At the Money: Managing Bond Duration

How should investors manage bond duration in an era of rising –
and soon likely falling – interest rates?  


The challenge is that the longer the duration your bonds are, the
higher yield usually is, but the more vulnerable those bonds are
to rising rates. When rates fall, long-duration bonds go up
(shorter duration much less). There are many ways investors can
take advantage of changing interest rates. For more on the
subject, Barry Ritholtz speaks with Karen Veraa, Head of iShares
US Fixed Income Strategy at BlackRock.


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