Newbie here. Any recommendations for good bond funds or ETF? Or some interesting defensive funds ideas for a possible recession?

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I too am trying to develop the right mix of bond funds. I was using a diversified fund from Fidelity (FDBCX) but am getting out of that and working to figure out the right allocation among specific sectors. For example, MBB for government backed mortgage backed securities... a little bit in AHIVX for higher interest but higher risk high yield corporate bonds... BFIFX for inflation indexed treasuries... TAUSX for intermediate govt bonds... EALDX for short term govt bonds. The shorter duration bonds (which you can find an average for in each bond fund description) is correlated with volatility... shorter duration means more stable and less impacted by interest rate changes. My goal is for equities to be equal to (120 - age) and for the rest to be bonds.

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You’ve exhausted my knowledge in this area. Additional input from others welcomed!

Look into Ark Investments. It has a couple of good ETF’s.

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