Be careful how you buy your bonds. The most popular tickers have four “fatal flaws” that’ll doom you to underperformance at best, or at worst, leave you hanging in the event of a market meltdown!
Remember, ETFs are marketing products. They are designed to attract capital—not necessarily earn you a return on capital.
Let’s pick on the four biggest flaws most bond ETFs suffer from.
This post originally appeared at Contrarian Outlook.