Sentences with phrase «individual bonds held by that fund»

Not exact matches

Custom creation of ETFs is a process by which investors — mostly institutional — convert their individual bond holdings into units of exchange traded funds to potentially improve liquidity, reduce trading costs and / or save time.

An IRA is a vehicle for holding investments, stocks or bonds, either as individual holdings or in a portfolio of stocks or bonds created by a mutual fund or ETF.

By potentially holding hundreds — sometimes thousands — of bonds and stocks in a single balanced fund, you get more diversification than you would buying individual bonds and stocks.

By potentially holding hundreds — sometimes thousands — of bonds in a single fund, you get more diversification than you would buying individual bonds.

You could also further diversify the bond portion of your portfolio by investing, say, 20 % to 30 % of your bond holdings to a total international bond index fund, although, frankly, I don't think an international bond portfolio is anywhere close to a «must have» element for the portfolio of most individual investors.

Despite the negative connotation of the term «junk bond,» these bonds are widely held by investors, especially in mutual funds and exchange - traded funds (ETFs), which mitigate the default risk for any individual bond.

You could lose money on your investment in the Fund or the Fund could underperform because of the following risks: the market prices of stocks or bonds held by the Fund may fall; individual investments of the Fund may not perform as expected; and / or the Fund's portfolio management practices may not achieve the desired result.

Unlike individual bonds, most bond funds do not have a maturity date, so holding them until maturity to avoid losses caused by price volatility is not possible.

Unlike individual bonds, most bond funds do not have a maturity date, so avoiding losses caused by price volatility by holding them until maturity is not possible.