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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem is that even a lot of bond investments have had losses similar to stocks this year. A 60/40 portfolio is having the worst year on record. I just picked this random "total bond fund" and it's down over 12% YTD: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/VBMFX [/quote] The problem is that this was obvious and if you didn't see it, you deserve the poor result you're now getting. The price of bonds is inversely correlated with interest rates; since interest rates were at 0% for a long time, they had no place to go but up and therefore bond prices had no place to go but down.[/quote]
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