Paul Tudor Jones, mentioned by the OP, is a hedge fund manager.The OP is not a hedge fund manager or a bond trader. My impression is the bonds are being used to diversify an individuals portfolio. And the advise the Op is getting is completely negative about owning bonds. There is nothing wrong with owning bonds for diversification or income. The advise the OP is getting is wrong.
That's a bit simplistic.
Bond traders hardly "know nothing about the market".
The difference is in time frames. Bond traders aren't looking to hold to maturity and earn coupons.
They're looking for short term trades. They may guess wrong and have their trades blow up in their faces, but these guys don't get to run highly leveraged 9 figures plus trading portfolios and because they know nothing about the market.
I wouldn't take his comments as 'advice' for Bogleheads.
Context matters.
He is far from ignorant about the bond market, but his comments need to be taken in the context of what he is -- a hedge fund manager. He's focused on short to intermediate term profits. He's talking about his POV, for his funds/clients/objectives.
To interpret his remarks as advice for buy and hold BH investors is misreading the messenger and context.
Statistics: Posted by watchnerd — Tue Oct 29, 2024 12:23 am — Replies 57 — Views 4014