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 ...

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, ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Discover the best Vanguard funds via the Morningstar ... The Vanguard Wellesley Income Admira allocates over half its assets to a broad mix of bonds. The Vanguard Tax-Managed Balanced Fund Admiral ...

Scores for the bond funds ranged from 0.58 to 3.58 The table below shows the 12 (of 82) highest scoring bond funds - the best overall bond funds. Those funds were noted in the previous charts. The ...

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