|
|
Matt Tucker: Earlier this month, Jefferson County, Alabama became the largest issuer in the municipal bond market to file for bankruptcy. Back in 1997 the county tried to upgrade its sewer system. Through losses on interest rate swaps and fraud, the debt burden from the sewer project rose from $555 million Read more…
Michael Johnston: PowerShares, one of the leading providers of alternative weighted ETFs, announced today the latest addition to its fixed income lineup. The new Fundamental Investment Grade Corporate Bond Portfolio (NYSE:PFIG) will offer an alternative means of accessing high quality corporate bonds Read more…
Keith Fitz-Gerald: The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond fell as low as 1.976% on Thursday – the lowest yield in recent history. Read more…
Michael Johnston: In recent years, ETFs have become increasing popular tools for accessing the fixed income corner of the market. The space initially grew much more slowly than equity ETFs, but investors have gradually become more comfortable with the combination of fixed income exposure Read more…
JNK, MUB, NYSE:AGG, NYSE:BAB, NYSE:BND, NYSE:BWZ, NYSE:HYD, NYSE:HYG, PCY, PZA
Martin D. Weiss: The first-ever downgrade of U.S. debt, announced Friday by Standard & Poor’s, hit Asian stocks hard last night and is about to slam into U.S. markets at the opening bell a couple of hours from now. Read more…
Interest in fixed income ETFs has skyrocketed in recent years, as investors have embraced the exchange-traded structure as an efficient means of establishing exposure to a core asset class. Though inflows in recent years have accelerated, the growth of this corner of the ETF market lagged Read more…
Ron Rowland: Last week AdvisorShares introduced four new actively managed ETFs from two different managers. Madrona Funds, LLC is the sub-advisor and portfolio manager of three new “Madrona Forward” ETFs while American Wealth Management is the sub-advisor and portfolio Read more…
LQD, MATH, NYSE:BIV, NYSE:FWDB, NYSE:FWDD, NYSE:FWDI, NYSE:HYG, TIP
Ron Rowland: PIMCO expanded its fixed income ETF menu with the June 17, 2011 introduction of PIMCO 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond Index Fund (NYSE:HYS). HYS will attempt to replicate the price and yield performance of the BofA Merrill Lynch 0-5 Year US High Yield Constrained Read more…
Noel Archard: A friend of mine recently told me she doesn’t like my blog posts as they’re too complex. She prefers Kevin’s weekend reading list over my “technical-manual ramblings”. In an attempt to stir things up, I’m going to write about the dead-sexy topic of risk-off trades and our old Read more…
David Fry: With yields low, investors seeking income are tempted to seek yield in other sectors where real rates of return after inflation can be found. Higher yields have traditionally been found Read more…
JNK, NYSE:ALD, NYSE:ELD, NYSE:EMB, NYSE:HYG, NYSE:HYLD, PCY, PHB
Actively managed ETFs have been slow to gain traction so far among most investors for a variety of reasons. Higher than average fees, a boatload of academic evidence suggesting inability of active Read more…
Keith Fitz-Gerald: I’ve lectured on investment strategies the world over, but I recently got one of the most intriguing questions I’ve been asked in a long time at the Global Currency Expo in San Read more…
ProShares continued to build out its suite of leveraged and inverse bond ETF offerings, debuting two new products on Thursday that offer leveraged exposure to corporate bonds. 
March marked the most active month yet in 2011 for the ETF industry. While both of the previous months saw a healthy boost in funds introduced and filed for, March brought 38 new funds to 
Most Comments