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Andy Hagans: We’ve all heard of TIP, right? If you’re a long term commodities investor that buys on the dips, you might use this highly liquid ETF as the short term place for your dry powder. In theory, it protects from inflation, since the ETF holds Read more…
Michael Johnston: As central banks around the world continue to plow money into the financial system, investors have been bracing for an eventual uptick in inflationary pressures. While reported inflation throughout the developed world has remained tame–most markets are well within their official Read more…
Michael Johnston: PIMCO, fresh off the extremely successful launch of its Total Return ETF (NYSEARCA:BOND), has rolled out another actively managed bond fund that taps into a corner of the fixed income market that has generated significant interest in recent years. The new Global Advantage Inflation- Read more…
Jared Cummans: Interest in achieving fixed income exposure through exchange-traded funds has been a hot topic in recent years, with some advisors expressing serious concerns over the potential shortcomings in bond ETFs while others have fully embraced the efficiencies of the exchange-traded structure. Read more…
NYSE:ALD, NYSE:BONO, NYSE:BUNL, NYSE:CBND, NYSE:PFIG, NYSE:WIP, PHB
Ron Rowland: Ben Bernanke keeps saying the Federal Reserve will do “everything it can” to encourage economic growth. But his first two “quantitative easing” programs were no help for average Americans. They were very beneficial for Wall Street, though, so the big banks want more. Read more…
NYSE:GTIP, NYSE:IPE, NYSE:LTPZ, NYSE:STIP, NYSE:STPZ, NYSE:TIP, NYSE:TIPZ, NYSE:WIP, SCHP
The fixed income corner of the ETF industry has experienced tremendous growth in recent years, as investors have become increasingly comfortable with achieving bond exposure through the exchange-traded structure. In 2010 more than $26 billion flowed into bond ETFs, following a year Read more…
NYSE:ALD, NYSE:BWX, NYSE:ELD, NYSE:EMB, NYSE:EMLC, NYSE:WIP, PCY
WisdomTree has filed paperwork with the SEC for a “WisdomTree Emerging Markets Inflation Protection Bond Fund ETF.” The WisdomTree Emerging Markets Inflation Protection Bond Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide total returns (income and capital appreciation) that are representative of inflation-linked debt securities of emerging market issuers. They did not specify a trading symbol or expense ratio Read more…
NEW FILING, NYSE:GTIP, NYSE:IPE, NYSE:ITIP, NYSE:LTPZ, NYSE:STIP, NYSE:STPZ, NYSE:TIP, NYSE:TIPZ, NYSE:WIP, SCHP
Ron Rowland: When you get a chance at two birds with one stone, it’s usually a good idea to take it. Three birds with one stone is even better! Read more…
High yield bond ETFs concentrate on lower quality corporate bonds, which are considered riskier than higher-quality or more established companies. Because of this higher level of risk, high-yield Read more…
I previously detailed here and here how an investor can use ETFReplay.com to screen for best performing ETFs based on momentum and volatility. I originally created a portfolio of 22 ETFs Read more…
Morningstar’s Scott Burns discusses investor demand for dividends, international TIPS, and deeper exposure to emerging-market consumers with State Street’s Read more…
David Fry:
I previously detailed 
Expectations that measures of inflation will show increase in the near to medium term have driven up yields at the long end of the yield curve, with long term treasury ETFs dropping to the bottom 
Inflation is creeping up everywhere. Prices for gold, 
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