With equity markets continuing their melt up this year, many retail investors feel a need to chase performance and get into stocks with the new year approaching. Instead of playing the calendar performance game, why not consider a short-term corporate bond portfolio that pays you monthly interest while waiting for your favorite stocks to correct? Last year, I wrote about creating a short-term bond portfolio for your short-term cash needs that could yield anywhere from 2-3%, which it did with success. The anchor of the portfolio was and still is the JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF