gcgang
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https://personal.vanguard.com/us/funds/snapshot?FundIntExt=INT&FundId=0930
EDV is Vanguard Long Strips. 0.07%ER, 2.79%ytm, 25 yr maturity.
My Bonds lack duration. Many models use long bonds as their bond component. Considering using EDV to supercharge duration, but can't make myself pull the trigger, fearing "everyone" will be right about rates going up and incurring significant losses.
I bought a token amount 9 months ago. It's up 5%.
Got a CD maturing for token+ amount. But I think I'm so far behind the curve on owning long bonds, knowing I wouldn't rebalance this small amount even if rates drop and it gains 25%, that I'd just be averaging in to an eventual loser, just a matter of time until they implode.
Should I continue my CD ladder, or should I set a target amount, and rebalance around that target (all in IRA, of course)?
Anyone own longer duration bonds now?
EDV is Vanguard Long Strips. 0.07%ER, 2.79%ytm, 25 yr maturity.
My Bonds lack duration. Many models use long bonds as their bond component. Considering using EDV to supercharge duration, but can't make myself pull the trigger, fearing "everyone" will be right about rates going up and incurring significant losses.
I bought a token amount 9 months ago. It's up 5%.
Got a CD maturing for token+ amount. But I think I'm so far behind the curve on owning long bonds, knowing I wouldn't rebalance this small amount even if rates drop and it gains 25%, that I'd just be averaging in to an eventual loser, just a matter of time until they implode.
Should I continue my CD ladder, or should I set a target amount, and rebalance around that target (all in IRA, of course)?
Anyone own longer duration bonds now?