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Re: Bonds for retirement income stream?
TallyMan
07-06-2008, 10:36 AM | Post #2536000
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Limoman, Thx for your thoughts.
Of those 3, Harbor Bond Instl HABDX does look good:
M* shows
Harbor Bond Instl HABDX w/
Average Eff Duration of 5.34 Yrs
yield of 5.16% and an impressive
Bond Quality of
AAA 70.0
AA 15.0
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Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index VBLTX
Average Eff Duration 11.34 Yrs
Yield 5.45%
Bond Quality
AAA 52.1
AA 8.8
A 19.6
BBB 19.4
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No info on M* re avg duration and bond quality of
Fidelity Floating Rate High Income FFRHX
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What about Vanguard Interm-Term Investment-Grade VFICX?
Average Eff Duration 4.97 Yrs
Yield 5.29%
Bond Quality
AAA 21.0
AA 21.6
A 34.8
BBB 21.5
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A plus for VG's funds is that I already have a ROTH and a joint taxable account there.
Steve
Topics
bond index
Duration
Harbor Bond
ROTH
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