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 ...

American Funds Bond Fund of America is leaning into what it does best. A one-notch drop in the Morningstar Medalist Rating of two share classes, including the A shares’ fall to Bronze from ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Here’s what else you should know about high-yield bonds and some of the top funds to consider for your portfolio. Top high-yield bond funds *Yield data below from Morningstar as of Aug. 12, 2024.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Morningstar determines analyst ratings based on how a fund scores across five pillars: process, performance, people, parent and price. Gold funds are the best, and are those in which Morningstar ...

Top bond ETFs for 2023 ... Morningstar's director of passive strategies research for North America, says bond funds – regardless of mutual fund or ETF ...