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Originally Posted by Robbb
I was just looking at returns over the past 15 years, If you invested $1,000 in Vanguard Total Bond fund it would be worth app $931, today, after all interest was reinvested. If you invested that same $1,000 in Vanguard VTI, Total market fund, it would be worth $2,090 today.
As pretty much a Boglehead in investing I'm really starting to question the wisdom of investing in any bond fund.
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As a fellow bogglehead, I'd like to add one more piece of info. Many mutual funds (take the American Balanced Fund, for example) have bonds, mortgage backed securities, and treasuries inside of them. So no need to buy bonds for diversity.