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Weekly Wrap: Bond-Fund Picks, Reducing Portfolio Risk, and a Rate Cut

We recap the week on Morningstar.com and note the most popular stocks, funds, and ETFs.

Susan Dziubinski

Aug 3, 2019

Mentioned: Coupa Software Inc (COUP) , Putnam Large Cap Value A (PEYAX) , T. Rowe Price Group Inc (TROW) , BlackRock Inc (BLK) , General Electric Co (GE) , The Kroger Co (KR) , Capital One Financial Corp (COF) , Pfizer Inc (PFE) , PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock (POSKX)

Editor's Picks
Fed Lowers Rates While Stressing Economic Stability
We are incorporating three rate cuts (including this one) through 2020 into our bank forecasts.

9 Exceptional--and Plucky--Core Bond Funds
These Gold-rated funds all hail from the new intermediate core-plus bond Morningstar Category.

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