The US bond market is having a good year: The Morningstar US Core Bond Index was up nearly 5% during the first quarter of 2025. “Unsettled by the DeepSeek AI disruption, major policy uncertainty ...

T he Kiplinger 25 is a list of our favorite no-load mutual funds. We favor funds run by seasoned managers who take a long ...

The bond index funds on the list all land in one of Morningstar's broad bond categories and have an analyst-assigned percentage equaling at least 80% as of Oct. 11. See the accompanying gallery ...

(Source: Morningstar) Best Yield-to-Risk Bond Funds. Now that we have seen that bond fund risk correlates with credit rating and volatility, the next question is: ...

Morningstar’s High Yield Municipal Bond category has posted an average return of 4.49% year to date, well above the corresponding Bloomberg-Barclay’s 65% High-Grade, 35% High-Yield Total ...

Municipal bond mutual funds outperformed their respective Morningstar bond fund categories over the past year, as demonstrated below. The funds with the best one-year trailing total returns are ...

This makes it a high-risk fund relative to its Morningstar category. But it has also generated above-average returns, as evidenced by the 5.1%-trailing 12-month yield. Dodge & Cox Global Bond Fund ...

See Morningstar Defensive Bond Fund (MSTBX) mutual fund ratings from all the top fund analysts in one place. See Morningstar Defensive Bond Fund performance, holdings, fees, risk and other data ...

See Morningstar Total Return Bond Fund (MSTRX) mutual fund ratings from all the top fund analysts in one place. See Morningstar Total Return Bond Fund performance, holdings, fees, risk and other ...

The best bond funds provide investors with income and stability ... It's been a rough run for bonds, as evidenced by the the Morningstar US 10+ Year Treasury Bond Index, ...

This fund owns $118.66 billion in total net assets and its 0.03% expense ratio is over 90% cheaper than average funds in its Morningstar category. Best Online Brokers for Bond ETFs ...

These ETFs and mutual funds invest in different types of short-term bonds and earn Morningstar’s top rating heading into 2025.