The average bond yield on a basket of 13 government bonds, as calculated by the Swiss National Bank, fell 1 basis point to 3.65 percent.
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The Fe ( 2 ) site does not show a complete spin transition at room temperature however, with an average bond length of only 1.97 ?
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That was somewhat behind the 10.8 percent return of diversified equity funds but infinitely better than the decline of 1 percent for the average bond fund.
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The average bond yield on a basket of 13 government bonds, as calculated by the Swiss National Bank, fell 1 basis point to 3.42 percent Friday.
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That's a fair price, when the current lower-than-average bond yield is taken into consideration, says Philip Orlando, president of $ 5.5 billion Value Line Asset Management.
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Vanguard's bond shareholders received average annual returns that were nearly a full percentage point better than those of the average bond investor over the last 10 years.
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The average bond yield on a basket of 13 government bonds, as calculated by the Swiss National Bank, fell 1 basis point to 3 . 65 percent.
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The average bond rating is a " BB +, " which is Standard & Poor's Corp .'s highest rating for high-yield bonds, and therefore the lowest yielding.
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Even so, the Lehman Government Index is up 10 . 84 percent this year, better than the average bond fund's performance of 8 . 32 percent higher.
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That was somewhat behind the 10 . 8 percent return of diversified equity funds but infinitely better than the decline of 1 percent for the average bond fund.