Pension planning: Bond returns drop, but investment still acts as a portfolio 'ballast'

... investment portfolio, said HSBC Global Asset Management (Canada) chief investment officer Jim Huggan. While mutual funds invest in stocks, bond funds are pools of money that invest in government or corporate bonds that offer investors a fixed annual ...

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