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Harbor Bond is a member of the Kiplinger 25. Bill Gross runs this high-quality bond fund in the same vein as his leviathan, Pimco Total Return, the world's biggest mutual fund. Gross has shown an uncanny ability to consistently beat his benchmark.
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Posted by: mike at 05/28/2010 08:42:28 PM
I did a comparison of Harbor to Vanguard Intermediate Investment grade bond fund. Over the last year Vanguard is several % points higher return. Now, yes, 2,4, and 5 year returns Harbor is better. But that was money invested years ago. And in Bond funds its a yield thing more than a long term return. You can't over come a3% one year difference in two years. So I'm not see the harbor choice here.