One of the recurring themes with mutual funds investing is the topic of investment management (it has been stressed throughout these posts). And this, naturally, is where bond funds slip onto the scene. As with every good investment management strategy, bond funds fill the all-important but often overlooked fixed-income pocket of your portfolio. But not [...]
Not very long ago, the idea of the income asset class, and bond funds in particular was to provide a decent level of interest income. A nice byproduct of bond funds was some of growth potential they had when bought at discounts or sold at premiums. Such mutual funds were rather blase, boring, even cookie [...]
It will probably come as a surprise to many investors that Bond funds offer as many practical options as many of the equity funds on the market. As far as bond funds are concerned, you can have core bond funds that are high quality, low risk and you can high yield bond funds that offer mid quality and medium/high risk.
