Stanek and Pierson Share Outlook for Bonds
Bonds are Back! In a recent interview with Investor's Business Daily Co-Chief Investment Officers Mary Ellen Stanek and Warren Pierson provided Baird Advisors' 2024 Investment Outlook for the fixed income market including why now may be a good time for bonds.
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IBD Best Mutual Fund Award winner for the Baird Intermediate Bond Fund (BIMIX) mentioned in the article is from Morningstar Direct in a US Taxable bond funds category out of 777 funds as of December 31, 2022. The award is based on outperforming the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index in total return over the last one-, three-, five- and 10-year periods and past performance is no guarantee of future results. 350 funds in the category won the award for benchmark outperformance.
