Jeff DeMaso

582 posts

IVA Research

The Rest of the Bond Aisle

FUNDS FOCUS – U.S. Specialty Bond Funds | A tour of Vanguard's riskier bond funds, from mortgage-backed securities to junk bonds to one very volatile Treasury ETF.

| 17 min read
Weekly Brief

WEEKLY BRIEF | The Waiting Game

A rate hike nobody's betting against | An emerging-markets ETF delay and a manager's exit | Still no launch date for PRIMECAP's ETF

| 4 min read
IVA Research

Inflation Insurance, Repriced

FUNDS FOCUS – Inflation Bond Funds | TIPS are back in the conversation. A primer on how they work and my take on Vanguard's three options.

| 15 min read
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Sorting Through the Long End

FUNDS FOCUS – CORE TAXABLE BOND FUNDS – PART 2 | My picks for Vanguard's intermediate- and long-term bond funds—and why the long end still isn't worth the risk.

| 16 min read
Weekly Brief

Uncomfortable, Then Undeniable

A quarter century of staying invested | Short-Term Federal gets renamed | Vanguard’s new website comes to some, not all

| 3 min read
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Sorting Through the Short End

FUNDS FOCUS – CORE TAXABLE BOND FUNDS – PART 1 | My picks for parking cash and short-maturity money across Vanguard's crowded lineup.

| 15 min read