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Fees Outweigh Yields In Hunt For Safety: IGOV

TedTed
in The Bullpen
FYI: It’s bad enough investors are earning nothing to own trillions of dollars of government debt. What’s worse is that in some cases they’re paying higher bond-fund management fees than the yield generated by the underlying notes.
Regards,
Ted
http://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2016-02-02/bond-safety-becomes-treacherous-as-fees-outweigh-yields

M* Snapshot IGOV:
http://www.morningstar.com/etfs/xnas/igov/quote.html
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