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Bond Primer: Yield vs. Total Return
The following is a guest post from Sound Mind Investing . Here's a review of SMI if you're interested. It's a basic piece (hence "a primer") but I'm sure some of you will find it very educational. And the rest of you can discuss what you think the interest rate risk is on today's bonds. ...
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