Choosier Investors Choose the Fremont Bond Fund
With bonds outreturning stocks this year, bond funds are lapping up about 30 cents of every dollar sunk into mutual funds. So let's make sure we're being choosy.
To that end, this week we're ushering the no-load 
(FBDFX Quote)Fremont Bond fund into our Ima Winner Fund Club and dragging the flailing and broker-sold (PINCX Quote)Putnam Income fund into our Ima Loser Fund Club. Both live in the intermediate-bond fund category, which is up 12% on average over the past year, compared with a whopping 24% loss for the S&P 500. We sifted this pack for decent choices just last week.
Picking a solid bond fund is similar to choosing a sturdy stock fund. In both cases, you're looking for a fund that consistently beats its peers, isn't susceptible to outsize short-term losses, charges below-average expenses and has had the same manager for at least five years or so. ...
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