Bond Funds
Keep up with the latest news about bond funds which can provide diversity and income to portfolios and offset equity risk.
Vanguard Launches Total World Bond ETF
By Bernice NapachThis fund of funds invests in two Vanguard bond ETFs -- one domestic and one international.
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.
July 03, 2018
Investment-Grade Bond Investors Brace for Rising Tide of M&ALife insurers have huge corporate bond holdings. All of those jumbo deals are jostling the corporate bond market.
July 03, 2018
U.S. Yield Curve Flattest Since August 2007 as Long Bonds SoarThis is the gap between the 5-year and 30-year Treasury; the spread between the 2-year and 10-year has also shrunk.
July 02, 2018
Don't Expect Active Funds to Outperform in a Bear MarketActively managed funds repeatedly underperform passive ones despite their ability to manage risks, a new S&P Dow Jones study finds.