Karen Schenone: Looking at the iShares app on my iPad this weekend, I was surprised to discover that the iShares Dow Jones US Home Construction ETF (ITB) has been a top performing fund year-to-date.  While past performance is certainly not indicative of future returns Read more…

NYSE:CMBS, NYSE:MBB, REM, REZ, RTL

Trepp, LLC, the leading provider of information, analytics and technology to the CMBS, commercial real estate and banking markets, has partnered with BlackRock, Inc.’s iShares® Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) business to integrate the Read more…

NYSE:CMBS

Michael Johnston: iShares introduced a pair of new ETFs this week that offer exposure to junk bonds from issuers outside the U.S., opening a new segment of the global fixed income market that had previously been difficult to access. The two new funds include a product that targets junk bonds from emerging Read more…

BATS:EMHY, BATS:HYXU, NASDAQ:EMCB, NASDAQ:GNMA, NYSE:AMPS, NYSE:CMBS, NYSE:ENGN, NYSE:QLTA

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…

NYSE:AGG, NYSE:CMBS, NYSE:HDV, NYSE:HYG, NYSE:IVV

Matt Tucker:  ABS, MBS, CMBS.  Navigating your way around the various fixed income sectors can sometimes feel like a bowl of alphabet soup.  And with the proliferation of fixed income ETFs giving Read more…

NYSE:AGG, NYSE:CMBS

Michael Johnston:  iShares continued to expand its suite of exchange-traded products this week with the debut of seven new bond ETFs. The new offering includes the first products available to U.S. Read more…

NYSE:CMBS, NYSE:GOVT, NYSE:LQD, NYSE:MONY, NYSE:QLTA

BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK) announced today that its iShares® Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) business, the world’s largest manager of ETFs, has launched seven new fixed income funds to help meet investors’ increased demand for targeted fixed Read more…

NASDAQ:GNMA, NYSE:AMPS, NYSE:CMBS, NYSE:ENGN, NYSE:GOVT, NYSE:MONY, NYSE:QLTA

iShares has announced that they will begin trading the iShares Barclays CMBS Bond Fund (NYSEArca:CMBS) Thursday, February 16, 2012. The iShares Barclays CMBS Bond Fund (the “Fund”) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the Read more…

FUND LAUNCH, NYSE:CMBS