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RBS 237: What Happens to Bond Funds When the Fed Cuts Rates? (FQF)

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In today's Five Question Friday (FQF) video, we cover these questions: 1. What Happens To Bond Funds When the Fed Cuts Rates? 2. Where to Invest If Stocks Are a No-go 3. How are Mutual Fund Sales Taxed? 4. Should Annuities Replace Bonds? 5. Brokerage Account vs Roth IRA Resources Snowball-Analytics: https://go.robberger.com/snowball-ana... 10 Year Treasury & Fed Fund Rate: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/T1... VTINX: https://investor.vanguard.com/investm... FTBFX: https://fundr...

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