But the High Court has never weighed in on «gerrymandering» in the
largest active bond fund segment: the over $ 1 trillion of assets captured by the Morningstar US Intermediate - Term bond (ITB) category.
Consider what's happened over the past 15 years1 — only about 11 % of active stock fund managers and 14 %
of active bond fund managers have outperformed their designated benchmarks.
Collectively, investors
in active bond funds underperform by about 90 basis points (or 0.9 percent) per year.
Among low -
fee active bond funds, we recommend the PH&N Bond Fund (Series D), the PH&N Total Return Bond Fund (Series D), the McLean Budden Fixed Income Fund (Series D) and the Beutel Goodman Income Fund (Class D).
A mix of equity and bond index funds, along with ETFs and
active bond funds, as appropriate for your investment objective and level of risk
The copy goes that astute economic buyers — read,
active bond fund managers — profit at their foolishness.
A mix of equity and bond index funds, along with ETFs and
active bond funds, as appropriate for your investment objective and level of risk