--- title: Bonds have bear markets too... Is your bond manager ready? description: Bonds, bear, markets, prepared, losses, avoid, large, Global image: https://1782947.hs-sites.com/hubfs/Images/Blog%20Posts/11.21.16.png --- - [Login](http://investbcm.com/wp-login.php) - [Register](http://etf.investbcm.com/register) [![Beaumont_Logo_4C - powered by AIM](https://1782947.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Beaumont_Logo_4C%20-%20powered%20by%20AIM.png?width=429&height=254&name=Beaumont_Logo_4C%20-%20powered%20by%20AIM.png)](http://investbcm.com/) **A Bird's Eye View Blog** # Bonds have bear markets too... Is your bond manager ready? By:[David M. Haviland](http://1782947.hs-sites.com/author/david-m-haviland) | Date:Nov23, 2016 | [Category:](http://1782947.hs-sites.com) [Fixed Income](http://1782947.hs-sites.com/topic/fixed-income) For those who are unknowing of the potential for large losses in the bond market, please see below. About half of this loss is post-election market movement. Assuming the markets are flat to the end of the month, long maturity bond funds will likely see losses around 10%. Bonds have bear markets too…Is your bond manager ready?  ![11.21.16.png](https://1782947.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Images/Blog%20Posts/11.21.16.png?width=783&height=328&name=11.21.16.png) Source: Bloomberg November 21, 2015 through November 21, 2016.   [![Share on Facebook](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/facebook-24x24.png)](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http%3A%2F%2F1782947.hs-sites.com%2Fattract-visitors-with-compelling-blog-content-sample-0-0-0%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dfacebook) [![Share on LinkedIn](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/linkedin-24x24.png)](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http%3A%2F%2F1782947.hs-sites.com%2Fattract-visitors-with-compelling-blog-content-sample-0-0-0%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dlinkedin) [![Share on Twitter](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/twitter-24x24.png)](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=http%3A%2F%2F1782947.hs-sites.com%2Fattract-visitors-with-compelling-blog-content-sample-0-0-0%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&url=http%3A%2F%2F1782947.hs-sites.com%2Fattract-visitors-with-compelling-blog-content-sample-0-0-0%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&source=tweetbutton&text=Bonds%20have%20bear%20markets%20too...%20Is%20your%20bond%20manager%20ready%3F) [![Share on Email](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/email-24x24.png)](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20http%3A%2F%2F1782947.hs-sites.com%2Fattract-visitors-with-compelling-blog-content-sample-0-0-0%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail%20&body=Check%20out%20http%3A%2F%2F1782947.hs-sites.com%2Fattract-visitors-with-compelling-blog-content-sample-0-0-0%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail) ### Subscribe to Email Updates ![Beaumont_Logo_powered by AIM white](https://1782947.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Beaumont_Logo_powered%20by%20AIM%20white.png?width=820&height=482&name=Beaumont_Logo_powered%20by%20AIM%20white.png)   Firm Information - [About BCM](https://investbcm.com/firm-overview) - [Contact Us](https://investbcm.com/contact-us/) - [Press Inquiries](mailto:marketing@investbcm.com) - [Disclosure](https://investbcm.com/disclosures/) - [Privacy Policy](https://investbcm.com/disclosures/privacy-policy/) - [ADV](https://investbcm.com/disclosures/adv/) Investment Solutions - [Decathlon](https://investbcm.com/strategies/decathlon) - [Javelin Market Neutral](https://investbcm.com/strategies/javelin) - [Sector Rotation](https://investbcm.com/strategies/sector-rotation) Subscribe to the BCM Blog – **A Bird’s Eye View** for timely content - - Copyright © 2024 [Beaumont Capital Management](https://investbcm.com/) [mailto:salessupport@investBCM.com](mailto:salessupport@investBCM.com)