iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF

IEF tracks a market-value-weighted index of debt issued by the US Treasury with 7-10 years to maturity remaining. Treasury STRIPS are excluded.

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

Invesco Senior Loan ETF

iShares MSCI USA ESG Optimized ETF

SPDR Gold Trust

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund

The Treasury yield curve continued to flatten over the week.

U.S. Weekly FundFlows Insight Report: Money Markets See Second Weekly Inflow Of 2022 As Equity Funds Post Lowest Weekly Performance In 102 Weeks

Treasury bond exchange traded funds rallied on Friday with yields dropping as anxious investors maintained their risk-off sentiment and monitored developments between Russia and Ukraine. On Friday, the iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEF) rose 0.3%, and the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NasdaqGS: TLT) increased 1.0%.

Treasury Bond ETFs Gain Momentum on Russia-Ukraine Crisis

iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

iShares National Muni Bond ETF

The largest bond ETF, ‘AGG,' has never seen two straight years of negative returns.

Bond ETFs On Track For Another Rough Year

Treasury bond exchange traded funds strengthened as investors reassessed the geopolitical tensions over Russian and Ukraine on NATO warnings over the lack of a drawdown in troop movements. On Wednesday, the iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEF) rose 0.1%, and the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NasdaqGS: TLT) increased 0.3%.

Treasury Bond ETFs Strengthen as Geopolitical Risk Remains

Treasury bond exchange traded funds are retreating, with benchmark 10-year yields breaking above 2% for the first time since 2019. On Thursday, the iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEF) fell 0.5%, and the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NasdaqGS: TLT) decreased 1.0%.

Treasury Bond ETFs Slide With 10-Year Yields Breaching 2%

The consumer price index rose the most since 1982, yet the 10-year rate slipped.

Inflation Is Raging. Why Won't Bond Yields Rise?

iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

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iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF

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Wall Street kept up its upward momentum from 2020.

How the Stock Market Fared in 2021

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iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

Invesco QQQ

Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF

Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF

During Refinitiv Lipper's fund-flows week ended December 15, 2021, investors were overall net redeemers of fund assets (including both conventional funds and ETFs) for the first week in nine, withdrawing $50.6 billion. Exchange-traded equity funds recorded $15.9 billion in weekly net inflows for the second time in two weeks.

U.S. Weekly FundFlows Insight Report: Fund Market Suffers Outflows For The First Time In 2 Months Despite Large Cap ETFs Attracting $18.8 Billion

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF

iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF

Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF

Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3x Shares

Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF

Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund

Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund

For the fourth consecutive month, mutual fund investors were net purchasers of fund assets, injecting $45.8 billion into conventional funds for November. Fixed income funds (+$22.7 billion for November) witnessed net inflows for the nineteenth month in a row, while money market funds (+$66.3 billion) experienced net inflows for the fourth consecutive month.

Flows Into ETFs Outpace Those To Conventional Funds In November

As the Fed pares back its $80 billion in monthly US Treasury purchases, a rare option trade with massive upside potential is manifesting itself

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SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF

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Barclays Bank iPath US Treasury 2-year Bull Exchange Traded   Notes 2010-13.8.20 Ser -A- Lnk to BC 2Y US Treasury Futures Trg Ex

Barclays Bank iPath US Treasury 2 Yr Bear Exchange Traded

Barclays Bank iPath US Treasury 10 Yr Bull Exchange Traded    Notes 2010-13.8.20 Sr-A Lk Barclays Cap 10Y US Trs Fut Trgt Exp Id

Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF

BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund

iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF

iShares U.S. Fixed Income Balanced Risk Factor ETF

Goldman Sachs TreasuryAccess 0-1 Year ETF

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF

iShares 25+ Year Treasury STRIPS Bond ETF

Invesco Ultra Short Duration ETF

First Trust Long Duration Opportunities ETF

Invesco 1-30 Laddered Treasury ETF

ProShares UltraShort 7-10 Year Treasury

Schwab Short-Term US Treasury ETF

Schwab Long-Term US Treasury ETF

Schwab Intermediate-Term US Treasury ETF

iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF

SPDR Portfolio Long Term Treasury ETF

Barclays Inverse US Treasury Composite ETN

Proshares Short 20+ Year Treasury

ProShares UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury

ProShares Short 7-10 Year Treasury

iShares 10-20 Year Treasury Bond ETF

Direxion Daily 20+ Year Treasury Bull 3X Shares

Direxion Daily 20+ Year Treasury Bear 3X Shares

ProShares UltraPro Short 20+ Year Treasury

Direxion Daily 7-10 Year Treasury Bull 3x Shares

Direxion Daily 7-10 Year Treasury Bear 3x Shares

ProShares Ultra 20+ Year Treasury

ProShares Ultra 7-10 Year Treasury

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF

PIMCO 25+ Year Zero Coupon US Treasury Index ETF

While there is upward pressure on market rates in 2022, it's not coming from higher net supply. In fact, lower net supply can help to richen government bonds. On top of that, we should see flatter curves over the whole of 2022. We also anticipate some upward pressure on USD Libor.

Rates Outlook: Swap Spreads To See Widening Pressure

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF

SPDR Bloomberg Investment Grade Floating Rate ETF

SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF

SPDR Bloomberg Short Term High Yield Bond ETF

iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF

iShares TIPS Bond ETF

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF

With less than four weeks left to the trading year, TIPS are on track to capture the lead for US bond-market performance in 2021, based on a set of ETFs through Dec. 6's close. Short-term Treasury Inflation Protected Securities are currently in first place via iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond.

Inflation-Indexed Treasuries Lead U.S. Bond Market Returns In 2021

Inflation is at a three-decade high, but you wouldn't know it by bond ETF performance.

A Remarkable Year For Inflation

iShares MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETF

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF

During Refinitiv Lipper's fund-flows week ended December 1, 2021, investors were overall net purchasers of fund assets for the 7th straight week, adding $32.5 billion. Exchange-traded equity funds recorded $15.9 billion in weekly net inflows. This is the macro group's ninth straight week of inflows.

U.S. Weekly FundFlows Insight Report: Investment Grade Funds Suffer Largest Weekly Outflows In 85 Weeks

CSOP FTSE China A50 ETF

iShares Agency Bond ETF

Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF

Xtrackers Harvest CSI 500 China A-Shares Small Cap ETF

Xtrackers MSCI China A Inclusion Equity ETF

Global X China Biotech Innovation ETF

Global X MSCI China Communication Services ETF

Global X China Energy ETF

Global X MSCI China Health Care ETF

Global X China Industrials

Global X MSCI China Information Technology ETF

Global X MSCI China Large Cap 50 ETF

Global X China Materials ETF

Global X China Consumer ETF

Global X MSCI China Real Estate ETF

Global X MSCI China Consumer Staples ETF

Global X MSCI China Utilities ETF

Global X China Financials ETF

Loncar China Biopharma ETF

Xtrackers MSCI All China Equity ETF

VanEck Vectors ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext ETF

iShares MSCI China A ETF

Invesco China Technology ETF

WisdomTree China ex-State-Owned Enterprises Fund

iShares MSCI China Small-Cap ETF

iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF

iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF

First Trust China AlphaDEX Fund

Franklin FTSE China ETF

Franklin FTSE Hong Kong ETF

Franklin FTSE Taiwan ETF

Franklin Short Duration U.S. Government ETF

iShares China Large-Cap ETF

SPDR S&P China ETF

KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF

KraneShares CICC China 5G & Semiconductor Index ETF

KraneShares CICC China Leaders 100 Index ETF

Kraneshares MSCI China Environment Index ETF

KraneShares SSE STAR Market 50 Index ETF

KraneShares Hang Seng Tech Index ETF

KraneShares MSCI All China Health Care Index ETF

KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF

First Trust Low Duration Opportunities ETF

iShares MSCI China ETF

Invesco Golden Dragon China ETF

Rayliant Quantamental China Equity ETF

ProShares Inflation Expectations ETF

SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF

Invesco DB US Dollar Index Bearish Fund

WisdomTree Bloomberg US Dollar Bullish Fund

Invesco DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund

The deficit spending that supported the economy in 2020 is showing up in hot inflation numbers in 2021. While I think the inflation numbers will get better in 2022, I do not believe they will get back to pre-pandemic levels because of owners' equivalent rents and wage gains in the CPI.

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PIMCO 15+ Year US TIPS ETF

Invesco PureBeta 0-5 Yr US TIPS ETF

Schwab US TIPS ETF

SPDR Portfolio TIPS ETF

PIMCO 1-5 Year US TIPS ETF

FlexShares iBoxx 5 Year Target Duration TIPS Index Fund

FlexShares iBoxx 3 Year Target Duration TIPS Index Fund

SPDR Bloomberg 1-10 Year TIPS ETF

PIMCO Broad US TIPS Index ETF

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF

At the November FOMC meeting, the Fed officially announced that it would begin tapering its bond purchase program, starting in mid-November. When the Fed began tapering its QE3 program over the course of 2014, the coupon supply from the U.S. Treasury was stable, leading to an increase in net supply takedown from the private market.

Tapering Impact On Treasury Supply

ProShares UltraShort MSCI Brazil Capped

Direxion Daily CSI 300 China A Share Bull 2X Shares

Morgan Stanley Exch Traded Nts 2008-31.3.20 Ser-F Linked to S&P Chinese Renminbi TR Ind

Global X Copper Miners ETF

Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund

Direxion Daily S&P Oil & Gas Exp. & Prod. Bear 2X Shares

ProShares UltraShort Oil & Gas

WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund

Direxion Daily Emerging Markets Bear 3X Shares

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

PrShrs Trust II Shs Proshares Short Euro

ProShares Short MSCI Emerging Markets

ProShares UltraShort Euro

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF

Invesco CurrencyShares Euro Trust

ProShares UltraShort FTSE China 50

Invesco Currencyshares Japanese Yen Trust

VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF

ProShares UltraShort Gold

WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund

iShares Europe ETF

iShares MSCI India ETF

Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bear 2X Shares

Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF

VanEck Vectors Russia ETF

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil

In the latest World Economic Outlook Report, the IMF said "the dangerous divergence in economic prospects across countries remains a major concern". While the IMF focused on the "vaccine divide" between developed and developing nations, there are other divergences at play.

'Dangerous Divergences'

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