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It’s easier to make a case for using fairly priced, proven active bond funds than it is for stock funds. That’s the upshot of recent research by Morningstar’s Eric Jacobson and Maciej Kowara. In “The ...

Anyone familiar with the world of retirement planning and investing understands the importance of bonds. It is not for nothing that the closer you are to retirement, the greater your bond allocation.

For investors worried that their bond portfolios may be too sensitive to interest rate increases, short-term bond funds can help reduce this risk, since shorter-term bonds fall less when rates rise.

If investors are looking at the Diversified Bonds fund category, T. Rowe Price Global Multi-Sector Bond Investor (PRSNX) could be a potential option. PRSNX has a Zacks Mutual Fund Rank of 1 (Strong ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. There are a broad range of bond options available to you, ranging from safe investments like Treasuries to risky but high ...

Fixed-income ETFs are becoming more popular than their mutual fund counterparts. Bond ETFs pulled in almost $344 billion through Oct. 31 this year, compared with $138 billion going into fixed income ...