Anyone familiar with the world of retirement planning and investing understands the importance of bonds. It is not for nothing that the closer you are to retirement, the greater your bond allocation.

Adam Kramer and Rick Gandhi manage a bond fund that posted a higher return than the S&P 500 last year. And it's one of the ...

Investing in corporate bonds can be a daunting task, but a corporate bond fund can make this far easier. These are Morningstar analysts’ top-rated options. We looked for the funds with the best ...

One notable trend across both mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) is the growing prevalence of core-plus fixed-income strategies. These funds operate under a two-part mandate. The “core” ...

Fixed income has had a relatively good year in 2025. After a miserable 2022 bear market that saw long-term corporates and Treasuries fall more than 30% from peak to valley, bonds appear to be ...

Bond rating agencies evaluate the creditworthiness of debt securities and issuers. Learn about their benefits, criticisms, and the role they play in the market.

Corporate bond exchange-traded funds can be an easy and inexpensive way for investors to access a broad, diversified portfolio of bonds that would be hard for individual investors to assemble. To ...