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Bond Funds Reduce Risk.
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Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine
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April 1, 2008
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Byline: DAVID LANDIS
IF YOU WERE TEMPTED TO KICK YOURSELF DURING THE bull market for keeping those stodgy bond funds in your portfolio, you're probably patting yourself on the back today. Bonds issued in the U.S. have returned 8% over the past year through mid February, taking at least some of the sting out of the stock market's 6% decline.
That's what bonds are supposed to do. Their relatively low volatility and steady interest payments are a source of comfort to investors when stocks falter. In the bear-market year of 2002, when Standard & Poor's 500-stock index fell 22%, the Lehman Aggregate Bond index gained 10%. As the U.S. headed toward recession in 1990, the ...
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