Non-Traditional Bond ETFs

Most of these ETFs tend to invest by pursuing strategies that diverge in some way from conventional practice in the bond-fund universe. One hallmark of non-traditional bond funds is their use of leverage and derivatives to either hedge or increase particular risk exposures. Other bond funds are placed into this category simply because they are unconstrained with respect to the types of bonds they can buy (i.e., any maturity and any level of default risk). We are definitely cautious with this category given the combination of leverage in some cases and exposure to potential rising interest rates. We therefore view this category as better suited for moderate investors, but may consider this more to aggressive investors when rates do begin to creep higher.

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Fund Symbol/Name	Last	Open	High	Low	52-Wk Hi	52-Wk Lo	Day Chg	YTD Chg	12-Mo Chg	AUM	Exp. Ratio	SMART Grade
IGHG ProShares Investment Grade-Interest Rate Hedged	74.73	74.61	74.76	74.59	75.94	70.09	+0.10 (0.13%)	-1.86%	-0.76%	571.88M	0.30%	A Strong Buy
STOT SPDR DoubleLine Short Duration Total Return Tactical ETF	49.55	49.54	49.61	49.54	49.77	48.22	-0.01 (-0.02%)	1.12%	1.90%	82.88M	0.45%	A Strong Buy
RISE Sit Rising Rate ETF	22.81	22.79	22.81	22.79	25.50	22.06	-0.01 (-0.04%)	-4.00%	-9.39%	60.39M	0.43%	A Strong Buy
RFUN RiverFront Dynamic Unconstrained Income ETF	25.37	25.45	25.45	25.31	25.51	23.48	-0.12 (-0.47%)	-0.88%	-0.14%	52.98M	0.52%	A Strong Buy
IGIH Deutsche X-trackers Investment Grade Bond - Interest Rate Hedged ETF	23.27	23.34	23.34	23.27	23.97	22.37	0.00 (0.00%)	-3.69%	-2.39%	9.55M	0.25%	A Strong Buy
EMIH Deutsche X-trackers Emerging Markets Bond - Interest Rate Hedged ETF	23.74	23.74	23.78	23.74	24.76	22.50	-0.04 (-0.17%)	-4.15%	-2.90%	8.46M	0.45%	A Strong Buy
AGND WisdomTree Barclays Negative Duration U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund	41.02	41.01	41.02	40.99	44.47	40.23	+0.10 (0.24%)	-4.92%	-6.73%	N/A	N/A	A Strong Buy
AGZD WisdomTree Barclays Interest Rate Hedged U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund	47.99	47.95	48.02	47.85	49.51	46.63	0.00 (0.00%)	0.08%	-0.33%	N/A	N/A	A Strong Buy
NFLT Virtus Newfleet Multi-Sector Unconstrained Bond ETF	24.58	24.58	24.60	24.57	24.66	22.19	+0.02 (0.08%)	-0.83%	1.55%	N/A	N/A	A Strong Buy
RFCI RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF	25.09	25.16	25.16	25.07	25.54	23.45	-0.09 (-0.36%)	2.55%	5.24%	103.33M	0.52%	B Buy
WYDE ProShares CDS Short North American HY Credit ETF	31.49	31.49	31.49	31.49	33.45	30.77	+0.27 (0.86%)	-2.81%	-3.39%	N/A	N/A	B Buy
FFIU Fieldstone UVA Unconstrained Medium-Term Fixed Income ETF	25.45	25.46	25.50	25.45	25.78	23.93	+0.02 (0.08%)	3.31%	4.80%	46.36M	0.50%	NR Not Rated
BNDC FlexShares Core Select Bond Fund	25.53	25.53	25.55	25.53	25.93	22.92	+0.05 (0.20%)	2.81%	6.33%	32.64M	0.35%	NR Not Rated
UCON First Trust TCW Unconstrained Plus Bond ETF	25.78	25.71	25.81	25.71	25.93	24.75	+0.04 (0.16%)	0.00%	2.52%	25.19M	0.75%	NR Not Rated
SEIX Virtus Seix Senior Loan ETF	24.97	24.97	24.97	24.97	25.08	24.83	-0.11 (-0.44%)	0.00%	-0.17%	N/A	N/A	NR Not Rated
INC Ishares U.S. Fixed Income Balan	99.43	99.42	99.43	99.42	100.20	96.37	+0.06 (0.06%)	0.00%	-0.32%	N/A	N/A	NR Not Rated

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