For the life of me I cannot understand duration matching ETFs, before even mentioning when another 2022 bond cycle comes, and myself starting at these ETFs down 20% without a clear maturity date at which time I will be made whole.Finally, I don't think it's that complicated to just build a ladder and let it run. Sure, I get into the weeds, but I do it because I enjoy it, and it seems to help some of those in the nerdy minority. Bob has a good point about building a ladder using a tool like the #Cruncher spreadsheet or tipsladder.com without understanding the underlying fundamentals, but doesn't that apply to a fund as well? How many threads have we seen discussing confusion about how bond funds work?
TIPs ladder is easy enough for me to understand.
More power to those who think duration matching is easier than a bond ladder I guess.
Statistics: Posted by silvergga — Tue May 28, 2024 1:03 am — Replies 156 — Views 10028