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More important is that, for most. bond investors, bond mutual funds and their exchange-traded fund (ETF) counterparts provide a number of advantages over individual bond. portfolios in terms of diversification, cash-flow treatment, portfolio. characteristics, costs, and liquidity.
In a bond mutual fund, the managers constantly buy and sell bonds. The daily share price of the fund reflects the bonds' current market value, minus fees. When interest rates go up, bond values go down -- and so does the share price of bond mutual funds.hey appear to be safer than bond mutual funds. Just this week, I caught the following headline in an investment publication: Individual bonds can help protect income.. That's 100 percent wrong. Individual bonds deprive you of extra income when interest rates go up, as well as expose you to other risks.