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How to play rising bond rates for retirement income without losing your shirt in principal

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/10/how-to-play-rising-bond-rates-without-losing-your-shirt-in-principal.html


Published Mon, Dec 10 2018 • 11:01 AM EST
Tim Mullaney
@timmullaney
Key Points

Rising interest rates have led to declining values for bonds, and lower bond fund and ETF returns.
If rates keep rising, bonds will continue to underperform, but retirees in need of income can't abandon bonds.
The trick for income investors when rates rise is to contain principal losses on bonds and manage bond maturities to bolster total returns.
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