Fixed Income

Money managers who may be required to allocate a certain portion of cash in fixed income investments are faced with a simple problem: There are few opportunities where bond yields are attractive, let alone yielding a positive return. According to a CNBC report, large fund managers, such as...

Fixed income exchange-traded funds are providing investors with plenty of excitement this year, most of it good, but the usual view of bond funds, particularly those holding U.S. Treasurys, is that these are boring instruments. Boring can be beautiful. The returns offered by a number of bond ETFs...

As global equity markets have seen increased turbulence to start 2016, investors have been running to safe-haven destinations. That includes exchange-traded funds holding U.S. government bonds. Professional investors are expected to boost their usage of fixed-income ETFs with nearly two-thirds...

The Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index is one of the most widely followed fixed income benchmarks and some well-known exchange-traded funds offer exposure to that index. Other ETFs offer different, more unique spins on the more traditional Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index. One of those ETFs is the...

Although the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time in almost decade last month and plenty of pundits believe multiple rate hikes are on the way this year, some investors are finding comfort in municipal bond exchange-traded funds. The question savvy investors need to be...

Investing in fixed-income using ETFs has evolved to include many sophisticated strategies. Investors can now choose among a variety of duration, sector, credit and global options. In addition, ETF providers are now focusing their efforts on target maturity funds to mimic the defined maturity...

Is there a bond bubble today? Many well known investors and portfolio managers certainly seem to think so. In fact about a month ago Jeremy Siegel came out with an article in the Wall Street Journal proclaiming a huge bond bubble was about to burst, even comparing this to the technology equity...

A relatively new Bond ETF issued by Pimco called the 25+ Year Zero Coupon Bond (NYSE: ZROZ) offers some unique advantages for the trader or the investor looking to hedge the equity portion of their portfolio. Pimco's ZROZ is the only ETF of its kind on the market and holds only long dated (25+...