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I think a bond ladder w / individual bonds helps but that really just makes it about opportunity cost if rates do rise.
Not exact matches
Think of ZPR as a tax - advantaged complement to the iShares 1 - 5 Year
Laddered Corporate
Bond (CBO).
The
thinking in a traditional
bond ladder was to buy many
bonds, 10 to 15 for a good - sized portfolio, with different maturities.
Projecting out three to five years, 50 % of Millennial advisers
think a professional managed strategy will be key, 34 % expect to lean on
bond mutual funds, 12 % look to
bond separately managed accounts, and 6 % are planning on
laddered bond portfolios.
I
think a GIC or
bond ladder once you've accumulated enough in your portfolio for those to be effective is a much better alternative than going with a
bond fund over the long - term.
I agree that corporate
bonds are an attractive asset class — the problem is that I have a lot to learn about understanding the complex features (e.g. callable, etc.) I
think it's better to build a
bond ladder with
bonds that are not callable.
-- What do you
think about a tax - free
bond ladder for income?
I
think that you want to set up a modified
bond ladder that dollar cost averages slowly into stocks and / or other income vehicles.
Think of annuities as a
bond ladder, with an insurance component that varies the length of the payouts according to how long you live.