BlackRock Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF

ICSH is actively managed to invest in broad market, investment-grade bonds with ultra-short-term maturity.

JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF

The JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF holds high-quality bonds and commercial paper and is marketed as a cash replacement tool. JPST has higher duration and credit risk than ICSH. However, investors are compensated for the higher risk. JPST continues to be a solid cash replacement tool, provided the Fed is not forced to restart rate hikes due to a rebound in inflation.

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Innovator Equity Defined Protection ETF - 2 Yr to October 2026

Innovator Equity Defined Protection ETF - 6 Mo Apr/Oct

Janus Henderson AAA CLO ETF

PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active ETF

iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF

Innovator Equity Defined Protection ETF - 1 Yr October

Annuities offer guaranteed protection and income, but ETFs can mimic these benefits with more liquidity and fewer fees, though no investment is risk-free. Innovator's ETFs provide 100% downside protection for equity index exposure, limiting potential upside but ensuring no losses, ideal for risk-averse investors. The portfolio combines 60% defined equity exposure and 40% short-term fixed income to minimize risk and maintain stability, outperforming traditional 60/40 portfolios in downturns.

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SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF

Goldman Sachs TreasuryAccess 0-1 Year ETF

PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF

Schwab Ultra-Short Income ETF

iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF

 SPDR Blackstone Senior Loan ETF

iShares Treasury Floating Rate Bond ETF

Vanguard Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF

How's a 5.6% safe return on your cash sound? For a growing number of ETF investors fearful of the S&P 500's future, it's a sweet deal.

Clever Investors Find A Safe Way To Score 5.6% On Their Cash

Near-term risks for financial markets are real, with high complacency and overallocation to equities. The BlackRock Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF offers a good cash option for investors nervous about volatility.

ICSH: A Good Cash Alternative

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF

Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund

Consider bond ETFs from Vanguard, dividends, and growth stocks as cash moves off the sidelines.

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The BlackRock Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF is a better way than CDs and money markets for holding cash as it has more potential capital appreciation and a higher yield. ICSH has had much better returns than money market funds over the last 10 years. We rate ICSH a "strong buy."

ICSH: A Great Option For Cash

BNY Mellon Ultra Short Income ETF

Goldman Sachs Access Ultra Short Bond ETF

T Rowe Price Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF

SPDR SSgA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF

Wall Street has been struggling to find a footing at the start of 2024. The uncertainty has made investors jittery, raising demand for cash-like ETFs.

Cash-Like ETFs Spike Amid Market Turmoil

Most of the macro data points to a higher for longer situation. Indeed, reflexivity effects even work against Fed objectives and may force them to crank things up. ICSH gets investors a low duration exposure that isn't at risk as rates potentially rise further, or trounce newfound expectations of a pivot.

ICSH: It's Going To Be Higher For Longer In The U.S.

iShares Short Maturity Bond ETF

iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN Class A

The ultra short-term corner of the bond market has been hitting a 52-week high lately.

High-Yield Money-Market ETFs Hitting 52-Week Highs

The BlackRock Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF is marketed as a cash replacement tool, offering higher yields than money market funds. ICSH outperforms 'cash' in most scenarios but can underperform during rising interest rate environments and is exposed to credit risk. I prefer the safety of treasury bills for cash allocation due to zero credit risk and little duration risk.

ICSH: Useful As Cash Replacement But Mind The Risks

ARK Innovation ETF

JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF

While actively managed ETFs are less popular than passive ETFs, some are worth considering for your investment portfolio. However, let me make something clear: passive investing continues to capture market share from active management.

3 Low-Cost Actively-Managed ETFs to Buy Now

Blackrock Flexible Income ETF

PIMCO Active Bond ETF

Capital Group Short Duration Income ETF

Fidelity Total Bond ETF

American Century Multisector Income ETF

In the three-year period ended 2022, 48% of actively managed investment-grade intermediate fixed income mutual funds outperformed the Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index, per the SPIVA Scorecard. This contrasts with just 26% of active U.S. large-cap equity mutual funds outperforming the S&P 500 Index.

What's Inside Active Bond ETFs

ICSH has outperformed cash parking alternatives like MINT and NEAR. It likely comes from its meagre expense ratio coupled with active management. It is highly likely to outperform Treasury bills from here, especially as credit spreads widen.

ICSH: Cash Parking Pays Almost 5.5%

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

Blackrock Large Cap Value Etf

iShares S&P 500 Value ETF

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF

iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF

Active ETFs represent just a 6% share of the ETF markets, but advisors are gravitating toward them. The products have emerged as one of the fastest-growing categories within the ETF industry.

BlackRock's Greater Focus on Active ETFs

ARK Fintech Innovation ETF

Fidelity Blue Chip Growth ETF

Gabelli Financial Services Opportunities ETF

Gabelli Equity Income ETF

Spear Alpha ETF

Simplify Volt RoboCar Disruption and Tech ETF

Valkyrie Bitcoin Miners ETF

Actively managed ETFs have become increasingly popular among investors given the edgy macroeconomic backdrop, access to complex ETF strategies and falling expense ratios.

Here's Why Active ETFs Are Gaining Popularity: YTD Winners

BlackRock's head of iShares U.S. wealth advisory Michael Lane is frequently asked by clients about how to respond to the confluence of two big issues happening in the ETF industry: consolidation of the financial advisor business and the model marketplace.

NYSE's ETF Leaders: BlackRock's Michael Lane

Invesco BulletShares 2024 Corporate Bond ETF

iShares iBonds Dec 2023 Term Treasury ETF

Now is one of those rare times when taking less risk can actually pay off. And super-safe, short-term bond ETFs are an easy way to cash in.

Investors Score Lucrative 4.4% Yield On 10 Nearly Risk-Free Stocks

Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF

Dimensional US Core Equity 2 ETF

Dimensional US Targeted Value ETF

First Trust Preferred Securities & Income ETF

First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF

ETFs started out as just another form of index-matching alternative to mutual funds. But today, there are now over 1000 actively managed ETFs.

Consider These Market-Beating ETFs Now

ICSH is one of several short-term income-oriented ETFs I've covered recently. I'd consider it in the upper half of the set of these I track, though it has its issues.

ICSH: Ultra Short-Term, Ultra Low Volatility, But Carries Some Risk

Bond investors might experience heavy losses, given that bond prices and yields have an inverse relationship. This situation can be avoided by investing in the ultra-short duration bonds ETF.

Hedge Against Rising Rates With Ultra-Short Bond ETFs

Avantis US Equity ETF

Amplify CWP Dividend & Option Income ETF

First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund

Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF

Actively managed ETFs keep punching above their weight. In the first 10 months of 2022, active ETFs gathered $59 billion, according to FactSet data, equal to 12% of the industry's net inflows, despite representing less than 5% of the overall U.S.-listed ETF assets.

Adoption of Active ETFs Is Accelerating

We are currently experiencing a vicious bear market with a substantial amount of volatility. Investors have purchased historically high amounts of put options.

ICSH: Why Cash Is Better Than Put Options

The rise in short-term interest rates this year has increased the yields of cash-like assets. In this article, we highlight the benefits of having a cash management portfolio strategy and why cash assets look fairly attractive now.

Cash Comes Back From The Dead With Attractive Yields

Invesco BulletShares 2022 Corporate Bond ETF

Invesco Ultra Short Duration ETF

iShares iBonds Dec 2022 Term Corporate ETF

SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF

Interest rate hikes terrify most S&P 500 investors. And for good reason.

10 Super-Low-Risk Ways To Profit From The Fed's Rate Hikes

The bonds that ICSH invests in are measured by months and not years in duration. You can treat it like a money market fund for your stock account, and a great way to approach the reference rate in a liquid ETF.

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