Investing: Bond Funds Turbocharge Payouts

Investing: Bond Funds Turbocharge Payouts
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Tribune News Service
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By Jeffrey R. Kosnett From Kiplinger’s Personal Finance

The typical short-term taxable bond fund has lost a hard-to swallow 4 percent to 6 percent this year through early September. Fast-climbing interest rates exacted this heavy cost, usurping two years or more of yield. But you know that.