Fixed-Income Funds Buffer the Losses of Stocks

Posted on April 1st, 2020 at 1:42 PM
Fixed-Income Funds Buffer the Losses of Stocks

From the Desk of Jim Eccleston at Eccleston Law LLC:

While the stock market has suffered great losses recently, the performance of fixed income bond funds reminds us all that appropriate asset allocation is the prudent course of action. 

Of the 20 largest fixed-income funds, 18 of them have posted small negative year-to-date returns in 2020.  On average, the funds have experienced a year-to-date loss of only between 2.29%, with losses in these funds ranging from to 0.28% to 6.74%. Two funds actually posted positive year-to-date returns of 0.06% and 0.99%.  Overall, the 20 funds have more than $1.3 trillion assets under management.

For many years, the “balanced portfolio”, balanced between stocks, bonds and cash, has served investors well.  It is doing so yet again.

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