by LPL Financial Research
During the Fed rate-hike pauses, core bonds tend to perform well as proxied by the Bloomberg Aggregate Bond Index. They have been able to generate average 6-month and 1-year returns of 8% and 13% after the Fed stopped raising interest rates.
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