With interest rates falling and more cuts expected, long-duration mutual funds are gaining appeal. These funds benefit from rate drops, offering strong capital gains and stable returns. Ideal for ...

In the years immediately after the financial crisis, quantitative easing ensured bond yields stayed relatively low and bond prices displayed little volatility. This was because central banks ...

these managers don’t mix shorter- and longer-dated bonds or use derivatives to bring the total portfolio duration within the 0–3-year range; rather, each security’s duration must fit within ...

Market volatility is creating major dislocations within bonds (^TYX, ^TNX, ^FVX), opening up opportunities for investors who ...

Empower Short Duration Bond Fund earns an Average Process Pillar rating. The leading factor in the rating is the fund's strong long-term risk-adjusted performance. This can be seen in its five ...

The next biggest risk comes from duration. A bond's duration is simply the length of the loan. So a loan that will be repaid in one year has a one-year duration. A loan that will be repaid in 30 ...

Data on recent flows indicate a number of market players recently reduced duration risk in the U.S. bond market, according to rates strategists Meghan Swiber and Katie Craig at BofA Securities. This m ...

GOVT lets you buy the entire haystack, holding around 200 Treasury securities ranging from one to 30 years in maturity ...