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by dragontamer 1486 days ago
> Individual bonds and bond funds are two quite different types of investment and should not be considered equivalent.[0]

Bond funds move based off of the sum of bonds that are inside of them.

Much like we programmers study assembly code to understand the machine, even though we write code in C++ or Javascript, any bond fund owner should study bonds to understand the underlying mechanics and risks of the overall fund.