beef' inside the life insurance and annuity casings could be grayer than you think.
July 10, 2018
Bill Gross' Slumping Fund Sees $580 Million of Outflows This YearOutflows from the Janus Henderson Global Unconstrained Bond Fund, equal to about a quarter of its assets, coincide with the fund's lagging performance.