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ProShares: The Shortcomings Of Short Term Bond Funds

TedTed
in The Bullpen
FYI: Bond prices fall when interest rates rise. So when interest rates are trending up, many investors shift their fixed-income holdings to short-term bonds in order to reduce interest rate risk. What they may not realize is that, by doing so, they shortchange their potential returns in two ways
Regards,
Ted
http://www.etf.com/sections/etf-industry-perspective/proshares-shortcomings-short-term-bond-funds?nopaging=1
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