Article: Understanding bond funds

Article: Corporate bonds still make the grade Returns on ...
The Sunday Telegraph London;  March 19, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... buy corporate bond funds month after month ... their exposure to corporate bonds ever since they ... been corporate bond funds. Investors have ... Corporate bond funds have a role to ... 4 per cent, corporate bonds at 5 per cent ...

Article: Riding the tidal wave of gloom; While equity markets tumble or ...
Financial Adviser;  November 20, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... as being much riskier than corporate bond funds. The latter are seen as less volatile ... counterparts. It is fair to say that corporate bond funds have done relatively well over recent ... for unit trust sales, but corporate bond funds have done the best." Among the biggest ...

Article: Are corporate bonds a safe haven? As investors have ...
The Sunday Telegraph London;  July 21, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... into corporate bond funds. And the dramatic ... returns on corporate bonds have soared ... of corporate bond funds, and risk ... in corporate bond funds. But is it too ... peak in 1999 and corporate bonds are up 20 per ...

Article: Corporate bonds are not a capital idea While less ...
The Sunday Telegraph London;  August 10, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Corporate bond funds have been selling ... Funds in the UK corporate bonds sector invest ... Investment-grade corporate bonds still have an ... People still view corporate bonds - particularly ... While corporate bond funds may still be ...

Article: Bond funds growing in appeal.
The Mail on Sunday (London, England);  December 14, 2008 ;     560 words ... ... move into corporate bond funds. Corporate bonds are debt issued ... investment-grade corporate bonds, which are deemed ... grade corporate bond funds.' But Mark Dampier ... should be careful as corporate bonds put capital at risk ...

Article: Corporate bonds hot again but need the careful ...
The Scotsman;  February 14, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... types of corporate bonds. Edinburgh ... corporate bond funds, believes ... Extra Income Bond funds, said: "Corporate bonds are often ... corporate bond funds that invest ... simple terms, corporate bonds are one way ...

Article: Bond funds may cause loss in college savings.
Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minn.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  August 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... 80 percent to 90 percent in bond funds and money market accounts ... is using the wrong kind of bond funds _ intermediate, rather than short-term, bond funds. Although corporate bonds generally are considered riskier ...