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Karen Schenone: A prolonged low interest rate environment. An ongoing European debt crisis. An impending fiscal cliff. 2012 presented investors with more than their fair share of challenges, and if we look back at the year’s flows, we can see how investors used fixed Read more…
Mark Wiedman: As investors continue to grapple with low yields and volatile markets, a growing number are beginning to realize that the bond strategies of the past are just not behaving the way they Read more…
Karen Schenone: Ever wonder how to use all the fixed income ETFs out there? We have a tool for that! Read more…
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Matt Tucker: I’ve been spending a lot of time on the road this year, attending conferences, talking to the media and meeting with investors. One thing I’m learning is that there is still a lot of confusion when it comes to fixed income and fixed income ETFs. With a size of more than $36 trillion the US fixed Read more…
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…
Kevin Feldman: Last week a colleague asked me if, given all the focus on investing for income this year, the “i” in iShares might come to stand for income. He was kidding, but he had a serious point too: With government bonds generating historically low yields—the 10-year Treasury broke Read more…
Innovation has become a hallmark of the ETF industry in recent years, as new and existing issuers alike have have rolled out increasingly complex and creative products that have further expanded the universe of asset classes and investment strategies available through exchange-traded products. Read more…
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“While February’s ETF data showed investors re-entered the market for U.S. equity funds, it didn’t slow the flow of assets to an expanding lineup of fixed-income ETFs. Have investors rubbed the wrong Read more…
ETF investors are dumping stocks for bonds, but potential trading problems with fixed-income ETFs could trim their results. In January, investors pulled $18.4 billion out of stock ETFs and poured Read more…
Michael Johnston from ETF Database writes: The final numbers for the ETF industry are in for 2009, and the results are truly impressive. Total ETF assets grew nearly 50% on the year, aided by a strong recovery in financial markets but also by strong cash inflows across the board Read more…
“Exchange-traded fund buyers plowed money into ETFs tracking bonds and international stocks this year, and the pattern looks set to continue in 2010 as investors diversify Read more…
PIMCO will be launching another actively managed ETF this coming Tuesday under the symbol (MINT). PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Strategy Fund (MINT) will seek to achieve its investment objective Read more…
Two New Bond Funds Will Feature Strategic Partnership With McDonnell Investment Management Read more…
(Reuters) – European exchange traded fund (ETF) assets hit an all-time high of $192 billion at the end of August, driven by strong demand for emerging market and fixed income ETFs, according to a report from Barclays Global Investors Read more…
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