March 24, 2008 at 1:00 am by Tom Lydon
State Street Global Advisors unveiled their first International Inflation-Protected Bond exchange traded fund (ETF). The SPDR DB International Government Inflation-Protected Bond (WIP) began trading on the American stock exchange March 19. The index, DB Global Government ex-US inflation-Link Bond Capped Index, uses 120 inflation-indexed bonds from 18 developed and emerging counties outside the U.S.
BusinessWire reports the expense ratio at 0.50%. The ETF joins the iShares Lehman TIPs ETF (TIP) in this area of the market.
Bonds, in general, can be a safer place for investors to stash their money when the markets are haywire.
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March 25th, 2008 at 4:47 am
Is 0.5% a high expense ratio for an etf, and a fixed income one at that?
Seems steep to me.