News From Press Bond funds move 50% portfolio to cash as inflation breaches 6%

Bond funds move 50% portfolio to cash as inflation breaches 6%

"Recent events (concerns around inflation) have emphasised to us the importance of this flexibility and the need to have it in amounts that can significantly buffer us against market volatility," says Suyash Choudhary, Head of Fixed Income, IDFC Mutual Fund

Source: Business Today Jun 24, 2021

The bond market has been highly unstable lately. A series of interest rate cuts and then rising bond yields have already caused a high level of volatility in the returns offered by long duration debt funds in the last one year. Long-term debt schemes, in the last one year, have offered returns ranging from double-digit to negative.

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