The investment seeks to maximize total return consistent with capital preservation. To pursue its goal, the fund normally invests in a diversified mix of debt securities, which primarily include ...

The investment seeks total return. The fund, under normal circumstances, invests at least 80% of its assets (net assets plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in bonds. It will generally seek to ...

Thrivent Municipal Bond Fund matched the 1.56% total return of the Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index for the fourth quarter of ...

Pimco Total Return PTTRX continues to earn a place among the best bond funds. Despite the November 2025 retirement of former credit CIO Mark Kiesel, the management roster here remains topnotch. Mohit ...

FBND returned 7.58% in 2025, outperforming its benchmark amid falling interest rates. Read the full analysis for more details.

It’s even more apparent when we express the gap as a percentage of total return, which I’ve done in the chart below. In summary, bond-fund investors captured around half of their funds’ total returns, ...

Editor’s note: Columnist Charlie Garcia shares select emails from his virtual mailbag every Friday. Following the advice in your column on counting BBB-and-below investments in bond funds, I looked at ...

*AGF Enhanced U.S. Equity Income Fund and AGF Total Return Bond Fund are mutual funds with an ETF series option. Further information about the AGF ETFs can be found at AGF.com. This information is not ...

Bonds have gotten a bad reputation over the past few years. They've gotten much more attractive over the past 12 months.