Asia high yield bond ETFs matter because they expand the income toolkit beyond U.S. credit, but they also add regional policy, issuer-selection, and liquidity considerations. For long-term investors, the key issue is how such a fund complements core bond holdings without overstating its role.
Fallen angel bond ETFs matter because they combine high-yield income with a different credit profile than the wider junk bond market. In a rate-cut cycle, that mix can change how investors think about duration, spreads and portfolio positioning.
HYG matters because it turns corporate-credit stress into a tradable ETF decision, where sector concentration, option pricing, and portfolio-hedging use all affect outcomes. Long-term investors need to understand how high-yield exposure behaves when spreads, liquidity, and correlations change.
FALN and ANGL both invest in fallen angels or recently downgraded non-investment grade corporate bonds. ANGL is the larger, more well-known of the pair, but I think FALN is the stronger investment. A look as to why follows.
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
BondBloxx recently saw an uptick in investor capital going into several of its seven industry sector-specific high yield bond ETFs, including the BondBloxx USD High Yield Bond Industrial Sector ETF (XHYI), the
SPHY owns a portfolio of mostly high-yield bonds in the United States. The fund currently offers an attractive 30-day SEC yield of 8.97%.Despite better long-term total return potential than treasury funds, there is still significant downside risk in 2023 due to a possible recession.
Investment sentiment analysis from VettaFi shows that high-yield bond ETFs represented a higher percentage of the corporate bond fund traffic on VettaFi platforms in mid-March relative to a month earlier. Investors
The latest rate hike from the Federal Reserve is contributing to an environment in which high-yield bond funds have become increasingly attractive to investors. Not only has the Fed’s latest rate increase helped
“Today marks another milestone in our relationship with Voya as we launch the WisdomTree Voya Yield Enhanced USD Universal Bond Fund, a collaborative effort reinforcing the demand for broad exposure to the
In addition to the seven bond funds, BondBloxx has launched a total of 19 fixed income ETFs, including three ratings-specific high yield bond ETFs, eight target-duration U.S. Treasury ETFs, and one short-duration
High-yield corporate bond ETFs all offer investors strong, growing dividends. There are potential capital gains too, contingent on interest rates normalizing. High-yield corporate bond ETFs are almost all fantastic investment opportunities right now, but some are better than others. SPHY is one of the best.
Appearing on CNBC’s “Market Alert” earlier this month, BondBloxx Investment Management co-founder Joanna Gallegos said that “there is an incredible amount of opportunity in the bond market that hasn’t existed