How To Get Great Performance Out of Bond Funds
After the market problems of the past 3 years that invariably began with the weaknesses in the US credit system, a lot of investors have re-evaluated their risk tolerance and rediscovered the importance of a proper asset allocation model. In almost every case, investors watched their savings get shaved by half.
Those dark market days that tested new lows and personal strength pushed the ideals of risk tolerance to the surface and made both conservative and aggressive investors alike realize that risk tolerance has to be paramount. For conservative investors, that has meant no longer being able to rely on term deposits and treasuries to contribute to the growth of an investment portfolio.
As for the aggressive investor, the implications were equally hard-hitting. As the aggressive investor re-evaluated their appetite for risk, the importance of proper asset allocation resurfaced and forced the aggressive investor to reconsider the income class of investments. This less-aggressive class has often been ignored outright by aggressive investors.
The income class of a decade ago is not the same as the class today. In fact, today's bond funds have explore greater options for income and capital appreciation than their historic counterparts. High yield investments combined with greater-volatility debt means some of these bonds respond to market triggers the way some equities do.
In fact, many high yield investments today are more volatile that many conservative equity funds, providing not only greater income stream and growth into the funds and to investors, but less overall risk than similar equity funds.
In a market where all else is equal, your bond investments will always have less risk than equity investments. The problem has been in the rating systems used by companies like S&P and Moody's, both of which came under fire following the collateral debt obligations (CDOs) collapse in 07 and 08. Now you have B-rated bonds that just two years ago were solid investment-grade bonds. And with the spreads between corporate and government issues being wide, the individual investor stands to capitalize.
The better funds on the market will easily outperform the more-conservative equity funds. And with less trading within the fund, bond funds cost less to manage, resulting in greater savings for the investor seeking less risk. - 23305
Those dark market days that tested new lows and personal strength pushed the ideals of risk tolerance to the surface and made both conservative and aggressive investors alike realize that risk tolerance has to be paramount. For conservative investors, that has meant no longer being able to rely on term deposits and treasuries to contribute to the growth of an investment portfolio.
As for the aggressive investor, the implications were equally hard-hitting. As the aggressive investor re-evaluated their appetite for risk, the importance of proper asset allocation resurfaced and forced the aggressive investor to reconsider the income class of investments. This less-aggressive class has often been ignored outright by aggressive investors.
The income class of a decade ago is not the same as the class today. In fact, today's bond funds have explore greater options for income and capital appreciation than their historic counterparts. High yield investments combined with greater-volatility debt means some of these bonds respond to market triggers the way some equities do.
In fact, many high yield investments today are more volatile that many conservative equity funds, providing not only greater income stream and growth into the funds and to investors, but less overall risk than similar equity funds.
In a market where all else is equal, your bond investments will always have less risk than equity investments. The problem has been in the rating systems used by companies like S&P and Moody's, both of which came under fire following the collateral debt obligations (CDOs) collapse in 07 and 08. Now you have B-rated bonds that just two years ago were solid investment-grade bonds. And with the spreads between corporate and government issues being wide, the individual investor stands to capitalize.
The better funds on the market will easily outperform the more-conservative equity funds. And with less trading within the fund, bond funds cost less to manage, resulting in greater savings for the investor seeking less risk. - 23305
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