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Originally Posted by GregWeld
12/10/2013 Cash Dividend JNK
SPDR BARCLAYS ETF HIGH Y...
$3,020.24
12/06/2013 Cash Dividend HYG
ISHARES TRUST IBOXX $ HI…
$4,500.14
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Hey Greg,
I'm just curious, if you don't mind sharing, how long have you held these two? And if for a while do you have, or can you easily press a button to get a report on the earnings ROI % on them for a recent time period?
I did very well with some High Yield bond funds for a long time in a certain scenario, then saw them get hammered in the CDO debacle in 2008...so I'm very familiar with how they work. I just haven't paid any attention to them since we sold them and got back into equities in late 2008.
Looking at the charts, these two seem to have leveled off after that period and I'm curious if the returns are pretty much like they were before the debacle or better or worse? 2005-2006 for example we were returning 7.5-8.0% tax free on our muni bond funds.
Don't put a lot of effort into it, only if you can get an easy answer report or something similar.
BTW, I've started a dedicated Google portfolio and am adding symbols to it and looking at data... Baby steps...ya know.
