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Much has been written about the 'lost decade' in stocks, a 10-year period (2000-2009) in which the major stock indexes produced a negative return. This dismal performance may be one of the reasons that retail investors are flocking into bond mutual funds, according to data from the Investment Company Institute.

However, there are some analysts who are predicting that the next 'lost decade' may be in bonds, and especially long-term Treasury bonds which are usually more susceptible to interest rate movements. With interest rates at all-time lows, it would seem that yields have nowhere to go but up - pushing bond prices down. The bottom line is that retail mutual fund investors may be setting themselves up for another extended period of low, or even negative annualized performance.

This week, I'm going to discuss some of the reasons why bond investors may be setting themselves up for disappointing results. I'll also revisit a bond investment that has the ability to trade long-term Treasury bond mutual funds on both a long or short basis, providing the potential for gain no matter what long-term Treasury yields do in the future. You'll definitely want to read about his program, and even attend our upcoming webinar this Thursday featuring this innovative Treasury bond investment program.