A repeat from last year and in second place is the $ 691 million Delaware
Extended Duration Bond Institutional (DEEIX) with a 10 - year average annual return of 9.41 %, and handsomely beating the benchmark's 3.54 % last year with a 12.38 % return.
Not exact matches
LONDON (AP)-- European stock markets dipped Thursday while the euro struck two - week highs against the dollar after the European Central Bank left its key interest rates unchanged and decided against
extending the
duration of its
bond - buying stimulus...
While this can be true depending on the
duration of
bonds owned and / or for nominal returns over an
extended period of time, it is
In December, Vanguard introduced a new fund that caters to a fairly specific audience: The Vanguard
Extended Duration Treasury ETF (AMEX: EDV), tracking the Lehman Brothers Treasury STRIPS 20 - 30 Year Equal Par
Bond Index...
On Monday, Vanguard launched the Vanguard
Extended Duration Treasury ETF (AMEX: EDV), which tracks the Lehman Brothers Treasury STRIPS 20 - 30 Year Equal Par
Bond Index.
In fact, our colleague Ed Studzinski recently pointed out the long term
bonds have done exceptionally well this year (e.g., Vanguard
Extended Duration Treasury ETF up 26.3 % through September).
Most readers already recognize that my clients at Pacific Park Financial, Inc. own funds like Vanguard Long Term
Bond (BLV) and / or Vanguard
Extended Duration (EDV).
Among the top five, Pimco dominates with three of its funds:
Extended Duration Institutional (PEDIX), Income Institutional (PIMIX) and Pimco Fixed Income Shares C (FXICX), having 10 - year average returns of 9.43 %, 9.15 % and 8.68 %, respectively, vs. the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate
bond index's 4.01 %.
That being the case,
bonds — like stocks — can be expected to trade in a very wide trading range for some time, and we'll tend to
extend our
durations on further spikes in yields, while contracting them when yields decline significantly.
In
bonds, strong corporates hid our losses in longer - term government
bonds in our holdings, except in Vanguard
Extended Duration Treasury (EDV), which was down 0.53 %.
We had a 3.2 % gain in Vanguard
Extended Duration Treasury (EDV) and a 1.9 % jump in Vanguard Long - Term
Bond Index ETF (BLV).
In debt, longer - term
bonds did well with Vanguard
Extended Duration Treasury (EDV) up 2.16 % and Vanguard Long - Term
Bond Index ETF Vanguard Long - Term
Bond Index ETF (BLV) up 1.55 %.
Our most interest rate sensitive holding, Vanguard
Extended Duration Treasury (EDV) slid 4.03 % while Vanguard Long - Term
Bond Index ETF (BLV) fell 0.84 %.