It seems reasonable to accept
a little duration risk during bear markets in stocks.
Not exact matches
Government bonds could help reduce default
risk, but because of the length of maturity required to earn any meaningful yield, they do
little to reduce
duration risk - i.e. the overall sensitivity of a portfolio to interest rate rises.
For investors willing to
risk a
little more
duration, illiquidity, credit exposure, or global exposure there are roughly 1500 funds monitored by Trapezoid.
I've learnt recently (thanks to Investing Intelligently and Efficient Market Canada) that bond investors should keep fund
duration as short as possible because longer - term bonds offer
little extra return for taking a higher interest - rate
risk.
A
little perplexing, this kind of yield would normally imply credit / principal
risk and / or a much longer
duration.
Commercial mREITs tend to match the
duration of their assets and liabilities and face
little rollover
risk.
Commercial mREITs tend to match the
duration of their assets and liabilities and face
little rollover
risk.