Fixed Income ETFs: Analyzing the Growing Demand
By Todd Rosenbluth, CFRA Fixed income ETFs comprise just 1.4% of the overall fixed income market as of June 2018, but there remain…
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Best Spots of Strength in Fixed-Income ETFs
The fixed-income market has played second fiddle to equities, but there are still areas of opportunity that bond exchange traded fund investors…
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,…
3 Questions for the Second Half
By Sage Advisory 1. What follows the volatile market environment we saw in the first half of 2018? If the volatility during the…
iShares Expands with Smart Beta Bond ETFs
To meet growing demand for smart beta strategies across various asset categories, BlackRock’s iShares has launched four new bond exchange traded funds…
The Fed’s Affect on 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,…
Investors: Why Your Diversifier Isn’t Diversified
By Corey Hoffstein Stocks and bonds go together like peanut butter and jelly: truly a case where the sum is much, much…
Mortgage Up With These 7 Bond ETFs
Among the fixed income exchange traded funds benefiting from the Federal Reserve’s lower for long policy are ETFs holding mortgage-backed securities, or…
ETF Chart of the Day: Steady and Dependable Mortgage-Backed Securities
We have seen some improved trading volume relative to the average levels lately in the largest Mortgage-Backed bond ETF MBB (iShares MBS,…
Eurozone Debt Sell-Off Drags on U.S. Bonds, Mortgage-Backed Securities ETFs
The global fixed-income sell-off is taking a toll on government bonds, pressuring mortgage-backed securities and related exchange traded funds. Mortgage securities-related ETFs…
High-Quality, Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Options
Investors can gain exposure to a diverse pool of mortgage-backed securities through exchange traded funds, but people should first understand how the…
Risks and Benefits of Mortgage-Backed Securities ETFs
Investors can diversify a fixed-income portfolio with high-quality mortgage-backed securities and related exchange traded funds, but they should also understand the potential…
Government Bond ETFs Remain The Safer Play
Propping up the rally in the government bonds and fixed-income-related exchange traded funds, Corporate America has been adding Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities…
FlexShares Launches New MBS ETF
FlexShares, the exchange traded funds unit of Northern Trust (NasdaqGS: NTRS), today introduced the FlexShares Disciplined Duration MBS Index Fund (NasdaqGM: MBSD).…