ETF bond

  • JPIE: Outperforming Active Bond Fund

    The JPMorgan Income ETF is a low-cost, unconstrained bond fund that aims to deliver current income and capital gains.With bond yields the highest in years, bond investing is starting to look interesting for many investors.JPIE has impressively been able to outperform its benchmark and a similar fund from PIMCO in both 2022’s bear market and so far in 2023.

  • Check it Out: Harbor’s Active High-Yield ETF, SIHY

    According to Harbor and BlueCove in a recent webcast, Harbor’s high-yield bond ETF showcases the potential strength in active management. “Scientific investing is the implementation of an evidence-based investment process,

  • First Trust adds two new active bond ETFs

    Ryan Issakainen, Senior Vice President and ETF Strategist at First Trust, commented: “We are thrilled to expand First Trust’s robust line-up of actively managed fixed income ETFs. FIIG and MGOV provide

  • SLQD: Higher For Longer

    Anything that risks raising inflation expectations is going to be met by the Fed with higher rates, which is bad for SLQD which still has 2 years of duration and sensitivity to higher rates. The iShares 0-5 Year Investment

  • VCSH: Short, Sweet, and Quality

    Strong credit quality like that might imply investors have to sacrifice income to access VCSH’s reduced risk profile, but that’s not the case as the Vanguard sported a 30-day SEC yield of 5.41% as of Aug. 8. ”Global

  • Watch Out for Low-Quality Bonds in These Balanced Funds

    Like the firm’s fixed-income flagship, Loomis Sayles Bond LSBRX, this fund is willing to hold substantial stakes in both high-yield and emerging-markets debt. For the past several years, the team has devoted as much as 15% of

  • BondBloxx Exceeds $2 Billion in Assets

    BondBloxx was launched in October of 2021 to provide precision ETF exposure for fixed income investors. Now, BondBloxx offers 19 ETFs that span U.S. Treasuries, industry- and credit rating-specific high-yield bonds,

  • Multi-Asset Income Opportunities With An Inverted Yield Curve

    But if either scenario strikes, the high quality and relatively low interest-rate risk of short-duration investment-grade credit could cushion a diversified strategy against potential market instability—at least long enough for

  • Defaults, Duration, Dollar: The Big 3 In EMD

    Although credit quality in U.S. high-yield debt is supposedly higher than it has been in previous years – thanks to more bonds being secured with assets and a greater proportion of higher-quality issuance – U.S. corporates are likely

  • Challenges Linger in Corporate Bond Market

    With an emphasis on investment-grade debt, a 30-day SEC yield of 5.59% and a duration of just 0.66 years, CVSB could be an ideal bond ETF for investors seeking robust income while limiting their exposure to credit and