Bonds
A collection of 16 posts
Bond Basics | Bonds 101
For many investors, I’m sure it feels as if your life-preserver sprung an irreparable leak last year as the bond market imploded. Bonds have almost always been synonymous with the “safe” part of a balanced portfolio, and yet, their prices have been on an almost relentless decline for the
How Much Risk?
Vanguard’s newest bond fund, which opened for investment on Thursday, January 26th, isn’t as new as you think. A little over a year ago, Vanguard launched two active bond funds. Vanguard gave Core-Plus Bond (VCPIX) just two weeks to gather assets before building its portfolio while the other,
Out of the Oven
Vanguard has decided that after 15 months in the oven, Multi-Sector Income (VMSIX and VMSAX) is ready to eat. Vanguard seeded the global income fund with $25 million when they launched it in October 2021 but didn’t allow outside investors to participate—until now. Yesterday, I was scratching my
Corporates: Good or Evil?
Channeling my grandkids, it’s been a not so good, very, very bad year for bonds in 2022. As we know the bond market has been a source of much investor angst—to put it lightly—Jeff and I will continue to try and bring our perspective to questions you