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Welcome to Money 59, subject bond funds
Understanding Bond FundsWhat is a Bond Fund?
Advantages of Bond Funds
Risks of Bond Funds
Performance of a Bond Fund
Bond funds provide investors with important features like monthly income, portfolio diversification, professional money management, and daily liquidity.
What is a Bond Fund?
A bond fund pools money from many investors to buy individual bonds that meet the fund's investment objective. Each bond fund is professionally managed, and is categorized based on the... : Understanding Bond Funds
Bond Funds'Bond fund' and 'income fund' are terms used to describe a type of investment company (mutual fund, closed-end fund, or Unit Investment Trust (UIT)) that invests primarily in bonds or other types of debt securities. Depending on its investment objectives and policies, a bond fund may concentrate its investments in a particular type of b... : Bond Funds
Consumer Prices Up, Unease Over Inflation WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Surging energy costs helped push up U.S. consumer prices in March, and with food and energy stripped out inflation rose at the sharpest rate in 2-1/2 years, drawing a warning from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday that it was closely watching price pressures. The Consumer Price Index, widely used as a major gauge... : Consumer Prices Up, Unease Over Inflation
PBHG Funds, Founders Settle Charges NEW YORK (Reuters) - The founders of the PBHG mutual funds agreed to pay $160 million in restitution and civil fines, and to accept a lifetime ban from the securities industry to resolve allegations they facilitated improper trading in the funds, regulators said on Wednesday. Gary L. Pilgrim and Harold J. Baxter secretly allowed improper market timing arrangements with favored clients, in contrast to sharp limits set for other investors i... : PBHG Funds, Founders Settle Charges
Mutual Funds 101 by the Book By Linda Stern WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sometimes it helps to go back to the beginning and start simple -- to relearn why you've invested in mutual funds and how to make the most of them. That can be daunting: Today there are almost 9,000 mutual funds, including some that trade like stocks, some that... : Mutual Funds 101 by the Book
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