This year’s seesaw action in the stock market has emphasized two important concepts for investors: Diversification can lower ...

One of the golden rules of fixed income is simple: when interest rates fall, bond prices rise. But here is the nuance—longer-duration bonds benefit more from this trend than shorter ones.

Investing in diversified bond funds is preferred to individual bond investing, as building a portfolio of the second type may prove relatively more expensive. A higher level of liquidity also makes ...

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

One underappreciated victim of the fiat age is long-dated bonds. When price predictability of the money is strong, and ...

Wider credit spreads increase the attractiveness of high-yield corporate bond funds. Read more to see my recommendations.

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 ...

Vanguard Bets On Active Bond Strategy With Launch Of Short Duration ETF Vanguard introduces a new bond ETF, Vanguard Short Duration Bond, designed for stable income in an uncertain rate environment.