Well, the bonds coupons get paid to the fund and they must be paid out. When I've had bond funds in my 401k they paid the interest monthly. If a trade out occured before month end I still got a prorated cut of the interest for that month.
Bonds are great in an uptrend and the losses in a downtrend are offset by the interest payments.
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