

Trouble for Bonds
Oh no, the party is over! Investors can no longer assume that their 2018 bond portfolio’s positive returns will be a “piece of cake”. In 2017, bond returns were positive AND above average. These returns when combined with the notion that bond money was “safe” money had investors very happy. But is bond money really safe money NOW? It would not appear so. For example, as of September 10th, two popular ETF’s that track investment grade bond indices, AGG and LQD, are dow