TLT Negative YTD

Discussion of the Bond portion of the Permanent Portfolio

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Re: TLT Negative YTD

Post by mathjak107 » Sat Jun 27, 2015 5:16 am

Desert wrote: I'm hoping rates continue to rise, with inflation remaining low.  It does lead to short-term pain, but I don't see how any of us will get decent real rates of return with present low yields.
with the PP using  long term treasury's ,  loses are magnified compared to total bond funds or a popular intermediate term etf like AGG.

you can see a 20-30% loss with just a 1% rise .
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