Commentary: Advisers find no shortage of attractive bond funds
By Mark Hulbert, MarketWatch
ANNANDALE, Va. (MarketWatch) -- What's a bond investor to do in February?
As we begin the second month of 2010, short-term interest rates are virtually zero, thanks to the Federal Reserve's monetary stimulus, reiterated as recently as last week at the meeting of the Fed's interest-rate-setting committee.
How can you earn a decent interest rate without incurring undue risks?
Fortunately, the top-performing investment advisers tracked by the Hulbert Financial Digest have some suggestions.
Listed below are those bond mutual funds that currently are most popular among monitored investment advisers who have beaten a buy-and-hold in the stock market over the last decade. In fact, each is recommended by no fewer than five of these market-beating advisers. They are listed in order of popularity:
Vanguard GNMA (VFIIX 10.75, +0.02, +0.19%)
Vanguard High Yield Corp (VWEHX 5.48, 0.00, 0.00%)
This list was current as of the end of January. You can update the list at any time, or see which securities are most or least popular among any other group of advisory services, at Hulbert Interactive.
