Why Pay Up for Bond Funds?

The cheapest funds outperformed the priciest like clockwork over every one of the subsequent three-year periods. The cheaper funds outgained the pricier funds in five of the nine rolling three-year periods, but it’s not

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I Bonds Are on Sale!

Also, the 2023 figures do not represent an entire year, but instead the annualized rate for the next six months.) Since 2007, the inflation yields on I bonds have rarely outstripped today’s level. Besides the inflation

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QYLD ETF: The Yield Is A Mirage (NASDAQ:QYLD)

Functionally, these ETFs pay you back your own capital and call it “Yield”. Income will shrink over time for long term investors as principal erodes as a result of the funds’ flawed underlying mechanics. In reality, these funds don’t offer much to investors in terms of portfolio construction efficiency. It’s time to dump these funds in the trash and wait for better products from ETF companies that allow for more discretion in managers’ decision making.

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EDV ETF: The Bond Bull Market Is Not Over Yet (NYSEARCA:EDV)

The EDV long-term bond ETF appears to be breaking above resistance to confirm a significant bottoming pattern. Long-term inflation expectations and the price of gold relative to the commodity complex imply long-term bond yields should be around 50bps lower than they are currently, suggesting EDV upside. A move back down to fair value would result in around 12% returns based on the current duration of the fund.

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What’s With Bonds

March 8, 2023, the day that the troubles at Silicon Valley Bank of SVB Financial Group ( OTC:SIVBQ ) became public, the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note closed at 3.986 percent. The March series of bank

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IHD: High-Yielding Emerging Market Fund Focused On High-Growth Markets

IHD has been consistently generating high yields since it started its operations 12 years back. The annual average yield since 2013 has been almost 11.5 percent. IHD focuses on China, India, Taiwan, and South Korea – four economies that have investment-grade sovereign ratings and above-average growth potential. IHD’s portfolio is well-diversified among the different high-growth sectors in emerging markets and carries the usual risks that such a fund will generally have.

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