
bonds that others find too risky and stick with them through troubled times, even bankruptcy and restructuring. Northeast Investors has shown the challenges of charting its own course. Longtime managers Bruce and Ernest Monrad take an unusual
Vance Income Fund of Boston EVIBX, whose nimble style has helped it build an excellent long-term record, and Northeast Investors NTHEX , which has thrived this year with one of the high-yield category's best returns. Both are Analyst Picks
annual Income Return % and Capital Return % lines on PDF pages for individual mutual funds, such as this one for Northeast Investors NTHEX , can also provide a sense of how a fund balances yield with total return. Finally, prospective closed-end
Northeast Investors Trust follows its own path to success.
annual Income Return % and Capital Return % lines on PDF pages for individual mutual funds, such as this one for Northeast Investors NTHEX , can also provide a sense of how a fund balances yield with total return. Finally, prospective closed-end
s avoidance of the telecommunications and cable sectors helped it avoid a number of high-profile blowups. Northeast Investors Trust has something to prove. We think it can. The traits that make this fund an offbeat choice in the high
intermediate-term bond fund that looks quite good from stewardship, performance, and other perspectives. Northeast Investors NTHEX , which scores well across the stewardship spectrum, has comfortably outpaced the typical high-yield offering
beats his peers and the index through superior research, though low costs don't hurt his cause, either. Northeast Investors NTHEX Some of the better high-yield funds have gotten too big lately, but this fund is under $2 billion. Managers
10 fixed-income offerings with such grades are from Metropolitan West and another three are from Payden. Northeast Investors NTHEX also makes the elite list, and that fund is distinguished by its exceptional management structure, as well
smaller proportions, they can add diversification value. Consider Vanguard High-Yield Corporate VWEHX or Northeast Investors Trust NTHEX . If you want a tax-exempt fund, consider Vanguard High-Yield Tax-Exempt VWAHX. Growth Portfolio