Questions tagged [bond-funds]

I have looked at the "What is a bond fund?" question and this wasn't addressed. Which of these are applicable (and is there anything tricky to understand about it in this case)? You can sell your shares of the fund on the market if share price…

I have owned a medium term bond mutual fund at a large mutual fund company for years without making any new deposits or withdraws and I just reinvest the dividends. Each month it consistently pays a dividend of about the same amount. This December…

I find very interesting that Bloomberg Barclays Euro Inflation Linked 10+ (Euro) securities increased their price in the last 6 month with about +4.4%. Looking on the equivalent USD TIPS my increase (should be also long term securities but cannot…

I'm trying to get a sense for what to (very roughly) expect in terms of bond funds return on investment as compared to a guaranteed investment, like CDs. Here is an example fund and its reported "after-tax returns" (note: the site states that…