Investors have been pumping more money into the Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF (VCIT) than any other U.S. listed corporate bond ETF over the past four weeks, signaling strong investor
Category: Fixed Income
I Bonds Are on Sale!
Also, the 2023 figures do not represent an entire year, but instead the annualized rate for the next six months.) Since 2007, the inflation yields on I bonds have rarely outstripped today’s level. Besides the inflation
Don’t Wait for Wider Spreads to Target Fixed Income
Launched in October of 2021 to provide precision ETF exposure for fixed income investors, BondBloxx offers a range of ETFs spanning U.S. Treasuries, industry- and credit rating-specific high yield bonds, and
Assessing the Fallen Angel Bond Landscape
ANGL’s superior credit profile is pertinent for another reason: Today, the number of actual rising stars is in excess of fallen angels, and as bonds become rising stars, they appreciate in price, bringing a potential boon for
AGG: 3 Bond Market Trends (NYSEARCA:AGG)
Summary: Inflation has skyrocketed YTD. Higher inflation has had a significant impact on the bond market, and on AGG.A look at some of the most important bond market trends following increased inflation follows. This idea was discussed in more depth with members of my private investing community, CEF/ETF Income Laboratory.
WTSY: The Digital Fund Opportunity
Today, we celebrate a milestone in WisdomTree’s history of innovation with our proposed WisdomTree Short-Term Treasury Digital Fund (WTSY) becoming effective. This fund is the result of a number of years
2 Bond ETF Choices as ESG Growth Proliferates in Munis
VCEB seeks to track the performance of the Bloomberg MSCI US Corporate SRI Select Index, which excludes bonds with maturities of one year or less and with less than $750 million outstanding, and it is
Buyer Beware or Act Now? Ultra-Short Fixed Income Implementation Ideas
Ultra-Short Fixed Income Implementation Ideas, Ben Becker, exchange traded fund (ETF) product specialist at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, will highlight the benefits of short duration, cash alternative
There’s a New Kid on the Fixed-Income Block
Before we move any further, it’s important to lay out the distinctions between bail-in debt and more commonly known traditional contingent convertible bonds, or CoCos. These differences determine the securities’
Take a Look at ESGB Because Bonds Still Merit Attention
Of course, ESGB’s status as an actively managed ETF may also offer investors benefits in terms of mitigating duration risk, which is a primary consideration because the Federal Reserve likely has a few more rate
An Advisor’s Guide to What’s Happening in the High Yield Market
“Heading into 2022, a definitive argument could have been made that high yield fixed income was on the expensive side and spread levels finished last year at a pretty narrow plus 300 basis points,” Flanagan
High Yield Corporate Bond Sales Bigger in 1 Day Than in All of July
Bloomberg noted that on Thursday, August 4, just two companies managed to sell a total of $2 billion of high yield bonds that day, which was more than was sold in the entire month of July. “Our initial product
I Bonds Forever?
Another reason, albeit longer-ranging, to mull FLHY is that some high-level investors are expressing faith in the possibilities of a high yield rebound by forming new distressed debt funds. On the other hand, with
Institutional Investors Eye Distressed Debt
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