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My 401K with Megacorp has the following fund description below. Looking please for opinions how to "count" this in my portfolio - as a CD or bond or ? At the bottom are the 1,5,10 year returns.
If someone's looking for a 25% "bond component" in their portfolio, would money in this account count as "bond" or "cash" ?
An advisor told an associate of mine to use this fund as their bond portion - I'm not sure this is correct - as the level of return and deviation of return doesn't "behave" as a bond.
Fund Objective: The Fund seeks to preserve capital (original and subsequent investment) while providing relatively stable returns.
Portfolio Concept: the Fund's manager, seeks to provide steady returns by investing in stable value investment contracts under arrangements with various financial institutions.* These investments incorporate book value accounting, which smooths out the effects of fluctuations due to market value changes of securities contained in the Fund's portfolio. A portion of the Fund (current savings plus proceeds from maturing contracts less any loans, transfers and withdrawals) may be invested throughout the year in new stable value investment contracts at then-current interest rates. This produces a weighted average (i.e., blended ) interest rate, which may vary daily depending on the flow of cash into and out of the Fund. Over time, the Fund's return is expected to exceed the returns on bank savings accounts and money market funds. The Fund is designed for investors who:
Ytd 5.07%
1 year 5.59 %
5 years 5.52 %
10 years 6.32 %
If someone's looking for a 25% "bond component" in their portfolio, would money in this account count as "bond" or "cash" ?
An advisor told an associate of mine to use this fund as their bond portion - I'm not sure this is correct - as the level of return and deviation of return doesn't "behave" as a bond.
Fund Objective: The Fund seeks to preserve capital (original and subsequent investment) while providing relatively stable returns.
Portfolio Concept: the Fund's manager, seeks to provide steady returns by investing in stable value investment contracts under arrangements with various financial institutions.* These investments incorporate book value accounting, which smooths out the effects of fluctuations due to market value changes of securities contained in the Fund's portfolio. A portion of the Fund (current savings plus proceeds from maturing contracts less any loans, transfers and withdrawals) may be invested throughout the year in new stable value investment contracts at then-current interest rates. This produces a weighted average (i.e., blended ) interest rate, which may vary daily depending on the flow of cash into and out of the Fund. Over time, the Fund's return is expected to exceed the returns on bank savings accounts and money market funds. The Fund is designed for investors who:
Ytd 5.07%
1 year 5.59 %
5 years 5.52 %
10 years 6.32 %