When professional investors discuss the credit market, a term that often arises is duration, which is used to measure the sensitivity of a bond’s trading price to changes in interest rates ...

In November, my colleague Eric Jacobson published a Fund Spy article entitled "Bond Duration: An Art, Not a Science." In it, Jacobson listed the imperfections of duration as the predictor of how a ...

As interest rates begin to soften, fixed income investors are increasingly revisiting the role of bond duration in shaping portfolio returns. In an insightful conversation, Gautam Kaul, Senior Fund ...

Learn how call protection in bonds prevents early buybacks by issuers, safeguarding your investment for a defined term with ...

Fixed income investors don't have to venture too far out onto the yield curve in order to extract yield. They can do so with short-term corporate bond funds that minimize duration risk. One prominent ...

VGLT is a good investment option for long-term US Treasury Bonds in 2024 due to expected interest rate cuts and decreasing inflation. Advances in artificial intelligence and other more efficient ...

Emerging markets bonds continue to outperform developed markets bonds, and could continue to benefit from positive secular tailwinds in the long run. In May, the VanEck Emerging Markets Bond Fund ...

It’s time for conservative, older investors to start thinking about their bonds. Indeed, bonds aren’t an exhilarating asset class. Whenever you hear about action in the bond market, it’s often about ...

Perpetual bonds have no maturity date, allowing them to pay interest indefinitely, making them appealing for long-term income. They come in different types, such as government and corporate bonds, ...

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