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The Magic 6%: These 5 Bond ETFs Now Offer Stock-Like Returns As Treasury Yields Jump To Multi-Decade Highs
Friday, August 18, 2023 - 2:38pm | 1188With escalating interest rates and inflationary pressures, the resiliency of bond investments is being put to the test. Investors find themselves watching helplessly as bond prices undergoe a relentless downward spiral, battered by the unrelenting blows of surging borrowing costs. The tumultuous...
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EM Bond ETFs: Still Ideal Yield Destinations
Thursday, December 15, 2016 - 10:19am | 457With news of the Federal Reserve's first interest rate hike of 2016 and just its second in the past decade, 10-year Treasury yields closed at 2.52 percent Wednesday. While that may appear to be a remarkable rise off the less than 1.4 percent seen in early July, there remain fixed income assets...
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Another Catalyst For EM Bond ETFs
Thursday, September 8, 2016 - 2:05pm | 604Exchange-traded funds holding emerging market bonds, including the iShares JPMorgan USD Emer Mkt Bnd Fd ETF (NYSE: EMB), have had the wind at their backs this year, as the Federal Reserve has held off on raising interest rates, suppressing the dollar in the process. Contextual Backdrop The case for...