TCW Core Fixed Income Fund I-Class fell 3.69% (net of fees) in the final quarter of 2024 to trail the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index by 63 bps, while the year-to-date return of 0.75% was 50 bps ...

Fixed-income investments are in the spotlight, thanks to strong yields and prevailing stock market uncertainty. A solid income stream paired with relative price stability is an appealing combo, and ...

While the long-term bond Morningstar Category posted solid returns for the year to date through June 2025, investor sentiment told a different story. The category experienced more than $9 billion in ...

Fixed-income exchange-traded funds provide diversified bond exposure, often at a low cost. Passive fixed-income ETFs lower expenses because they rely on an index to define their holdings. Investors ...

“Stocks get the pixels, bonds get the dollars,” wrote my colleague Sylvester Flood in Morningstar’s Global Fund Flows report earlier this year. It’s a paradox, to be sure. For years, a ...

Schwab now offers 12 bond exchange-traded funds and six bond mutual funds, covering both taxable and tax-free categories. Low expense ratios across the board make these funds appealing to ...

There's no inherent advantage to sticking with a single fund manager, but some of the largest providers offer enough value to make loyalty worthwhile. Vanguard is one of them. Nowhere is this ...

If a pure equity exchange-traded fund (ETF) might be too volatile as broader economic concerns grow and fixed income is still struggling to maintain pace with inflation, a multi-asset fund might offer ...

The $11 trillion in assets manager has shifted its recommended allocations to 70% fixed income. It now has more than $1 trillion in funds committed to bonds. In investing’s age-old active versus ...

Fixed-income represented a surprising bright spot in 2025, despite the warnings of "bond vigilantes" and inflation pressure.