33 Muni Bond ETFs to Augment Income Generation
Municipal debt and bond-related exchange traded funds have been used as a relatively stable fixed-income stream for many investment portfolios. Since muni…
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A New High-Yield, Multi-Asset ETF
Invesco PowerShares introduces DWIN that targets diversified, high-yielding assets The new ETF is a fund of funds, which means that it holds…
Investors Pile Into Muni Bond ETFs
Even with the specter of higher interest rates looming, some investors are not shying away from municipal bond exchange traded funds. To…
Build America Muni ETFs for Income Generation
Taxable municipal bonds and related exchange traded funds may be a good fixed-income alternative to investment-grade corporate debt. According to J.P. Morgan…
Fed Changes Spell Opportunity With Long Duration ETFs
Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting minutes released earlier this week paint a picture of a Federal Reserve still committed to raising…
Build America Bond ETFs Lead in Munis Market
Municipal bonds have surprised this year, rallying for 10 consecutive months through October, and Build America Bond exchange traded funds are putting…
Build America Bond ETFs Build up Some More
Following dovish commentary from the Federal Reserve Wednesday, 10-year Treasury yields finished the day lower by nearly 1%, extending the year-to-date decline…
Build America Bond ETFs Susceptible to Rate Risk
Build America Bonds and related exchange traded funds provide attractive yields and have outperformed other tax-exempt municipal bonds. However, these debt securities…
Getting Tactical With U.S. Sector ETFs
Among equity-based exchange traded funds, broad market funds, such as the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEArca: SPY) and the PowerShares QQQ (NasdaqGM:…
Scarcity Issues Surround Build America Bond ETFs
As Treasury yields have risen this year, long duration Build America Bonds and the exchange traded funds that hold those bonds have…
Rising Rates, Sequestration Hit Build America Bond ETFs
It is not just U.S. junk bonds or emerging markets sovereign debt that have suffered at the hands of bond bubble chatter.…
Could Muni Bonds Be Dragging BAB ETFs?
The Build America Bond program ended in December, but some think its expiration could be part of what’s hurting municipal bond exchange…
Build America Bond ETFs May Get a Second Chance
The popular Build America Bonds program may get a second chance at life if President Obama’s budget passes in its current incarnation.…
Changes May Be In Store for BABS ETFs
Build America Bond exchange traded funds (ETFs) have been as well-received as the program itself, but the program’s future is now in…