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If you were to decide that it was time to make an investment, and thought that a bond or a mutual fund consisting of bonds was a good idea… where would you go to get started?
Bonds being fixed income security are the safest investment vehicles among the variety of asset classes ,
However if one is to decide between bonds and mutual fund consisting of bonds . It is advisable to go with mutual fund consisting of bonds being a good idea for the investment purposes .
· Bonds have different risk ratings with the probability associated with default , from AAA+ being best TO D or default category bond.
· The issuer of the bond gets the instrument rated before issuing and the highest rated bonds have the least probability of default .
· Thus bonds which are rated low , have high yield on the investment and vice versa , i.e bonds which are rated high have the least yield .
· For new investors thus it is tedious to determine which bond to purchase provided the risk return trade-off
Mutual funds of bonds acts as a portfolio or collection of bonds of various yields and allocates a portion of the total investment into different bond classes giving a stable yield .
The various types of bonds in mutual funds of bonds are
· Government bond
· Corporate Bonds
· Municipal bonds
· Foreign bonds
· Masala and Junk bonds which are high yielding bonds
Hence Mutual fund of bond safeguards the overall investment into different bond classes and provide an optimal risk adjusted return .