Municipal bonds (munis) delivered their second straight quarterly gain, improving year-to-date performance. The U.S. economy gathered strength in the third quarter, logging an annualized growth rate ...

Intermediate-term bond funds are a relatively staid bunch. The Earnest Partners fixed-income fund is even more so, with nearly 70 percent of its assets in secure triple-A rated bonds. As of ...

The fund has returned 5.32 percent over the past year, 5.48 percent over the past three years, 2.39 percent over the past five years and 2.57 percent over the past decade. The fund invests primarily ...

Intermediate core bond funds often form the foundation of bond portfolios, and these top-rated funds offer some of the best options for investors. To screen for the top-performing funds in this ...

Focused Wealth Management, Inc added 45,077 shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF in Q3 2025, an estimated $3.75 million trade based on average pricing for the quarter, according to ...

Added 123,205 shares of VictoryShares USAA Core Intermediate-Term Bond ETF; estimated trade value $5.9 million (based on average prices in the fourth quarter of 2025). Quarter-end position value rose ...

Both funds carry identical ultra-low expenses, but Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF pays a higher yield than Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF is far larger ...

Friedberg is a former investment portfolio manager, university finance instructor and author of three books including "Personal Finance; An Encyclopedia of Modern Money Management." Her work has been ...

After struggling in the first half of 2025, municipal bonds delivered a solid third-quarter gain mainly due to strong performance in September. Municipal bond (muni) yields generally declined at a ...

Intermediate core bond funds often form the backbone of investors’ fixed-income portfolios. Morningstar analysts have given the following eight funds their high-conviction Morningstar Medalist Ratings ...