Investing in the broad based US investment grade bond market is easily done with ETFs. Here are the performance figures for the 2 largest index based bond ETFs, AGG and BND, with a money market fund for comparison. ETF ExpenseRatio CurrentYield 1-yearreturn 3-yearreturn 5-yearreturn 10-yearreturn AGG – iShares Core US Bond 0.03% 3.41% -1.45% -3.53% […]

Bond prices typically move in the opposite direction of stock prices. Long-term bonds have more volatile total returns than short-term bonds. Bonds can go down in value, particularly if purchased at a premium. With current money market yields near 5%, their seems little reason to invest in bonds or bond funds that can go down […]