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Mutual funds: mining the junk heap.(Product Updates)
HIGH-YIELD BOND FUNDS
Searching for bright spots in the wreckage of Wall Street has become a quixotic pursuit. One by one, practically every stockfund sector over the last three years--from large-company value to small-company growth--has seen profits tumble and crash. Lately, only bond funds have eked out positive returns. Investors poured nearly $132 billion into them in the first nine months of 2002, according to AMG Data Services, a provider of mutual-fund money-flow information.
But bond funds don't always sit in the plus column. When interest rates rise, bond prices can plummet. In 1994, when the Federal Reserve announced a series of rate hikes to ...
- New book helps investors to evaluate and select bond funds. ("The Bond Fund...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire August 28, 1990 700+ words
...exclusively devoted to bond funds, "The Bond Fund Advisor: Understanding...Renberg. "The Bond Fund Advisor" is...decided whether bond funds would be appropriate...than 1,000 bond funds, investors armed...provided in "The Bond Fund Advisor" ...
- Taxable bond funds. (Data Bank).(taxable bond fund rankings by categories)
- Magazine article from: Kiplinger's Mutual Funds March 22, 2003 700+ words
...about the taxable bond fund rankings: CATEGORY...grade corporate bond funds are either ST Corp...term). Government bond funds are divided between...U.S. taxable bond fund are also shown. Taxable Bond Funds ANNUALIZED TOTAL...
- Tax-free bond funds. (Data Bank).(tax-free bond fund rankings by...
- Magazine article from: Kiplinger's Mutual Funds March 22, 2003 700+ words
...heading, see page 68. Other information about the tax-free bond fund rankings: CATEGORY. Funds are classified by category. ST...the average muni bond fiend are also provided. Tax-free Bond Funds ANNUALIZED TOTALRETURN SYMBOL 1 YR. 3 YRS. AAL Municipal...
- New Online Guide Helps Investors Understand Bond Fund Investment Goals,...
- Press release article from: Business Wire November 2, 1999 700+ words
...the intricacies of bond fund investing. Investors...Guide to Fidelity Bond Funds" through the company...sections: -0- -- Bond Fund Basics provides...overview on bonds and bond funds, including the...by many Fidelity bond funds. This section also...s ...
- Forget maturity. Think duration. (managing bond fund finances) (includes...
- Magazine article from: Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine Goldberg, Steven T. June 1, 1994 700+ words
...predict how your bond fund will perform when...how risky most bond funds are because it...you how a bond or bond fund will react to a...higher yields of bond funds have found out...term Government Bond fund. Its 30-day...
- Why your bond fund got clobbered; and what you can do about it. (how derivative...
- Magazine article from: Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine Goldberg, Steven T. September 1, 1994 700+ words
...carefully and in small doses. How about your bond funds? Are they sitting atop other time bombs...tabs on derivatives for the Vanguard bond funds. "We wouldn't buy them. For us they...securities down too far? Maybe. Some Scudder bond funds have bought small amounts of structured...
- Bond funds that steer clear of trouble: they're designed to be flexible and...
- Magazine article from: Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine Kosnett, Jeff November 1, 1993 700+ words
...class of funds called flexible bond funds is that they can protect your...values is stretched tightly. Most bond funds are managed for yield, not total...Speaker, who runs the four Janus bond funds, most bond-fund managers are prisoners of the...
- Bargains in bond funds.(Best Mutual Funds 96)(Cover Story)
- Magazine article from: Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine Goldberg, Steven T. September 1, 1996 700+ words
...expenses. Not so with bond funds. A bond is a bond is a bond, and it's hard for a bond fund manager to get an edge...invest (see "Buy Bonds or Bond Funds?" July). Among bond funds with loads, Bond Fund of America and FPA New...