Long-duration bonds are cheap. EDV & TLTInflation has come down down, FED is planning to begin cutting rates this year. Interest rates are the highest in the US of any developed country. Long term bonds especially are a good investment here. EDV and TLT both track them and are currently paying a good yield too. I expect these to double fr
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About VANGUARD WORLD FUND EXTENDED DURATION TREAS ETF
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Inception date
Dec 6, 2007
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Ordinary income
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Distributor
Vanguard Marketing Corp.
The fund is passively managed to hold a portfolio of 20- to 30-year Treasury STRIPS, which represents a single coupon or principal payment on a US Treasury security that has been stripped into separately tradable components. These securities promise a single payment upon maturity in the next 20-30 years without any interim coupon payments. The fund has a massively long effective duration because zero-coupon bonds carry significantly more interest rate risk than their coupon-bearing counterparts. The fund's holdings are selected through a sampling process in which at least 80% of the funds' assets are normally invested in US Treasury securities held by the index.
Classification
What's in the fund
Exposure type
Government
Bonds, Cash & Other100.00%
Government98.44%
Corporate1.56%
Cash0.00%
Long Bond CallWe haven't had to manage cycle risk, on a sustained basis to the downside, since 2008-2009 and 2000-2002.
The biggest problem in financial markets right now is there's no Event.
This is just Cycle-Risk and we haven't had to manage cycle risk - on a sustained basis to the downside - since '08-'09, an
More downside for long term durations It appears that there is at least 15% more downside to EDV before a possible trend reversal. I have two separate channels made up. If support fails EDV may find it self within the lower channel. The long term economic picture still seems to be uncertain. With more clarity coming with time. A bounce
EDV: Bond Market Rally ResumingIf precious metals aren't the thing for you, the classic investment hedge for safety is holding bonds and bond funds. I like EDV a lot and it holds its value steady long term for the buy/hold/rebalance crowd. Bonds cooled off a little after the late August rally lost some steam, but it looks like
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