Fixed-income investing doesn’t have the same glamour and round-the-clock news coverage as stock investing. There’s no such thing as a “meme bond.” Regardless, bonds are a crucial component of a ...
Bond prices are sensitive to interest rate changes, and bond duration is a measure of just how sensitive. For instance, in Exhibit 1.1 (shown in my last article), an increase in interest rates for the ...
In November, my colleague Eric Jacobson published a Fund Spy article entitled "Bond Duration: An Art, Not a Science." In it, Jacobson listed the imperfections of duration as the predictor of how a ...
This third and final column on bonds is focused on understanding the risks that come with investing in bonds. While many ...
What Are Duration and Convexity? Duration and convexity are two tools used to manage the risk exposure of fixed-income investments. Duration measures the bond's sensitivity to interest rate changes.
As interest rates begin to soften, fixed income investors are increasingly revisiting the role of bond duration in shaping portfolio returns. In an insightful conversation, Gautam Kaul, Senior Fund ...
Individual corporate bonds typically require $1,000 minimum purchases and leave retail investors stuck with whatever credit ...
About the author: Lara Castleton is U.S. head of portfolio construction and strategy at Janus Henderson Investors. After the pain of 2022’s great interest-rate reset, investors are now benefiting from ...
Global bond portfolios are more sensitive than ever now, given their extended maturities increase the risk of capital losses as the Fed and other major central banks prepare to aggressively tighten ...
Goldman Sachs reports that bonds rallied in Q3 2025 following a Federal Reserve rate cut. Explore these detailed fund results ...
Bond ETFs are becoming a go-to way to tap the world’s $140 trillion fixed income market. This guide breaks down the main bond ...