April 12, 2013 5:29 p.m. ET

Bond managers are suddenly looking superhuman.

Investors have handed nearly three-quarters of their new fixed-income investments to bond pickers over the past year, as $230 billion has poured into actively managed bond funds, while just $63 billion has gone into bond index funds.

Why are the same investors who have turned their backs on...

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