When my CDs mature over the next 6 months or so, I plan to go as follows:I piled into tbills and 1-2 year CDs over the past couple years to get the higher rates, but now they are reaching maturity just as rates are falling. Reinvestment risk.
I’m retired, 67 years old with a 60/40 portfolio. The tbills and CDs in question are about 35 percent of my total fixed income. The remainder is in BSV and a smaller portion in BND and VGIT.
Is this the time to be moving to intermediate bond funds?
What about longer term treasuries or treasury ladders? The 5 year is around 3.8. The 10 year is 3.9 while BND has an SEC yield of 4.31. Longer term treasuries seem low in comparison.
Is BND or some other intermediate bond fund the place to be now that rates are moving down?
half TIPS including a 20 year non-rolling TIPS ladder to take me to age 97
1/4 short treasuries or CDs
1/4 intermediate treasuries or CDs
All individual; no funds or ETFs. I pass on paying expenses.
Will I alter the above to chase rates? Yes!
Is it time to go intermediate? Larry Swedroe said that intermediate is the sweet spot.
Bill Bernstein likes shorter treasuries with durations under 3 years.
Except for TIPS, long treasuries are for advanced investors.
Will I alter the above to chase rates? Maybe a little
Statistics: Posted by hudson — Thu Aug 15, 2024 8:12 pm — Replies 7 — Views 555