VTSAX is down 24.89% through 9/30.
VBTLX is down 14.59% through 9/30.
And don't forget to subtract all-items inflation of 6.14% from Nov 2021 through Aug 2022!
Headlines are popping up advocating safe havens in cash and short-duration US Treasury securities, but you'll still lose in those relative to inflation, just not as much.
What a great job the Democrats have done this year! Destroying the bond market wasn't on my bingo card for 2022, even though the high and rising prices for bonds has been a deal-breaker for me for a long time.
The Democrats' green war on energy has consequences.
Is real war next?
