Larry Berman CFA, CMT, CTABMO Long Provincial Bond Index ETFZPL.TODON'T BUYJul 14, 2025
Reliable source of monthly income?
Provincial bonds will give you an incremental pickup over the federal bonds (ZFL). But you're taking on a massive amount of interest risk. Yes, it's good monthly income instead of federal government bonds. If long bond yields are going to be volatile and inflation's going to be a challenge for the next few years, then he doesn't love ZFL or ZPL or any kind of passive income, low-risk generator. The yield is safe so you don't have to worry about that, but there is a lot of price volatility in the next couple of years.
Likes it from a trading perspective. But buy-and-hold, long-term bonds are a challenge right now because of the interest rate risk embedded in them.
Provincial bonds will give you an incremental pickup over the federal bonds (ZFL). But you're taking on a massive amount of interest risk. Yes, it's good monthly income instead of federal government bonds. If long bond yields are going to be volatile and inflation's going to be a challenge for the next few years, then he doesn't love ZFL or ZPL or any kind of passive income, low-risk generator. The yield is safe so you don't have to worry about that, but there is a lot of price volatility in the next couple of years.
Likes it from a trading perspective. But buy-and-hold, long-term bonds are a challenge right now because of the interest rate risk embedded in them.