While fixed income ETFs come with some advantages over mutual funds, it's important to know what you're buying, experts say.

Bond ETFs are useful in a diversified portfolio, but investors should be aware of interest rate sensitivity, credit quality, ...

Anyone familiar with the world of retirement planning and investing understands the importance of bonds. It is not for nothing that the closer you are to retirement, the greater your bond allocation.

Investing in diversified bond funds is preferred to individual bond investing, as building a portfolio of the second type may prove relatively more expensive. A higher level of liquidity also makes ...

Mutual funds having significant exposure to diversified bonds are excellent choices for investors seeking steady returns with a relatively low level of risk. Investing in funds that maintain a ...

Many investors focus primarily on stocks. However, the global bond market is even bigger than the stock market. With that in mind, it isn't surprising that 36 of the 97 exchange-traded funds (ETFs) ...

Compared to taxable bonds, federally tax-exempt bonds may produce significantly higher after-tax returns for investors with ...

Vanguard is one of the largest asset managers in the world, offering investors and advisors a lineup of 366 mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, or ETFs. But the firm’s value extends beyond its ...

Bond yields are rising, which means bond prices — which move in the opposite direction — are falling. So why do investors keep putting money into bond funds, and are they making a mistake? Since Feb.

Based on the conventional wisdom in the financial-planning industry and in financial media, you'd think the new world of low-cost exchange-traded funds and index funds is a straightforward win-win for ...