Not exact matches
As I write in my new weekly commentary, «The Curious Case of Dollar Strength,» while small caps do have
less exposure to international sales, they have proved more vulnerable to rising real
interest rates (the
interest rate after inflation) and investor anticipation of monetary tightening.
Bonds with shorter maturities usually offer lower returns since they have
less exposure to
interest rate risk.
Dimensional's bond strategies get
less attention, but again the funds are engineered to get broad
exposure to specific risk factors — in this case, maturity and credit quality — with no attempt to forecast
interest rates.
For investors looking for credit
exposure to bonds with
less interest rate risk, Hyman suggests
interest rate hedged strategies such as IGHG and HYHG.