For investors worried that their bond portfolios may be too sensitive to interest rate increases, short-term bond funds can help reduce this risk, since shorter-term bonds fall less when rates rise.

Should you have short-term bonds in your portfolio? Yes. I’d argue that short-term bonds are one of the key asset classes that most investors should own, in addition to cash and large-cap stocks. In ...

Government bonds are debt securities issued by a government to support its spending and obligations. Investors who buy these bonds are, in essence, lending money to the government. In return, the ...

*Returns for periods less than one year are not annualized. Figures quoted represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results, and do not reflect taxes a shareholder may pay on an ...

The Fund returned 1.21% and the Bloomberg 1-3 Year U.S. Government/Credit Index returned 1.27%. Following an initial bout of volatility after the Liberation Day announcement, trade tensions have ...