Bonds

Upstart exchange traded funds issuer ClearShares added its second ETF last week with the debut of the ClearShares Ultra-Short Maturity ETF (NYSE: OPER). “The OPER ETF seeks to fill the return void and provide an alternative to low yielding money market and non-yielding cash positions through...

Corporate bond exchange traded funds, both of the investment-grade and junk varietals, are struggling this year — and investors are growing impatient.  The iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NYSE: LQD), the largest investment-grade corporate bond ETF, and the...

Unless you follow investing closely you may never have heard of the “yield curve” and may not realize how much impact it has on your life. The yield curve predicts to some extent your income over the next few years, whether or not you'll be able to borrow money and how your...

High-yield corporate debt is made more accessible to a wider range of investors thanks to exchange traded funds. That includes junk-rated debt corporate bonds in ex-U.S. markets. The KraneShares CCBS China Corporate High Yield Bond USD Index ETF (NYSE: KCCB), which debuted Friday, adds to the field...

Amid fears of rising interest rates in the U.S. and talk that default rates are climbing, some bond market experts expected a rough year for high-yield corporate debt. While there have been ample warnings regarding the health of the junk debt market, the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond...

By most indications, the U.S. economy is in good shape. For traders and investors, it’s in the “Goldilocks zone” of low rates, low inflation and high corporate profits. These conditions make it seem as though the economy is primed for more growth, which makes most equity...

Fidelity on Thursday expanded its lineup of exchange traded funds, adding two fixed income products to its ETF suite. Both of the new funds are factor-based, or smart beta products. Fidelity's newest bond ETFs are the Fidelity Low Duration Bond Factor ETF (CBOE: FLDR) and the Fidelity High...

For the last 18 months, the Federal Reserve has been increasing interest rates. The last time this happened was over 10 years ago, which means that many people who began investing in the past decade have only experienced an economic environment of low or falling rates. The key question we’ll...

The Federal Reserve revealed its second interest hike of 2018 and hinted at two more increases to come before the end of the year. Predictably, the news adversely affected a broad swath of fixed income exchange traded funds. Thirty-six ETFs hit six-month lows Wednesday. Of those 36 funds, nearly...

The Fed raised its benchmark interest rate Wednesday as expected, and included more hawkish language in a statement indicating a stronger economic outlook. In its seventh rate hike since December 2015, the central bank raised the federal funds rate a quarter percentage point to a range of 1.75...

You won’t find many people willing to argue that the fixed income market has been especially exciting over the past decade, even with the 10-year bond yield’s recent rise above 3 percent for the first time since 2014. You might even ask “Who cares about the bond market with...

VanEck said it is lowering the expense ratios on two of its exchange traded funds that track emerging markets debt. The pair includes the VanEck Vectors J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF (NYSE: EMLC), the largest ETF holding emerging markets bonds denominated in local currencies. What...