http://www.etftrends.com/2008/12/pros-cons-bond-etfs.html Keeping a grip on exchange traded funds (ETFs) Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:28:06 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.etftrends.com/2008/12/pros-cons-bond-etfs.html/comment-page-1/#comment-2787 Michael Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:51:50 +0000 http://www.etftrends.com/?p=6831#comment-2787 Recently I bought a global inflation-linked bond "total return" index whose chart looked a lot like the one above, but (as usual) sold it when it wasn't showing the relatively steady progress of the short-term euro bond indexes. I find the bond market so confusing that even though Tom's book iMoney recommends 70% in bonds in a "conservative" portfolio, I am at a complete loss about which bond index to buy. Recently I bought a global inflation-linked bond “total return” index whose chart looked a lot like the one above, but (as usual) sold it when it wasn’t showing the relatively steady progress of the short-term euro bond indexes. I find the bond market so confusing that even though Tom’s book iMoney recommends 70% in bonds in a “conservative” portfolio, I am at a complete loss about which bond index to buy.

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