Bond Market Index Fund

The Top 14 Low Cost Taxable United States Bond Mutual Funds (Low Minimum Deposit)

The top 14 low cost taxable United States bond mutual funds, when you need a low minimum deposit
This “top 10 + 4″ article discusses the top 14 low cost taxable US fixed income funds, with low minimum deposits. In this article, we consider taxable bond funds with a $10,000 maximum initial deposit for a taxable […]

Top 11 Low Cost US Taxable Fixed Income Mutual Funds (High Minimum Deposit)

The top 11 low cost taxable U.S. fixed income mutual funds, when you have $100,000 to invest
This “top 10 + 1″ article discusses the top 11 low cost US taxable bond mutual funds, if you have $100,000 to invest. Now, you say that you do not have a hundred grand for a single bond market […]

No Load Bond Funds

High costs lead to inferior bond mutual fund performance
Bond portfolio management is a relatively specialized fixed income securities activity. You might expect that certain bond mutual fund managers would be more skilled than others and would produce higher bond returns. Better performance due to investment skill could, of course, justify paying extra fees.
However, investment science […]

Bond Index Funds

Invest in fixed income securities only through low cost bond market index funds
Bond trading is a very complex process that individual investors should leave to professional fund managers. The pricing and trading of bonds and fixed income securities is far more convoluted than for common stocks or equities. Furthermore, bond pricing is much less transparent […]

Bond Mutual Fund Fees

Is it worth paying higher bond mutual fund management fees?
Simply put, if you pay higher bond mutual fund fees, then these bond management expenses tend just to be a “deadweight” loss to you. The best bond fund buying strategy is to pick only very low-cost no load bond funds.
In pursuit of higher risk-adjusted bond mutual […]