Fixed income - why 2% is the new normal

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Witold Bahrke believes we should get used to lower returns from fixed income investments going forward.

Is 2% an attractive return from a conservative fixed income portfolio? Investors might shake their heads, longing for the 7.4% average annual return from US treasuries between 1990 and 2008. But...

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