How not to prepare for a bear market in bonds
The risk of rising interest rates has become an obsession in the financial media. Those risks are undeniably real:...
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Ask the Spud: Should I fear rising interest rates?
In the long run, rising interest rates a good thing for bond investors.
Rising rates haunt bond investors
Interest rates are near historic lows and seem bound to rise. Bond investors should heed duration, or sensitivity to...
Corporate bonds can boost your returns
With yields still near historic lows, bond investors can get more interest by swapping government issues for corporates.
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Is your bond fund really losing money?
When the yield on 10-year federal bonds spiked earlier this year—from 1.88% on May 16 all the way to...
Why a diversification is a piece of cake
After almost four years of false alarms, the bond bears are finally able to act smug. Broad-based Canadian bond...
What’s happening to my bond ETF?
If your portfolio includes a broad-based bond index fund, you’ve probably noticed its value has fallen significantly over the...
Why use a strip bond ETF?
Barry Gordon admits he was surprised when he first read Justin Bender’s entry in First Asset’s Search for Canada’s...
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A new ETF of strip bonds
Back in February I asked readers to share their ideas for new ETFs that might fill gaps in the...