Jim Cramer talked about bonds his during his Investing Club meeting for members on Thursday. The Club does not own bonds.
And why not: the 2-year Treasury yield has spiked to nearly 3.9%, a high back going back to 2007, along with talk about more aggressive Fed interest rate hikes. Cramer called it"absurdly high" and"guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government." On top of the yield, if you hold a 2-year Treasury for the full term, you get your money back.
By comparison, the current dividend yield on the S&P 500 is nearly 1.7% annually. But unlike a bond, your principle in stocks or stock funds is not guaranteed. So in a bull markets for stocks, dividend yields and share price appreciation blow bond yields out of the water. But in bear markets, like the one we're in now, bond yields start to look a whole lot more attractive, because a guaranteed yield of nearly 3.9% on a 2-year Treasury is more than double the S&P 500 dividend yield. Plus, the risk to you principle is basically non-existent.
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