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Bond Index Funds Are Hurting Again. It Isn’t Just Rising Interest Rates.
On Barron this week, Lewis Braham wrote an article on why bond index funds did so poorly this year relatively to actively managed funds. Several bond funds and ETFs mentioned:
Pimco Income fund, PONAX Vanguard High-Yield Corporate, VWEHX BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio, BHYAX RiverPark Strategic Income, RSIVX