Can Bond Funds Grow Large More Gracefully Than Stock Funds?
Russ Kinnel discusses how stock funds and bond funds have handled asset growth over the past decade.
Markets
Market Indexes
Name
|
Value
|
Graph
|
Change
|
Change %
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Market | Closed | 8,087.84 |
200.89
|
−2.42%
|
| U.S. Small Cap | Closed | 8,983.18 |
220.25
|
−2.39%
|
| U.S. Mid Cap | Closed | 10,323.63 |
224.21
|
−2.13%
|
| DJIA | Closed | 26,763.13 |
525.05
|
−1.92%
|
| S&P 500 | Closed | 3,236.92 |
78.65
|
−2.37%
|
| NASDAQ | Closed | 10,632.99 |
330.65
|
−3.02%
|
U.S. Barometer Closed
Gainers, Losers, Actives
Equity Name
|
Price Change
|
Percent Change
|
|---|---|---|
| Apple Inc |
4.69
|
−4.19%
|
| Tesla Inc |
43.87
|
−10.34%
|
| General Electric Co |
0.14
|
−2.24%
|
| Vale SA ADR |
0.01
|
0.09%
|
| NIO Inc ADR |
1.27
|
−6.60%
|
| Twitter Inc |
2.61
|
6.11%
|
| Bank of America Corp |
0.68
|
−2.84%
|
| Peloton Interactive Inc |
0.84
|
0.89%
|
| Ford Motor Co |
0.14
|
−2.14%
|
| Nikola Corp |
7.36
|
−25.82%
|
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