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6Steps to Snare Higher Yields in Retirement

johnNjohnN
edited May 2019 in Fund Discussions
https://www.kiplinger.com/slideshow/retirement/T037-S004-6-steps-to-snare-higher-yields-in-retirement/index.html

Steps to Snare Higher Yields in Retirement

Income investing is supposed to be like watching a predictable movie that you’ve seen a dozen times before. But lately, it has been full of plot twists. Over the past few years, most income investors settled back with their popcorn for a long period of rising interest rates, believing the Federal Reserve would slowly but surely hike rates back to more normal levels. For bond investors, that would mean some temporary pain—when rates rise, bond prices fall—but it would also bring the welcome relief of higher yields.


Couple funds mentioned in article


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Vfstx
Baird Core Plus Bond (BCOSX
Dodge & Cox Income (DODIX, 3%)

Comments

  • OpenSeSaFi
    If you compare that to other areas within the investment-grade space—munis, corporates, Treasuries—you’re not coming anywhere close
  • Old_JoeOld_Joe
    Sometimes posts are made just for the sake of posting, not necessarily to convey pertinent or useful information. Quantity, not quality is the motto.
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