Duration is the primary measure of interest rate sensitivity — it is the percentage change in price for a 1% change in interest rates. However, practitioners also look at convexity, which is the ...

Still, more than once I've had clients balk at the idea of investing in bonds, offering the explanation, "They don't return as much as stocks." That's where it becomes the financial advisor's job to ...

Interest-rate sensitivity, credit risk, and exposure to the yield curve are three of the biggest factors that have an impact on a bond's price. As a measure of interest-rate sensitivity, duration ...

The 2008 financial crisis and the resulting market shocks had a number of surprising consequences. One that was particularly important to bond investors was the degree to which diversified bond funds ...

Duration management has been a very powerful tool in terms of generating alpha. But going forward, we think being nimble is going to give you your real edge. We think shorter-dated Treasuries can ...

Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares offers diversified exposure to long-duration, investment-grade US government and corporate bonds with a low 0.03% expense ratio. BLV is highly sensitive ...

For someone who has now traded bonds professionally for over 30 years, the recent behavior of the bond market has been nothing short of incredible. For those who think of the bond market as a shelter ...

Whether you take an aggressive or conservative approach to investing, your asset allocation is likely to include some bonds. When reading about or researching bonds, you’ll hear about duration, an ...