Next, capital gains are more of a stock fund
thing than a bond fund thing, so capital gains distributions on bond funds are insignificant.
Not exact matches
Although there will still be some amount of buying and selling in the portfolio during that time (for instance, to deal with
things like new investors buying into the
fund or selling a
bond with a declining credit profile), it should be less
than what would be experienced in a traditional
bond mutual
fund.
But in the last few episodes of sharp stock market drops,
bonds went up (US government
bonds are a safe haven asset and appreciate in crisis periods) so the only
thing better
than 3 months worth of expenses in a money market
fund is having 3 + x months worth of expenses in the
bond portfolio due to higher
bond yields and negative correlation between
bonds and stocks.
I would be more equities
than bonds, and I'm not sure where the lifestyle
funds — it has that glide path and
things like that.
More
than historical performance or anything else, our view is that the holdings of a
bond fund is the most important
thing to know.
Next, dividends are more of a fixed income
thing than an equity
fund thing, so the vast majority of dividends will come from the
bond funds.