You may be familiar with bonds, but bond funds are a different way to invest in them. A bond fund is a professionally managed pool of bonds — held inside an exchange-traded fund (ETF) or mutual fund — ...

Generally, bonds and stocks move in different directions: If stocks go down, bonds typically either hold their value or go up ...

U.S. taxable investment-grade bonds gained 1.21% in the second quarter, as measured by the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The market, however, rallied in June, rising 1.54%, helped by stable ...