ETFs Aren’t to Blame for High-Yield Sell-Off
Large junk bond ETFs, such as the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEArca: HYG) and the SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond ETF (NYSE: JNK), came under scrutiny amid following an intense June...
View ArticleState Street Introduces Short Term Bond ETF
State Street’s (NYSE: STT) State Street Global Advisors unit, the second-largest U.S. ETF issuer, will introduce the SPDR SSgA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF (NYSEArca: ULST) today. Although U.S. Treasury...
View ArticleIndexology: High Yield Munis Burnt by Tobacco Bonds
Tobacco settlement bonds tracked by the S&P Municipal Bond Tobacco Index are down nearly 9% year to date as yields have risen by over 255bps as the credit risk of these long duration bonds is...
View ArticleA High-Quality Muni Bond ETF
Fixed-income investors can utilize exchange traded funds to gain exposure to high-quality municipal bonds with relatively handsome tax-equivalent yields. For instance, the SPDR Nuveen Barclays...
View ArticleVideo: Fixed-Income ETF Opportunities for Rising Rates
The bond market has been one of the most closely watched areas in the ETF industry in 2015. The mini flash crash in August has led to outcry about the dangers high-yield ETFs put investors in....
View ArticleETF Industry Chasing Vanguard for Inflows
Today the Wall Street Journal reported that Vanguard Group – pioneers of passively managed ETFs – has taken in a record amount of cash through October as investors continue to show preference for ETFs...
View ArticleBond ETF Performance When Interest Rates Spike
The prediction of higher interest rates has been ongoing since the government went all-in on a variety of so-called “inflationary” efforts. Inflation hasn’t happened and rates are still low across the...
View ArticleAlt ETFs Prepare for Surge in Market Demand
The stock market has favored vanilla approaches in the past 6 years. A diversified portfolio that includes alternative ETFs has struggled to keep up with the simple S&P SPDR Trust (NYSEarca: SPY)...
View ArticleBond Buyers Purge Government Debt for Corporate Debt
As the bull market continues its forward momentum, the appetite for risk is following close behind as bond buyers are purging government debt for higher yields in corporate bonds of investment-grade...
View ArticleWatch These Levels in The Popular TLT Bond ETF
Thanks in large part to lower interest rates and declining Treasury yields, the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) is higher by nearly 14% this year, but concerns that yields on U.S. government...
View ArticleSustainability And Growth With This Bond ETF
Investors looking to apply sustainability and virtue to their fixed-income investments have compelling options in the form of green bonds and the VanEck Vectors Green Bond ETF (NYSEArca: GRNB), the...
View ArticleAn Appropriate High-Yield Bond ETF For Current Credit Environment
Amid a steepening yield curve and expectations that two interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve will be followed by one or two more, investors are embracing high-yield corporate bond ETFs this year....
View ArticleThis High-Yield Bond ETF Continues to Shine
Low yields across the fixed income landscape are prompting investors to revisit high-yield corporate bond ETFs, but although the Federal Reserve appears poised to lower interest rates again this month,...
View ArticlePlay Defense, But Keep High-Yield Perks With This Bond ETF
Recent data indicate that investors have been flocking to high-yield corporate bond funds in recent months, presumably because default rates remain low and the Federal Reserve is lowering interest...
View ArticleBond ETF Inflows Grew At A Rapid Pace In September
ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETFs/ETPs ecosystem, reported today that actively managed ETFs and ETPs generated net inflows of IUS$4.24...
View ArticleThis New Bond ETF is Worth Considering
The WisdomTree Mortgage Plus Bond Fund (NYSEArca: MTGP) debuted last week as a new, active approach to mortgage-backed securities (MBS), an asset class typically dominated by prosaic approaches in the...
View ArticleBe Careful With This Junk Bond ETF
At first glance, the First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF (NASDAQ: HYLS), an actively managed ETF that tracks high-yield debt securities rated below investment grade, appears to be a tempting...
View ArticleA Fine Bond ETF Idea For Income in 2020
The Federal Reserve probably won’t lower interest rates again anytime soon, but the yields on 10-year Treasuries and the S&P 500 remain paltry and it’s possible that the Fed will reduce borrowing...
View ArticleIt’s Going to be a Big Year For This Sustainable Bond ETF
Investors looking for a virtuous and hot corner of the fixed income market need look any further than green bonds and the VanEck Vectors Green Bond ETF (NYSEArca: GRNB). GRNB tracks the S&P Green...
View ArticleThis ETF Offers a Good Deal on High-Yield Bonds
Investors looking to embrace high-yield corporate for income-generating and portfolio diversification purposes often to turn to domestic debt and the related ETFs, but there is a big universe of junk...
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