id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt news-008420 Rampant misclassifications make bond mutual funds appear far less risky, significantly impacting investors, study shows | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame .html text/html 1000 30 36 University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Rampant misclassifications make bond mutual funds appear far less risky, significantly impacting investors, study shows Rampant misclassifications make bond mutual funds appear far less risky, significantly impacting investors, study shows Published: November 13, 2019 Author: Shannon Roddel Huaizhi Chen Some mutual fund managers appear to be overestimating the safety of their holdings, resulting in misclassifications by Morningstar that have a significant impact on investors, according to new research from the University of Notre Dame. “Don’t Take Their Word For It: The Misclassification of Bond Mutual Funds,” a new study co-written by Huaizhi Chen, assistant professor of finance in Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business, provides the first systematic examination of bond funds’ reported asset profiles to Morningstar — a large third-party research service that strives to help investors navigate funds and their performance — against their actual portfolios. Rampant misclassifications make bond mutual funds appear far less risky, significantly impacting investors, study shows | cache/news-008420.html txt/news-008420.txt