Another way to Build your Fixed Income Portfolio

In today’s interest rate landscape, the search for yield can be a difficult pursuit, particularly when you consider that yields on traditional core bond funds are less than half of what they were in 2008.1 With the Fed and other central banks maintaining low interest rates with accommodative interest rate policies, investors are finding it harder and harder to meet yield and income targets. As my colleague Russ Koesterich points out, the prolonged period of low rates is forcing many investors to enter into more speculative fixed income asset classes. Many investors have traditionally targeted a 5% yield for their fixed income portfolio, but to get that today you likely need to invest in high yield, emerging markets, or other higher risk asset classes. These investments may not suit the needs of every investor, and if they do, investors are often unsure of how much to allocate or how to […] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Posts: No Related Posts