Financial advisors and clients worried about stock volatility and inflation can climb bond ladders to safety — but they won't find any, if those steps lead to a place with higher taxes.

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The goal of a bond ladder is to invest in a wide range of treasury maturities, hold them all to maturity, and provide regular income, in the form of principal and interest, on a monthly basis.

All told, both short- and long-term Treasury yields rose sharply and the overall US bond market, as measured by the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index[1], returned - 3.06% during the quarter.

Defined-maturity, or bond ladder, funds can also be a reasonable alternative, offering both the diversification of a fund and the certainty of holding a high-quality individual bond to maturity.

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