Which fund do you recommend? (goal is capital preservation, return OF not ON my money)?
1. PIMCO Total Return (PTRAX)
or
2. Vanguard Total Bond Market Index (VBTIX)
or
3. Stable Option Fund (formally named Guaranteed Option Fund just last year). This is not publicly traded as others above rather available via Ohio Deferred Compensation, here are details:
47% Mortgage backed securities and Collateral Mortgage Obligations
25% Corporate Bonds
11% US Treasuries
9% Asset Backed Securities
4% Agency Securities
3% Cash
Average duration 3.5 years
Average Quality AA+
Allocation by Manager:
36%DB Advisors
17% Nationwide Insurance Company
17% State STreet
14% JP Morgan Investment Advisors
12% Pryamis Global Advisors
3% Goode Investment
Rep informed me that only 2% of mortgage backed securities are sub-prime but when 1500 Yahoo employees are laid off I figure there were some AA+ mortgage backed securities that just lost rating….
Thank you in advance,
You really do not want anything that has the word mortgage associated with it. Although PTRAX has an outstanding record, I think in the current environment I would forgo it in favor of VBTIX.
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