Sentences with phrase «than bond funds»

I mean of course individual bonds rather than bond funds since we are talking about a specific loan with specific interest rate and the promise to return the debt at maturity.

In exchange for that level of safety, money market funds usually provide lower returns than bond funds or individual bonds.

But the fact that you can hold the individual bond to maturity does not make it safer than the bond fund in this case.

If rates hold steady, you come out ahead with the CD because the interest rate is higher than the bond fund rate.

This is because although they are both low risk in their categories stock funds have a higher risk / return potential than bond funds.

Stock funds have higher expenses than bond funds, and foreign investments are more expensive than domestic investments.

Seven ETFs and a ladder of fixed income investments (rather than a bond fund at this stage in the cycle).

A lot of people argue that individual bonds are safer than bond funds, however, this isn't exactly accurate.

We have seen that bond ETFs are generally more volatile than bond funds, and one of our goals in managing fixed income is to limit volatility.

There are many situations where it does indeed make sense to use a high - interest savings account rather than a bond fund.

By diversifying into CDs, at least part of my money is earning a much higher interest rate than my money market funds, and is subject to less risk than my bond funds.

Next, capital gains are more of a stock fund thing than a bond fund thing, so capital gains distributions on bond funds are insignificant.

Expenses tend to be higher for stock funds than bond funds, and higher for actively managed funds than index funds.

Liz Tammaro: And I think this is a related question that's coming to us from Bob: «I have read that if your time horizon is longer than the bond fund, or the bond's duration, you benefit in a rising - rate environment.

And in Canada, where the bulk of the preferred share universe is of the rate - reset variety — instead of offering a fixed payout perpetually, their coupon is reset in relation to the five - year Government of Canada bond rate every five years — they may offer more protection than bond funds from rising interest rates.

Interest rates have been rising since May and this has affected all areas of the bond market, but in many cases, bond ETFs were hit harder than bond funds.

nce a bond fund is similar to a rolling bond ladder, a good direct CD generally has lower term risk than a bond fund.