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12 Charts on Morningstar's New U.S. Core Bond Categories

Putting the new categories to work.

Tom Lauricella, Gabrielle Dibenedetto

May 23, 2019

Mentioned: Western Asset Core Bond I (WATFX) , Western Asset Core Plus Bond I (WACPX) , Baird Aggregate Bond Inst (BAGIX) , AB Income Advisor (ACGYX)

This article originally appeared in Morningstar Direct Cloud and Morningstar Office Cloud.

At the beginning of May, we rolled out two new bond Morningstar Categories, splitting up the intermediate-bond category--the largest fund category by assets--into intermediate core bond and intermediate core-plus bond. As the "core" element of their names suggests, these funds often act as the foundation for investors' fixed-income portfolios.

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