Sentences with phrase «traditional bond ladders»

Traditional bond ladders with intermediate lengths never lost money (year - to - year without adjusting for inflation) during the last century.

The thinking in a traditional bond ladder was to buy many bonds, 10 to 15 for a good - sized portfolio, with different maturities.

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For long - term investors, a traditional bond allocation (whether it's a ladder or a broad - based ETF) will provide more protection when equity markets take a tumble, and that's the most important role of fixed income in a portfolio.

They had also been very creative in the way they built out their bond exposures with the traditional laddered approach, which was very appealing, particularly to advisors.