Are Junk Bonds About To Become A Victim Of Their Own Popularity? (JNK, HYG, MORN)
Don Miller: In our current low-interest-rate environment, many investors are widening their search for more income by buying junk. Read more…
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Multi-Asset Class Strategy For A Rising Rate Environment (HYG, IOO, FLOT)
Del Stafford: Recently my group has seen an increase in client conversations around the prospect of inflation and rising rates. The combination of recent weak economic news and strong equity market performance and commodity prices has caused some investors to think more about these things as they shape their Read more…
More Than Meets The Eye In The High Yield Currency Pie (HYG, HYXU, GHYG)
Matthew Tucker: Over the past few months we have seen a lot of investors looking for ways to add yield to their portfolio, through investments such as high dividend stocks and higher yielding bonds investments. In the fixed income market we have seen significant flows into the iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond Read more…
iShares iBoxx High Yield Fund: Then and Now With The ETF (HYG)
Matt Tucker: Wednesday April 11th marked the 5 year anniversary of when HYG began trading. When we launched HYG [the iShares iBoxx High Yield Fund (NYSEARCA:HYG)] five years ago, a number Read more…
Van Eck Launches Fallen Angel Bond ETF (ANGL, JNK, HYG, PHB, IDXJ, FRAK)
Eric Dutram: Van Eck continues to be very active on the product development front as the New York City-based firm has launched several new products this year including an Indonesia Small Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IDXJ) and a Market Vectors Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF (NYSEARCA:FRAK). Read more…
How To Get Ahead Of The Game; The Best Way To Play ETFs (SPY, BLK, HYG, EMHY, HYXU)
Andrew Snyder: The ETF scheme is designed to separate you and your money. Here’s how to get ahead of the game. I am about to reveal a secret. It is not something anybody on Wall Street wants you to know. But it is the very best way to take advantage of the profit potential locked inside ETFs. Read more…
Fitch: High-Yield Fund Inflows Reinforced By ETF Expansion (JNK, HYG)
The first quarter saw very strong retail investment flows into high-yield debt securities and the rapid growth of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), as bond investment vehicles appears to be a major driver of the market’s growth. Fitch believes leveraged bond ETFs are improving liquidity and should broaden the Read more…
Proceed With Caution In The Hunt For High Yield (HYG, MUB, LQD, SUB)
Russ Koesterich: Given high yield credit’s recent rally and surge of inflows, I’m now getting a lot of questions about whether or not the asset class still looks appealing. Read more…
260 and Counting: Why We Create New ETFs (CMBS, AGG, IVV, HDV, HYG)
Noel Archard: “It was a Valentine’s Day present for the CMBS market.” That’s a quote from a Forbes.com article, referring to our new iShares Barclays CMBS Bond Fund, (NYSEArca:CMBS) Read more…
How Junk Bonds Got Their Name (HYG)
David Fry: Junk bond ETFs have seen record inflows of investor money over the past year, growing as much as 68%, but investors may not be aware of the substantial risks that junk bond investments pose. Read more…
An Easy Way To Take Advantage Of Widened Yield Spreads (PICB, HYG, PHB, HYS, VCIT, C, ITT)
Benjamin Shepherd: Despite the fact that Treasury bond yields remain at historic lows, they continue to be in high demand among fearful investors. As a result, the yield spread between Treasuries and BBB-rated corporate bonds is currently just under 2 percent, while A-rated fare is offering a little more Read more…
Five Juicy High Yield Bond ETFs For 2012 (HYG, JNK, PHB, HYS, BSJC, JPM)
Stoyan Bojinov: Equity markets have gotten off to a solid start in the new year, although looming Euro zone debt woes continue to breed some degree of pessimism and one piece of bad news from Read more…
Following Fixed Income’s 2011 Fund Flows (HYG, TLT)
Matt Tucker: In my last blog, I recapped 2011 and how it turned out to be the year of unmet investor expectations. Instead of interest rates rising, they fell. Instead of the municipal bond market suffering from widespread defaults, it fared better than in 2010. Read more…
Three High Yield Corporate Bond ETFs For 2012 (JNK, PHB, HYG)
Kevin Grewal: As confidence in a sustainable economic recovery continues to remain wary, unemployment remains high, the equity markets remain volatile and consumer demand grows at a snail’s pace, high yield corporate bonds, and the exchange traded funds that track them, could pose an Read more…
Fixed Income In 2011: The Year Of Opposites
Matt Tucker: Expectations of rising interest rates. Fears of massive municipal bond defaults. Heading in to 2011, those were the two strong trends that investors expected would shape the fixed income market. But as we know now, 2011 turned out to be almost the opposite of expectations. Read more…
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