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Boring bonds beat sexy stocks. Here's why
Bonds are supposed to be for conservative investors who are not willing to take on a lot of risk and don't get freaked out by the daily market headlines. Professional fixed-income investors are data wonks happy to accept small returns over the long haul. Stocks? They are what should give you the biggest bang for your buck. They're sexy. But investors often overreact to news and tend to get a little too focused on the short-term. This 1986 hit by Janet Jackson might as well be the stock market's theme song. So you might be surprised to learn that bond investors and stock investors seem to have traded places like Eddie ... (full story)