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Since rates are typically reset once per quarter, senior loans typically have low durations – a measure of a bond fund’s sensitivity to changes in interest rates. The floating-rate component also offer investors an alternative method of earning yields while mitigating interest-rate risk. Consequently, bank loans are seen as an attractive substitute to traditional corporate debt in a rising rate environment.
“Loan funds have been on a tear in the second half of the year. Inflows were recorded in 19 of the last 22 weeks for a total inflow of $5.78 billion during that span. Over the first 26 weeks of 2016 the cumulative outflow was $5.565 billion, with 18 negative weeks against just eight positive readings,” according to LeveragedLoan.com.
PowerShares Senior Loan Portfolio (NYSEArca: BKLN)
