Saturday'​s Wall Street Journal writes "​Bond Funds: The Downside". It says, "Short-​term bond funds are booming, but they aren'​t as safe as you might think. The actively managed mutual funds are generally considered less risky than other types of bond funds. That is because the short-​term funds invest largely in high-​quality corporate and government securities that typically mature in three to five years. Since the bonds have a shorter duration, the funds are less exposed to interest-​rate risk and generally less volatile. But during the past three years, short-​term bond funds have been loading up on riskier securities.... Short-​term bond funds have seen net inflows -- the total amount of investor money flowing in and out of the funds -- of $​36.​5 billion this year through Nov. 30, beating out intermediate-​term bond funds as the most popular category of mutual funds."

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