THE BEST ALL-IN-ONE BOND FUNDS: OUR FAVORITES STIR IN SOME FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC BONDS TO SPREAD YOUR RISK AND BOOST YOUR RETURN

摘要

IF YOU DIDN'T OWN BONDS OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS, YOU MISSED OUT. IN A DECADE during which U.S. stocks experienced two major busts, almost every major category of bonds returned at least 6% annualized-and did so with much less drama. But as with any aspect of investing, the past is not necessarily prologue. And the performance of the past ten years certainly doesn't mean you can invest willy-nilly in any segment of the bond market and expect to do as well over the next ten.