Re: [Wikimedia-l] bond funds? (was Re: Annual Audit of the Wikimedia Foundation)

2012-12-27 Thread Samuel Klein
Thomas is right. [And yes, bonds are on the radar.] SJ On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 6:28 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote: > This mailing list is not a suitable venue for a detailed discussion about > investment strategy. There are a lot of different things you have to take > into account when choosing inve

Re: [Wikimedia-l] bond funds? (was Re: Annual Audit of the Wikimedia Foundation)

2012-12-27 Thread Thomas Dalton
This mailing list is not a suitable venue for a detailed discussion about investment strategy. There are a lot of different things you have to take into account when choosing investments. If the foundation wants to investigate other investment options they need to get a professional investment cons

[Wikimedia-l] bond funds? (was Re: Annual Audit of the Wikimedia Foundation)

2012-12-27 Thread James Salsman
Another thing I want to point out, because I just noticed it. The recent years' yields on bond funds has been slightly higher than equity (stock) mutual funds, but with only a very small fraction of the volatility: http://news.morningstar.com/fundReturns/FundReturns.html?category=$FOCA$HY I'm not