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Short-Term Bond Fund
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Short-term bond fund
A bond mutual fund holding short to intermediate-term bonds that have maturities of three to five years.

Short-Term Bond Fund
A mutual fund that invests predominantly or exclusively in bonds with maturities of less than a few years. The idea behind a short-term bond fund is to provide a return at little risk (compared to other investments) that is nonetheless better than the risk-free rate of return.


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Short-term bond funds have lower yields than longer-term funds, he says, "but the risks in the bond market are too great to reach for yield.
6 billion, but short-term bond funds have been supplanted in the rankings by world-bond and multisector bond funds, which absorbed $3.
Although past performance doesn't guarantee future returns, it indicates that investors in short-term bond funds can probably collect a yield while they avoid steep losses.
 
 
 
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