{"id":2036551,"date":"2015-10-14T14:23:48","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T08:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/?p=2036551"},"modified":"2015-10-14T14:26:52","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T08:56:52","slug":"a-quick-note-on-bonds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/2015\/10\/14\/a-quick-note-on-bonds\/","title":{"rendered":"A quick note on bonds"},"content":{"rendered":"

We compared the total returns from the short-end of the curve to Nifty. Here’s what we found:<\/p>\n

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  1. IRR over the last 10 years for bonds was 6.53%.<\/li>\n
  2. Biggest drawdown was -5.04%.<\/li>\n
  3. Only two years of negative correlation with NIFTY.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Annual returns:
    \n\"nifty.vs.0-5.bonds\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    Equity curve:
    \n    \"0-5's<\/a><\/p>\n

    Drawdowns:
    \n    \"0-5s.NIFTY.drawdowns\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    The right place for bonds in a portfolio is for regular income. From a returns perspective, you are better off investing in equities. Bonds are no less volatile when compared to the returns they give, and are mostly correlated with equity volatility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    We compared the total returns from the short-end of the curve to Nifty. Here’s what we found: IRR over the last 10 years for bonds was 6.53%. Biggest drawdown was -5.04%. Only two years of negative correlation with NIFTY. Annual returns: Equity curve: Drawdowns: The right place for bonds in a portfolio is for regular … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2036561,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3471,9],"tags":[2821,17],"class_list":["post-2036551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-investing-insight","category-your-money","tag-bonds","tag-mutual-funds","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2036551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2036551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2036551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2036561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2036551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2036551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2036551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}