Alt ETFs Prepare for Surge in Market Demand
The stock market has favored vanilla approaches in the past 6 years. A diversified portfolio that includes alternative ETFs has struggled to…
Bond ETF
Bond ETF Performance When Interest Rates Spike
The prediction of higher interest rates has been ongoing since the government went all-in on a variety of so-called “inflationary” efforts. Inflation hasn’t…
ETF Industry Chasing Vanguard for Inflows
Today the Wall Street Journal reported that Vanguard Group – pioneers of passively managed ETFs – has taken in a record amount…
Video: Fixed-Income ETF Opportunities for Rising Rates
The bond market has been one of the most closely watched areas in the ETF industry in 2015. The mini flash crash…
A High-Quality Muni Bond ETF
Fixed-income investors can utilize exchange traded funds to gain exposure to high-quality municipal bonds with relatively handsome tax-equivalent yields. For instance, the…
Indexology: High Yield Munis Burnt by Tobacco Bonds
Tobacco settlement bonds tracked by the S&P Municipal Bond Tobacco Index are down nearly 9% year to date as yields have risen…
State Street Introduces Short Term Bond ETF
State Street’s (NYSE: STT) State Street Global Advisors unit, the second-largest U.S. ETF issuer, will introduce the SPDR SSgA Ultra Short Term…
ETFs Aren’t to Blame for High-Yield Sell-Off
Large junk bond ETFs, such as the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEArca: HYG) and the SPDR Barclays High…