Graham recommends having 25% to 75% of your portfolio in US savings bonds. It seems complicated and expensive to buy the bonds, can I just invest in a bond ETF and get the same effect?
Submitted by Tylersuard. Created on Thursday 28th July 2016. Updated on Wednesday 6th March 2019.
Bonds
Thank you for your forum post, Tylersuard!
You can see Graham's notes on Bonds vs Stocks in the below blog post:
Stocks vs Bonds or Equity vs Debt
Some of Graham's recommendations - such as investing in stocks comprising an Index - can be followed quite easily today by using modern instruments such as Index funds:
DCA With Indexing
So theoretically, yes, you should be able to follow Graham's recommendations by using a Bond ETF.
However, please note that Bonds are outside the scope of Serenity Stocks' operations. So please conduct your own research before making any decisions in this regard.
Thank you once again!