{"id":16520,"date":"2010-07-02T06:55:03","date_gmt":"2010-07-02T10:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/?p=16520"},"modified":"2010-07-02T06:55:03","modified_gmt":"2010-07-02T10:55:03","slug":"bond-funds-bring-safety-in-the-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/07\/2010\/bond-funds-bring-safety-in-the-numbers.html","title":{"rendered":"Bond funds bring safety in the numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MarketWatch &#8211; Europe&#8217;s high-stakes debt troubles,  persistent U.S. job and housing market weakness, and China&#8217;s sputtering  global-growth engine sent bond mutual-fund investors scurrying for  lower-risk fixed income categories during the second quarter.<\/p>\n<p>In a clear reflection of global market jitters, bonds beat stock returns  by the widest margin in nine years. It&#8217;s treacherous territory for fund  managers who face the complexities of added economic fuel from low  rates and yet, scant inflation. A spotty corporate recovery and the  less-than-confident actions of governments trying to rein in deficits  complicate the scenario.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"MarketWatch) -- Europe's high-stakes debt troubles, persistent U.S. job and housing market weakness, and China's sputtering global-growth engine sent bond mutual-fund investors scurrying for lower-risk fixed income categories during the second quarter.  In a clear reflection of global market jitters, bonds beat stock returns by the widest margin in nine years. It's treacherous territory for fund managers who face the complexities of added economic fuel from low rates and yet, scant inflation. A spotty corporate recovery and the less-than-confident actions of governments trying to rein in deficits complicate the scenario. \" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Read Complete Article<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MarketWatch &#8211; Europe&#8217;s high-stakes debt troubles, persistent U.S. job and housing market weakness, and China&#8217;s sputtering global-growth engine sent bond mutual-fund investors scurrying for lower-risk fixed income categories during the second quarter. In a clear reflection of global market jitters, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-syndicated"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16520"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16522,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16520\/revisions\/16522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}