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A Cautionary Tale On Bank Loan ETFs
Monday, March 27, 2017 - 8:20am | 571U.S. interest rates are moving higher, but investors are still searching for income-generating assets. A popular avenue for income investors looking to cope with rising rates has been bank loans or senior loans — an asset class made increasingly accessible by exchange-traded funds such as the...
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Bank Loan ETFs Enjoy Stellar Second Quarter
Tuesday, July 5, 2016 - 2:46pm | 512Among the exchange-traded funds benefiting from investors' thirst for yield and fixed income are bank loan funds, including the PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II (NYSE: BKLN) and the actively managed SSGA Actice ETF Trust (NYSE: SRLN). Floating rate notes and senior loans are unique in...
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Betting On Bank Loans Again
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 - 8:36am | 582Investors continue hunting for yield, and with the Federal Reserve pausing on hiking interest rates to this point in 2016, some previously beloved high-yield asset classes that came under pressure amid last year's rate hike speculation are again being embraced. Floating Rate Notes, Senior Loans...