iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

LQD tracks a market-weighted index of US corporate investment-grade bonds across the maturity spectrum.

Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF

SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust

Global X U.S. Infrastructure Development ETF

VanEck Commodity Strategy ETF

AXS Astoria Real Assets ETF

VanEck Inflation Allocation ETF

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF

Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund

Concerns about inflation are top of mind again, with consumer prices and producer prices rising higher last week. This impacted the bond market as well as commodity prices.

Renewed Focus on Inflation

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

Fidelity Total Bond ETF

Grayscale Bitcoin Trust

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

Invesco QQQ

Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF

During LSEG Lipper's fund flows week that ended April 10, 2024, investors were overall net redeemers of fund assets (including both conventional funds and ETFs) for the third week in four, removing a net $29.7 billion.

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iShares 10+ Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

Schwab 5-10 Year Corporate Bond ETF

iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

A record amount of money has flooded into the U.S. corporate bond markets this year, as investors rush to lock in the highest yields years ahead of the Fed rate cuts.

Time to Invest in Corporate Bond ETFs

Credit risk and bond durations are important considerations in the current economic environment. We think the iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF offers safe credit exposure. Key metrics suggest the ETF's credit migration risk is stable, and its duration and convexity provide the potential for price gains.

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SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF follows America's biggest and best companies. The iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF generates income from U.S. government debt.

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Blackrock Core Bond Trust

First Trust High Yld Oprtnts 2027 Tr Fn

Brookfield Real Assets Income Fund

Bonds are back, baby. Let's talk about three funds that pay—between 8.3% and 10.9%.

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iShares Bitcoin Trust

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

iShares Russell 2000 ETF

iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol USA ETF

During LSEG Lipper's fund flows week that ended March 6, investors were overall net purchasers of fund assets for the third week in four, adding a net $27.3 billion. All 10 spot bitcoin ETFs reported net inflows of $1.9 billion, marking the seventh straight weekly inflow since these launched. Conventional taxable-fixed income funds realized a weekly inflow of $500 million - marking their tenth consecutive weekly inflow.

U.S. Weekly Fund Flows Insight Report: Taxable Fixed Income Funds Attract $12.4 Billion, Marking The 11th Straight Weekly Inflow

PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

Aptus Defined Risk ETF

Fidelity Corporate Bond ETF

Franklin Investment Grade Corporate ETF

Goldman Sachs Access Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

Inspire Corporate Bond Impact ETF

Principal Investment Grade Corporate Active ETF

iShares Interest Rate Hedged Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

iShares Investment Grade Bond Factor ETF

iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

John Hancock Corporate Bond ETF

American Century Diversified Corporate Bond ETF

FlexShares Credit-Scored US Long Corporate Bond Index Fund

iShares BBB Rated Corporate Bond ETF

iShares Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond ETF

iShares Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond ETF

Mobeus Income & Growth 2 VCT PLC

Invesco Fundamental Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

iShares Aaa-A Rated Corporate Bond ETF

FlexShares Credit-Scored US Corporate Bond Index Fund

SPDR Portfolio Corporate Bond

M&A was almost dormant in 2023. In the US, as a proportion of the market value of the benchmark equity indices, it fell to its lowest level in 20 years, according to McKinsey. Credit investors are not traditionally supposed to be fans of M&A, and it's true we are wary of leveraging M&A, where debt is loaded onto balance sheets to buy competitors. We are seeing a comeback for M&A that we think is likely to continue through 2024.

The Credit Opportunity In M&A

Credit spreads suggest no cause for concern about an impending domestic recession or rise in corporate solvency risks. The iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF is a low-cost index fund with an attractive yield, and extending duration could make sense today. LQD offers exposure to a broad range of U.S. investment grade corporate bonds and has a stable chart pattern, though the next two months has historically been weak.

LQD: As The Cycle Tightens, High-Grade Corporates Remain Attractive

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF

iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

VanEck Vectors Intermediate Muni ETF

SPDR Nuveen Bloomberg Municipal Bond ETF

Investors were net sellers of fund assets for the second week in three, redeeming a net $11.6B for the LSEG Lipper fund flows week ended Wednesday (February 21). For the flows week, the Treasury yield rose at all maturities of the curve, except for the two-month yield, which experienced a one basis point decline to end the week at 5.50%.

U.S. Weekly Fund Flows Insight Report: Conventional Fund And ETF Investors Give A Cold Shoulder To Equity Funds For The Fund Flows Week

VanEck Vectors BDC Income ETF

Angel Oak Income ETF

Panagram Bbb-B Clo Etf

FlexShares High Yield Value-Scored Bond Index Fund

Janus Detroit Street Trust-Janus Henderson B-BBB CLO ETF

ETFs offer investors diversified exposure to different asset classes, including U.S. and international equities, fixed-rate and variable rate bonds. Within each market sub-segment some ETFs offer particularly compelling yields. A short, curated overview of some of these ETFs follows. Yields range from 5% - 10%.

Higher-Yield ETFs By Asset Class

SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF

JPMorgan Global Select Equity ETF

JPMorgan Municipal ETF

iShares National Muni Bond ETF

Despite Federal Reserve officials putting the kibosh on interest rate cuts in March, U.S. indices hit new record highs during the Lipper fund flows week. The Dow and the S&P 500 posted their ninth and seventh record close of 2024 on Friday, February 2, after stronger-than-expected Q4 tech earnings.

U.S. Weekly Fund Flows Insight Report: Equity ETFs, Conventional Funds Suffer Net Redemptions For The Fund Flows Week

SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF

Hello! This week's ETF Wrap gives you a look at where investors put their money to work in January — and where they didn't.

ETF investors fled cash-like bonds in January, favoring these areas of stocks and fixed income

VanEck High Yield Muni ETF

AB Tax Aware Short Duration Municipal ETF

US Treasury 3 Month Bill Etf

Fund investors were net purchasers of fixed income funds (+$3.9 billion), commodity funds (+$220 million), and alternatives funds (+$68 million). For the week, the Treasury yield rose at the long end of the curve, with the 20- and 30-year yields witnessing the largest increases, rising 10 basis points (bps) to 4.52% and 4.41%, respectively.

U.S. Weekly FundFlows Insight Report: Equity ETFs Attract Net New Money During The Flows Week

PIMCO Active Bond ETF

Capital Group Core Plus Income ETF

iShares Trust iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF

While 2023 was the year of Fed rate hikes, the fixed income market is expecting 2024 to be the year of rate cuts. At the December 2023 meeting, the Federal Reserve's own guidance was for three 25 basis point reductions in 2024.

Advisors More Conservative About Rate Cuts

Invesco BulletShares 2028 Corporate Bond ETF

SPDR Gold Trust

iShares Gold Trust

iShares U.S. Financials ETF

SPDR S&P Bank ETF

Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund

January 2024 is likely to be remembered for the strong launch of 10 new spot bitcoin ETFs and the uplisting of the Grayscale Bitcoin ETF (GBTC). While we continue to support advisor education about cryptocurrency investing, there are other ETF trends emerging in the first few weeks of the year.

What's Hot & Not Besides Bitcoin ETFs

iShares JP Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF

PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF

Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF

iShares MSCI USA ESG Select ETF

The 30-year fixed-rate average fell since last week, marking the tenth weekly decline in the last 12.

U.S. Weekly FundFlows Insight Report: Money Market Funds Post First Weekly Outflow In 4 As Bitcoin ETFs Attract Nearly $1.8 Billion In First Week Of Trading

Invesco National AMT-Free Municipal Bond ETF

US Treasury 6 Month Bill ETF

U.S. Weekly FundFlows Insight Report: Equity ETFs Suffer First Weekly Redemption In 15 Weeks - Conventional Equity Funds Witness Their Hundredth Week Of Net Redemptions

The article evaluates the iShares iBoxx Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF as an investment option at its current market price. LQD has seen a really strong move in the short-term and, while welcomed, makes me think caution going forward is appropriate. Spreads have narrowed, and other debt sectors offer a stronger relative value. This is important since some of these areas offer similar credit quality as well.

LQD: After A Strong Gain, Time To Limit Expectations (Rating Downgrade)

Blackrock Income Trust

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust

BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund

First Trust Mortgage Income Fund

Western Asset Global Corp Defined Opportunity Fund Inc

Western Asset Investment Grade Defined Opportunity Trust

MFS Government Markets Income Trust

MFS Intermediate Income Trust

Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund

Western Asset Premier Bond Fund

Investment-grade corporate-focused closed-end funds offer attractive fixed-income options with higher yields in the current higher-rate environment. Leverage and discounts/premiums in CEFs add volatility to consider when investing in these funds, which would otherwise be for more conservative investors. Besides the higher yields, when rates decline investment-grade funds should see a significant rebound, adding a catalyst for potential upside and 'locking in' higher yields now.

Closed-End Funds: Investment-Grade Corporate Fixed-Income Exposure To Consider

Janus Henderson Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF

During Lipper's fund flows week that ended November 29, 2023, investors were overall net purchasers of fund assets for the sixth week in a row, adding a net $63.6 billion. Exchange-traded equity funds recorded $2.5 billion in weekly net inflows, the ninth straight week when ETFs attracted new capital. Exchange-traded taxable fixed income funds observed a $610 million weekly inflow - the macro group's eighth straight weekly inflow.

U.S. Weekly FundFlows Insight Report: Multi-Cap Equity Funds Suffer Largest Weekly Outflow Since 2018

SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF

ATAC US Rotation ETF

ProShares UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury

The market may have peaked in July due to the lagged effects of the fastest rate hike cycle in history. A credit event is likely to occur, starting with treasuries and then moving to corporate credit, junk debt, and highly levered companies.

Credit Event: Phase 2 - Michael Gayed

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF

Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond Index ETF

Trading activity on the Tradeweb European ETF marketplace reached EUR 52.4 billion in October, while the proportion of transactions processed via the AiEX tool was 83%. North America Equities were once again the most heavily-traded ETF category, with EUR 9.5 billion in total notional volume, of which 60% was attributed to ‘buys'. Total consolidated U.S. ETF notional value traded in October amounted to a record USD 71.1 billion, beating the platform's previous best performance in March 2023 by USD 3.8 billion.

Tradeweb Exchange-Traded Funds Update - October 2023

Invesco California AMT-Free Municipal Bond ETF

iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF

Investors were net purchasers of fund assets (including those of conventional funds and ETFs) for the third week in a row, injecting a net $14.2 billion for the LSEG Lipper fund-flows week ended Wednesday, November 8. A weaker-than-expected October jobs report, a drop in oil prices and inflation expectations, and rising hopes that the Fed is done hiking interest rates pushed equities to their longest daily winning streak in two years and the 10-year Treasury yield dropped to its lowest level since September. The Dow locked in its longest winning streak since late July, rising for the sixth consecutive trading session, on Monday, November 6.

U.S. Weekly Fund Flows Insight Report: Investors Give A Cold Shoulder To Conventional Funds During The Fund-Flows Week But Embrace Equity And Bond ETFs

Alexandria Real Estate Equities

AvalonBay Communities

National Retail Properties

iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF 

Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF

Vanguard Real Estate ETF

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF

There are lots of opportunities for income investors right now. Treasuries and bonds are attracting a lot of capital, but they are riskier than you may think. Dividend-paying stocks and ETFs offer better risk-to-reward for most income investors. Here's why.

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