When investing in an asset, it is always important to stay in full control. With this in mind, bond investors have been implementing laddered strategies to cover a broad swathe of maturity dates, and now, ETF investors can do the same with the Guggenheim BulletShares suite.
After the recent launch of three new high-yield corporate debt ETFs and three in the investment grade space, Guggenheim now offers nine ETFs in its investment grade line, with $630 million in assets under management, and seven junk bond ETFs, with $485 million in assets, writes Oliver Ludwig for IndexUniverse. [New High-Yield Corporate Bond ETFs]
- Guggenheim BulletShares 2012 Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEArca: BSCC)
- Guggenheim BulletShares 2013 Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEArca: BSCD)
- Guggenheim BulletShares 2014 Corporate Bond ETF(NYSEArca: BSCE)
- Guggenheim BulletShares 2015 Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEArca: BSCF)
- Guggenheim BulletShares 2016 Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEArca: BSCG)
- Guggenheim BulletShares 2017 Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEArca: BSCH)
- Guggenheim BulletShares 2018 Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEArca: BSCI)
- Guggenheim BulletShares 2019 Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEArca: BSCJ)
- Guggenheim BulletShares 2020 Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEArca: BSCK)
- Guggenheim BulletShares 2012 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEArca: BSJC)
- Guggenheim BulletShares 2013 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEArca: BSJD)
- Guggenheim BulletShares 2014 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEArca: BSJE)
- Guggenheim BulletShares 2015 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEArca: BSJF)
- Guggenheim BulletShares 2016 High Yield Corporate Bond Fund (NYSEArca: BSJG)
- Guggenheim BulletShares 2017 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEArca: BSJH)
- Guggenheim BulletShares 2018 Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEArca: BSJI)
Since these target-date-maturity bond ETFs mature like normal bonds, the funds help bond investors implement laddering strategies and manage interest rate risk. [Guggenheim Adds Three More ETFs to BulletShares Suite]
The investment-grade ETFs, with maturities between 2012 to 2020, have an expense ratio of 0.24%. The junk bond ETFs, with maturities between 2012 to 2018, have an 0.42% expense ratio. While they are costlier than the average bond ETF, which don’t have a maturity date, investors will know what to expect from these target-date bond ETFs during a rising interest rate environment. [ETF Chart of the Day: Guggenheim BulletShares]
Looking at the range of yields, investors can get 0.51% on the ETF expiring this year and 3.45% for the one expiring 2020. The yield-to-worst on the high-yield ETF expiring this year is 2.87%, and the one expiring in 2018 has a yield-to-worst of 6.44%. [BulletShares ETFs: Unique Products Explained]
For more information on bond funds, visit our bond ETFs category.
Max Chen contributed to this article.
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