On a day when U.S. equities are soaring, bonds may not be the first thing on many investors' minds. Even with that in mind, it is worth noting that some newer bond ETFs have rapidly accumulated assets under management, even as stocks have...
There has been plenty of chatter regarding a great rotation out of bonds into stocks, but ETF inflow data indicate otherwise. In the month of March U.S. stock funds hauled in $11.2 billion in fresh cash, but bond ETFs were sturdy with $4.6 billion...
When it comes to investing in bond ETFs, one of the most important factors investors can (and should evaluate) is the credit quality of the fund's holdings. Arguably, credit quality takes on added importance when analyzing ETFs that offer exposure...
NEW YORK (ETF Expert) -- I came across an interesting fact on the news wires recently. The S&P 500 has corrected at least 5% at least one time in the first five months of every year since 1996. What does that mean? It implies that the probability...
Following a 2012 that saw a batch of solid returns for emerging markets bond ETFs denominated in local currencies, this sub-sector the exchange-traded products universe has seen tepid performances to start 2013.
However, with investors and...
Despite ongoing bubble calls and speculation the asset class is overvalued, junk bonds and the ETFs where those bonds make a home continue to defy the critics. Even after modest losses Monday, the largest high-yield bond ETFs are still found...
Another one of the more prominent themes among bond ETFs last year was growing speculation that high-yield bonds were approaching bubble territory. Calls for asset bubbles is an old investing avocation, and since the global financial crisis, it...
One of investors' favorite asset classes in 2012 got cold dose of fiscal cliff reality on Wednesday as municipal bond ETFs faltered on news both parties are willing to change the tax-exempt status of municipal-bond interest in an effort to dodge...
Calls that high-yield bond ETFs are damaged goods appear to have been premature. It was less than three weeks ago that some mainstream financial media outlets were quick to highlight outflows from the largest U.S. junk bond ETFs, including the...
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