Bond Funds
Keep up with the latest news about bond funds which can provide diversity and income to portfolios and offset equity risk.
European High Yield Will Do Well by Issuers and Investors
By Savita Iyer-AhrestaniFears that the European crisis would once again raise its head caused spreads on almost all high-yield bonds to widen.
February 22, 2013
Vanguard Shares Latest Fund ChangesVanguard is tweaking the asset mix of 20 funds, including several target-date retirement funds, to further diversify these broad, balanced portfolios and to incorporate the new Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund, now in registration with the SEC.
February 22, 2013
5 Reasons Muni Bonds Will Outperform in 2013Municipal bonds will be one of the best performing fixed-income asset classes this year.
February 22, 2013
Morningstar Expert Debunks Myth of ‘Dumb’ Fund InvestorsJohn Rekenthaler discussed why investors were not making money that one might expect from funds at the Morningstar Ibbotson Conference.
February 20, 2013
Fed Meeting Showed Growing Unease Over QE PolicySeveral Federal Reserve policymakers were concerned last month about the risks of the Fed's efforts to boost the U.S. economy by keeping borrowing costs low.
February 13, 2013
U.S. mutual fund assets set to pass $15TNet new flows of mutual funds totaled $90 billion in January compared to December, which experienced outflows of $18 billion.
February 13, 2013
U.S. mutual fund assets set to pass $15TNet new flows of mutual funds totaled $90 billion in January compared to December, which experienced outflows of $18 billion.
February 12, 2013
Equities Are Hot, but Bonds Still Sizzling: MorningstarJanuary asset flows to U.S. stock funds break a two-year downturn, as analysts wonder if the trend will hold.