Safety pays in today's high-rate environment, but the yield bonanza won't last forever.
There's a party in the short-end of the yield curve – and as much as it may pain income-seeking investors, it's time to think about what will happen when the Federal Reserve takes away the punchbowl. The Fed's rate-hiking campaign gave investors an opportunity they haven't seen in years: Risk-free returns are finally interesting. Six-month Treasurys are yielding 5.5%, while a bevy of money market funds are offering 7-day yields exceeding 5%, according to Crane Data .
Even as the argument for adding duration to a fixed income portfolio – generally, that means buying longer-dated bonds with greater price sensitivity to changes in rate policy – makes sense on paper, investors may flinch at the idea. "With yields at 5.
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