Hello all,
I'm stocking up on long-term bonds, and I'd be interested in considering long-term ex-us bonds, but I can't find any options easily investable at a reasonable cost (i.e., ER below .20).
Anyone know of funds that would meet these criteria?
Thanks!
Long term international bond funds
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Long term international bond funds
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Re: Long term international bond funds
USD-Hedged or unhedged? I would be extremely interested in the latter (volatility would be very high due to interest rates and currency movement, but I think their diversification would be good).whereskyle wrote: ↑Fri May 14, 2021 7:54 am Hello all,
I'm stocking up on long-term bonds, and I'd be interested in considering long-term ex-us bonds, but I can't find any options easily investable at a reasonable cost (i.e., ER below .20).
Anyone know of funds that would meet these criteria?
Thanks!
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Re: Long term international bond funds
I'm pretty sure that no such thing exists, and probably for very good reason.whereskyle wrote: ↑Fri May 14, 2021 7:54 am Hello all,
I'm stocking up on long-term bonds, and I'd be interested in considering long-term ex-us bonds, but I can't find any options easily investable at a reasonable cost (i.e., ER below .20).
Anyone know of funds that would meet these criteria?
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Re: Long term international bond funds
Yeah, that seems to be the case. As an intellectual exercise, I'd love to hear your thoughts about the "good" reasons no such thing exists.vineviz wrote: ↑Fri May 14, 2021 12:29 pmI'm pretty sure that no such thing exists, and probably for very good reason.whereskyle wrote: ↑Fri May 14, 2021 7:54 am Hello all,
I'm stocking up on long-term bonds, and I'd be interested in considering long-term ex-us bonds, but I can't find any options easily investable at a reasonable cost (i.e., ER below .20).
Anyone know of funds that would meet these criteria?
Duration-specific BNDW equivalents seem desirable to me! But the industry I guess is still just tiptoeing into the global fund, rather than US/country specific arena.
Before having heard your reasoning, I think I'd be inclined to build a simple two-fund accumulation portfolio of VT and "Long-term BNDW."
Thanks for the input.
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Re: Long term international bond funds
I'd be interested in considering both! Really doesn't seem like either fund exists though.secondopinion wrote: ↑Fri May 14, 2021 12:04 pmUSD-Hedged or unhedged? I would be extremely interested in the latter (volatility would be very high due to interest rates and currency movement, but I think their diversification would be good).whereskyle wrote: ↑Fri May 14, 2021 7:54 am Hello all,
I'm stocking up on long-term bonds, and I'd be interested in considering long-term ex-us bonds, but I can't find any options easily investable at a reasonable cost (i.e., ER below .20).
Anyone know of funds that would meet these criteria?
Thanks!
Heck, are there any simple ex-us long-term funds? Somewhat surprising that there seem to be only (or primarily) US duration-specific bond funds.
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Re: Long term international bond funds
Virtually no US-based investor will find long-term ex-US bonds to be on their efficient frontier. An investor who can own stocks will find that a combination of stocks and something approximating their risk-free asset will be the optimal combination for them, and for US investors that risk-free asset is going to be some form of US Treasury instrument.whereskyle wrote: ↑Fri May 14, 2021 12:50 pm Yeah, that seems to be the case. As an intellectual exercise, I'd love to hear your thoughts about the "good" reasons no such thing exists.
Only investors with very small equity allocations (e.g. <40% of the portfolio) will find it efficient to own ex-US bonds, and not coincidentally most such investors will have an investment horizon more aligned with short- or intermediate-term bonds rather than long-term bonds.
In the US, there's simply no natural market for a long-term ex-US bond fund.
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