The decision over whether topurchase a bond fundor a bond ETF usually depends on the investment objective of the investor. If you wantactive management, bond mutual funds offer more choices. If you plan to buy and sell frequently,bond ETFs are a good choice. For long-term, buy-and-hold ...
Stocks and bonds are the two major investment asset classes, and mutual funds are broadly divided between bond funds and stock funds. A fund provides professional management once you decide what portions of your investment money to put into each category. For a long-term investment outlook, you ...
Edwards F R; Zhang X.Mutual funds and stock and bond market stability.Journal of Financial Services Research.1998.257-282Edwards, F. R. and Zhang, X.: 1998, Mutual funds and stock and bond market stability, Journal of Financial Services Research 13, 257-282....
The unprecedented growth of mutual funds has raised questions about the impact of mutual fund flows on stock and bond prices. Many believe that the equity bull market of the 1990s is attributable to the huge flows of funds into equity mutual funds during this period and that a withdrawal of ...
For investors without access directly to bond markets, you can still get access to bonds through bond-focused mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Who Participates in the Bond Market? The three main groups involved in the bond market are: ...
Analysis of two mutual funds, a stock fund-S and a bond fund B, yields the following results: S: Expected Return=0.14 Standard deviation=0.24 B: Expected Return=0.08 Standard deviation=0.14 Covariance between rates of return for S and B=0.00672 A portfolio with equal amounts of S and B ...
stock market and the experience in recent Asian financial crisis raised interesting questions on the impact of institutiodoi:10.2139/ssrn.138487Zhang, XinEdwards, Franklin R.Social Science Electronic PublishingFranklin R. Edwards,Xin Zhang.  Mutual Funds and Stock and Bond Market Stability[J]. ...
Additionally, bond funds trade on exchanges like stock mutual funds with returns that aim to match or outperform a specific benchmark index. There are three main categories of bond funds—bond mutual funds, bond index funds and bond exchange-traded funds (ETFs.) Bond mutual funds may beactively...
MUTUAL FUNDS GO TOPSY-TURVY For the second year in a row, the third quarter has turned out to be one ugly stretch for mutual fund investors. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index peaked in mid-July and the Dow Jones industrials in August, and it has been downhill s... JM Laderman...
With bond funds, you can indirectly receive interest paid by the underlying bond securities held in the mutual fund. However, mutual funds are not valued by a price; rather, they are valued by the NAV of the underlying holdings. If bond prices are falling, you may see declines in your in...