Q2 ETF Asset Report: Bond Funds Lead the Charge (JNK, QQQ, DIA, BND, VWO, EEM)
Eric Dutram: The second quarter was, despite the overall market turmoil, a pretty solid one for the broad ETF industry. A handful of new funds hit the markets Read more…
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With Stocks Down and Yields Low, Is it Time to Buy Junk Bonds? (JNK, HYG)
At a glance you can plainly see if the ocean is at high tide or low tide, and yet it’s virtually impossible to detect exactly when the tide is changing until long after it has actually happened. In much the same manner, the junk bond market looks to be Read more…
Matt Hougan Discusses the Risks of High-Yield ETPs (JNK)
Matt Hougan, president of ETF analytics at IndexUniverse.com, discusses the risks of high-yield, exchange-traded products. He gives his opinion on Junk Bonds (NYSEARCA:JNK), and where he feels people should be looking to put their Read more…
Five Ways You May Be Using the Wrong ETF
Matt Hougan, Index Universe president of ETF analytics, breaks down five ways to tell if you’re using the wrong exchange traded fund. Matt explains how to identify the ETF that gives you the best exposure to the sector you wish to invest in. He notes that Read more…
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A Look At 12 High-Yielding Monthly Distribution Bond ETFs
Stoyan Bojinov: The hunt for yield continues to challenge investors of all walks in this historically ultra low-rate environment, although a certain breed of ETFs Read more…
Seven Biggest Bond ETFs By Assets Under Management (SHY, JNK, HYG, AGG, BND, LQD, TIP)
Eric Dutram: Although yields are low, fixed income ETF investing can still be a valuable part of an investor’s portfolio. Securities in this space still have low levels of correlation to broad equity markets and are often less volatile as well. Read more…
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…
Should You Buy The Senior Loan ETF? (BKLN, JNK)
Eric Dutram: Although many investors shy away from bond ETFs in this low rate environment, there are still a number of quality choices in the fixed income ETF world. These products can help investors to reduce dependence on equities while providing a nice regular payment far above what most stocks can deliver 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…
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…
A Look At Five ETFs Yielding More Than 5% (JNK, PGF, PFF, REMX, BAB, C, JPM, WFC, BAC, BCS)
Ian Wyatt: On Tuesday the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) confirmed what many had suspected: interest rates will remain near zero through at least late 2014. It’s a stance the Fed took back in January, and again reiterated this week. Read more…
Bond ETFs: Too Much JNK In The Trunk?
David Gillie: In a volatile and uncertain market, yield hungry investors have piled into every means of bonds to find return on their capital. With interest rates at historic lows, this hasn’t been an easy task to find yield. Treasuries are at negative yield. A municipal bond failure scare rippled through the 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…
Fixed income investors with their bats on their shoulders for have asked the same question of U.S. treasuries for years: Yields can’t possibly go lower, can they?They may 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…
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