Target Date Funds: Should You Trust Them with Your Money?
Target date funds, which hold a combination of stocks and bonds, have recently been attacked in publications like SmartMoney and DailyFinance. Learn Bonds decided to investigate and here’s what we found:
View ArticleDon't Know Your Mutual Fund Share Class? You Could be Missing Out.
Mutual funds have different share classes to allow the same fund to be offered to investors with different types and sizes of fees. Although this can be done for a variety of reasons, the two most...
View ArticleMunicipal Bonds Still Look Cheap
Where are municipal bond yields currently? The following snapshot was provided to Learn Bonds by MMA research the leading boutique municipal bond
View ArticleHow to Position Your Portfolio for Changes in Interest Rates
While interest rates are low, the yield curve looks very, very normal. The longer a bond’s maturity, the more a bondholder will receive in interest. In this environment what maturity date should you...
View ArticleBill Gross is Betting on Mexico. Here's Why.
Bill Gross has taken a sizable position in Mexican government bonds. The ETF version of the the PIMCO Total Return Fund (BOND) has an incredible 10.34% of its market value in Mexican Bonds. That is...
View ArticleWhy Bill Gross is the Most Underpaid Money Manager in the World
A recent article in New York Times by Geraldine Fabrikant put the salary of Bill Gross, the legendary manager of PIMCO Total Return Fund, at $200 million per year. The number two most recognizable name...
View ArticleRelative to Investment Grade, High Yield Bonds are Still a Screaming Buy
Recently one of our favorite bloggers came out with a piece “The US High Yield Market Looks Overheated.” There are some compelling arguments and data in the piece to back up that view, which we will...
View ArticleBond Experts Slam NY Fed's Report on Muni Market Defaults
The NY Fed’s Libertystreet Economics blog recently published a piece entitled “The Untold Story of Municipal Bond Defaults”. The post starts out with the question of whether the recent problems in...
View Article5 Reasons the Student Loan Crisis is Nothing Like the Mortgage Crisis
Ever since the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau declared that student debt had crossed the $1 Trillion mark, there has been an endless stream of
View Article4 Solid Benefits of Using Savings Bonds for Retirement Saving
Many people save for retirement using a Traditional IRA or 401K. Both of these investment vehicles offer the benefit of tax deferral (until funds are withdrawn during retirement) enabling you to...
View ArticleCD Yields Currently Beat Bond Yields for Short Term Investments
Certificate of Deposit yields are low, very low. For locking up your money for 5 years, you will receive less than 2.0%. It almost doesn’t seem worth it. However, its important to understand that...
View ArticleBill Gross is Bullish On Municipal Bonds and Bearish On Treasuries
At the end of July, PIMCO's Total Return Bond Fund had 33% of its portfolio invested in US Treasures. However, at the end of August, the number had dropped to 21%. Why did Bill Gross sell off his...
View ArticleJeffrey Gundlach: Gets Robbed, Gets Thieves, Gets 5 Star Rating
Jeffrey Gundlach, co-founder of the super-hot bond mutual fund company Doubleline Capital, has had an exciting few days:
View Article4 Reasons to Invest in Emerging Market Bonds (From DoubleLine Capital)
Emerging market credit spreads have shrunk by 30% since the financial crisis, while the spreads on many developed market bonds have widened significantly. Why have emerging market bonds done so well?
View Article5 Bond Funds That Everyone Should Consider
Have you been thinking about moving money from bond funds into stock funds? Wait. This idea is appealing when bond yields are low and the stock market is doing well. However, we own bonds for when the...
View ArticleThe Chart That Shows Why Inflation May Not be Around The Corner
There seems to be tremendous confusion between asset price inflation and consumer inflation. "Printing Money" or expanding the Federal Reserve's balance sheet, has caused asset price inflation....
View ArticleJunk Bond Bubble Myths vs. Reality
I am sure the numbers being reported regarding individual investors rushing into high yield bond funds are true. However, I am not sure the correct facts are being circulated. The main narrative that...
View ArticlePeter Schiff on The Crash Still to Come, Foreign Bonds, and How to Fix the US...
I recently had a great conversation with Peter Schiff, author of Crash Proof a famous book which predicted the 2008 financial crisis. We discussed his new book The Real Crash, how investors can protect...
View Article3 Reasons Your Portfolio Needs More Exposure to Emerging Markets
I have known for some while now that much of the growth in the world is no longer coming from countries with advanced economies like the United States. What I did not know however is just how far...
View ArticleJeff Gundlach: 3 Ways to Profit from the Coming Financial Catastrophe
Bond Guru and DoubleLine Capital Co-Founder Jeff Gundlach has been making headlines in Bloomberg and other places recently with his prediction that there is a “financial catastrophe coming”. One of...
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