{"id":105798,"date":"2024-02-20T14:39:36","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T09:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/finservwealth.com\/bond-funds-are-not-as-safe-as-you-thought\/"},"modified":"2024-02-20T14:39:36","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T09:09:36","slug":"bond-funds-are-not-as-safe-as-you-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/finservwealth.com\/hi\/bond-funds-are-not-as-safe-as-you-thought\/","title":{"rendered":"Bond funds are not as safe as you thought"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> The low risk associated with investing in high-quality government debt only applies in the very specific circumstance of you holding your bonds to maturity. Only then do you benefit from their fixed value at redemption. If you sell before maturity, or worse still, if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re a distressed seller, the losses can be huge<\/p><div id=\"finse-3387464022\" class=\"finse-content finse-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-9118214110898834\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9118214110898834\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moneycontrol.com\/news\/economy\/bond-fundsnot-as-safe-as-you-thought_17466081.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u00a0The low risk associated with investing in high-quality government debt only applies in the very specific circumstance of you holding your bonds to maturity. Only then do you benefit from their fixed value at redemption. If you sell before maturity, or worse still, if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re a distressed seller, the losses can be huge The low risk associated with investing in high-quality government debt only applies in the very specific circumstance of you holding your bonds to maturity. Only then do you benefit from their fixed value at redemption. If you sell before maturity, or worse still, if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re a distressed seller, the losses can be huge\u00a0\u00a0Moneycontrol Latest News\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.moneycontrol.com\/news\/economy\/bond-fundsnot-as-safe-as-you-thought_17466081.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<p> The low risk associated with investing in high-quality government debt only applies in the very specific circumstance of you holding your bonds to maturity. Only then do you benefit from their fixed value at redemption. If you sell before maturity, or worse still, if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re a distressed seller, the losses can be huge<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moneycontrol.com\/news\/economy\/bond-fundsnot-as-safe-as-you-thought_17466081.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u00a0The low risk associated with investing in high-quality government debt only applies in the very specific circumstance of you holding your bonds to maturity. Only then do you benefit from their fixed value at redemption. If you sell before maturity, or worse still, if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re a distressed seller, the losses can be huge The low risk associated with investing in high-quality government debt only applies in the very specific circumstance of you holding your bonds to maturity. Only then do you benefit from their fixed value at redemption. If you sell before maturity, or worse still, if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re a distressed seller, the losses can be huge\u00a0\u00a0Moneycontrol Latest News\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.moneycontrol.com\/news\/economy\/bond-fundsnot-as-safe-as-you-thought_17466081.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --> The low risk associated with investing in high-quality government debt only applies in the very specific circumstance of you holding your bonds to maturity. Only then do you benefit from their fixed value at redemption. 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