Fixed Income Investors Get Comfortable With Junk Bonds
Data indicate bond investors recently reduced positions in high-yield corporate debt exchange traded funds, but some market observers see investors as mostly…
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A Quality Idea Among Corporate Bond ETFs
A growing number of fixed income exchange traded funds offer factor-based strategies and some of those funds also employ fundamental screens, including…
A Short-Term Corporate Bond to Consider as Spreads Tighten
As the Federal Reserve continues its tightening cycle, some fixed income investors are moving to short-term bond funds. Corporate bonds should be…
Popular Bond ETF Steps Into the Spotlight
Last week, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the third time this year, prompting fixed income market participants to speculate a…
Green Bond ETF is Getting Cheaper
The VanEck Vectors Green Bond ETF (NYSEArca: GRNB), the first fixed income exchange traded fund offering exposure to green bonds, is getting…
State Street Pares Fees on Four ETFs
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the third-largest U.S. issuer of exchange traded funds, said Wednesday it is reducing fees on four of…
There’s Power in Preferred ETFs
Preferred stocks and the related exchange traded funds are high-yielding, income-generating assets. The downside is that such assets are often perceived to…
Why ‘USFR’ Is A Fashionable Floating Rate ETF
Floating rate notes (FRNs) and the related floating rate ETFs are receiving renewed attention this year as fixed income investors seek alternatives…
Mulling Mortgage-Backed Securities ETFs
With the Federal Reserve continuing its efforts to normalize U.S. monetary policy, plenty of asset classes could be affected by those plans,…
Keep Rate Risk at Bay With High-Yield Bond ETF
High-yield bonds and the related exchange traded funds have been solid performers this year in the face of higher interest rates. That…
Minimize Rate Risk With This Corporate Bond ETF
Fixed income investors often embrace corporate bonds for enhanced income and higher yields, but even some investment-grade corporate bond exchange traded funds…
Get in The Middle With Corporate Bonds
In the current interest rate environment, many fixed income investors are flocking to short-term bond funds while eschewing long-date fare. Sometimes, the…
Senior Loan ETFs Pros & Cons…
Some fixed income strategies and ETFs can offer investors protection from rising interest rates, but there are consideration with these funds. That…
Vanguard Bolsters Commission-Free ETF Suite
Vanguard, the second-largest U.S. issuer of exchange traded funds, has offered its own ETFs to clients on a commission-free basis since 2010,…