Fixed-income investing has been a winner in no small degree this year. Throwing money at almost any slice of US bonds has been a winning decision, based on a set of exchange-traded funds. Notably, favoring bigger-duration risks has delivered bigger returns.
For the top-performing slice of US fixed-income, this year's results so far have, at times, rivaled the extraordinary run in US stocks. Indeed, the current year-to-date leader on our bond ETF list could be mistaken for an equity fund if you looked only the price histories. The Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index ETF ([[VCLT]])