BND and bond ladder portfolios show similar interest rate risk, Cullen Roche assesses

BND and bond ladder portfolios show similar interest rate risk, Cullen Roche assesses
BND versus bond ladder performance compared

Cullen Roche raises the question of whether BND would have generated better results than a 10-rung bond ladder for someone facing sequence of return risk. He notes that both portfolios show similar average duration and interest rate risk on average.

Roche has previously assessed Federal Reserve policy, giving Jerome Powell a C+ for his approach to U.S. fiscal expansion and the Fed's transitory stance in recent commentary. He has also stated that passive market indexing reflects a true macro investing approach, distinguishing it from the actions of active investors in prior analysis. These earlier views frame Roche’s latest questions on bond portfolio strategies.

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