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Bond Ladders

Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 9:17 am
by Kbg
I don’t see this discussed a lot on the board and it is a remarkably effective way to deal with rising interest rates. If one fishes around on the page there is a good description of what happens to bonds as they go through their maturity cycle. You should understand it. Of particular note check out the 1965-80 stats.

https://www.crestmontresearch.com/docs/ ... adders.pdf

Re: Bond Ladders

Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 10:11 am
by ochotona
Excellent content, it reminds us not to freak out... if the duration is centered around 10 years, pretty much not to worry. And it is if you have cash (0 duration) and 20 year Treasuries.

Re: Bond Ladders

Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2020 6:20 pm
by vnatale
Kbg wrote: Sun Jan 21, 2018 9:17 am I don’t see this discussed a lot on the board and it is a remarkably effective way to deal with rising interest rates. If one fishes around on the page there is a good description of what happens to bonds as they go through their maturity cycle. You should understand it. Of particular note check out the 1965-80 stats.

https://www.crestmontresearch.com/docs/ ... adders.pdf
I was going to ask if you could provide an update but I was pleased to see that when I clicked on the link the PDF had been updated all the way through 2019.

Vinny

Re: Bond Ladders

Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2020 1:12 pm
by Kbg
Studying the pink and green is very worthwhile...