So far this year, iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond (NYSEArca: HYG) has added 5% and SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond (NYSEArca: JNK) is up 4.5%. Moreover, HYG has a 5.04% 30-day SEC yield, and JNK shows a 5.37% 30-day SEC yield.
The SPDR S&P 500 (NYSEArca: SPY) is up 24.8% year-to-date while the PowerShares Nasdaq 100 (NasdaqGM: QQQ) is higher by 27.5% and the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSEArca: DIA) is 20.8% higher.
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Max Chen contributed to this article.
Full disclosure: Tom Lydon’s clients own HYG, JNK, SPY and QQQ.