Whether the fund's mandate is broad or narrow, bond funds invest in many different securities — often buying and selling according to market conditions and
rarely holding bonds until maturity — so it's an easier way to achieve diversification even with a small investment.
Not exact matches
That money, which is mostly
held in short - term U.S.
bonds and money market funds, was kept in Ireland for years, until an investigation by the European Union into whether the company failed to pay taxes caused it to move its
holdings to Jersey, a small island off the coast of Normandy that
rarely taxes corporations.
Although you originally intended to
hold onto your XYZ
bond for the full 30 years, real life is
rarely quite that simple.
Very
rarely do
bond funds
hold bonds all the way until maturity.
And as I pointed out in Article 8.3, if you
hold bonds for their duration, history indicates that you'll
rarely lose significant real value over time.