Date updated:05-16-2009
The bear market in Treasuries will worsen, because of a glut of government bonds. Instead, consider high-yielding mortgage securities and certain munis.

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PTTAX
Pimco Funds Total - $11.00
- 0.00%
- $N/A
"There are better values elsewhere among high-quality bonds," says Steve Rodosky, an executive vice president at Pimco, which runs the giant Pimco Total Return fund (PTTAX), the country's largest bond fund; it's besting its peers again this year, with a 4.8% return so far in 2009. Pimco's chief investment officer, Mohamed El-Erian, was blunt at year's end, saying, "Get out of Treasuries. They're very, very expensive."

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VFIIX
Vanguard Gnma Fun - $10.87
- +0.18%
- $N/A
It's a tale of two markets in the mortgage-backed sector. There isn't much appeal in government-backed Ginnie Maes -- or in Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae securities, which carry an implicit federal backing. These securities yield just 4%. That means funds like the big Vanguard GNMA (VFIIX), now carrying a 4.3% yield, could have disappointing returns.

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TGMNX
Tcw Total Return - $10.59
- 0.00%
- $N/A
The riskier -- and more attractive -- part of the market is the so-called non-agency sector of home- and commercial-mortgage securities. These yields still can top 10%. Funds with exposure to the non-agency mortgage market include TCW Total Return (TGMNX), which has a current yield of 10%.
People owning TGMNX also tend to own: 1866767.IR2226035.IRTGCNXTGDNXTGFVXTGHNXTGIIX
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TBT
Proshares Trust - $45.84
- +0.22%
- $45.87
One way to bet against the Treasury market is to buy the ProShares UltraShort Lehman 20+ Year Treasury ETF (TBT), which is designed to rise at twice the daily decline in the prices of in long-term Treasuries. This exchange-traded fund changes hands at around $50 a share, up from $40 at year's end.

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VIPSX
Vanguard Inflatio - $12.93
- 0.00%
- $N/A
Tips are still good, because they protect bond investors from what they fear most: inflation. Investors can play TIPS through the Vanguard Inflation-Protected Securities fund (VIPSX), or an exchange-traded fund, the iShares Barclays US Treasury Inflation Protected Securities fund (TIP).

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TIP
Ishares Barclays - $105.66
- 0.00%
- $105.72
Tips are still good, because they protect bond investors from what they fear most: inflation. Investors can play TIPS through the Vanguard Inflation-Protected Securities fund (VIPSX), or an exchange-traded fund, the iShares Barclays US Treasury Inflation Protected Securities fund (TIP).

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HYG
Ishares Iboxx Hy - $86.22
- -0.02%
- $86.14
There are myriad ways to play any rally in corporate-bond prices. Some investments that Barron's suggested earlier this year still look attractive, including exchange-traded funds such as the iShares iBoxx $ High-Yield Bond ETF (HYG), open-end funds like Fidelity Capital and Income (FAGIX) and a host of closed-end bond funds that trade at a substantial discount to their net asset value.

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FAGIX
Fidelity Capital - $8.33
- -0.12%
- $N/A
There are myriad ways to play any rally in corporate-bond prices. Some investments that Barron's suggested earlier this year still look attractive, including exchange-traded funds such as the iShares iBoxx $ High-Yield Bond ETF (HYG), open-end funds like Fidelity Capital and Income (FAGIX) and a host of closed-end bond funds that trade at a substantial discount to their net asset value.
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http://seekingalpha.com/article/173986-s
hipping-three-high-risk-high-reward-opti
ons
Also, DSX, for instance moved up after
hours.
It might depend on your timeframe. The
related indexes appear to be trending
up. (this is not a recommendation).
A. The only one I own : SLX,
too hard pick a winner out all of them
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