You may be familiar with bonds, but bond funds are a different way to invest in them. A bond fund is a professionally managed pool of bonds — held inside an exchange-traded fund (ETF) or mutual fund — ...

Amid a growing trade war and losses in the stock market, bonds have outpaced equities to start 2025. Core-plus bond funds have returned 2.58% in the year to date. To find the top-performing funds in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. William Baldwin covers investing, taxation and corporate finance. Good news for savers in fairly high tax brackets: Yields on ...

Explore the Harbor Core Bond Fund Q4 2025 performance and market outlook. Read our full report to see how we navigate current ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. There are a broad range of bond options available to you, ranging from safe investments like Treasuries to risky but high ...

If you have been looking for Muni - Bonds fund category, a potential starting could be Franklin California Tax-Free Income A (FKTFX). FKTFX possesses a Zacks Mutual Fund Rank of 3 (Hold), which is ...

For an average investor, high-yield bond mutual funds are the best to invest in bonds rated below investment grade, popularly known as junk bonds. This is because these funds hold a wide range of ...

Vanguard‘s fixed-income exchange-traded funds are popular with investors, for a few reasons. A good place to start your search for the best Vanguard fixed-income ETFs to buy is with the Morningstar ...

As we near the end of 2025, a quick look at the U.S. bond market’s performance this year shows a story of resilience and record-breaking activity. After a volatile start shaped by tariff announcements ...