Foreign Bonds On Track To Outperform U.S. Fixed Income In 2025

Echoing the strong run in foreign equities in 2025, bond markets ex-US are also having a good year. Using a set of ETFs to track the major international buckets of fixed-income securities shows across-the-board outperformance over a popular US benchmark through Wednesday's close (Dec. 17).

Seeking Alpha • Dec 18, 2025

BWZ: Too Conservative Given The Guarantee Of Loss To Management Fees

BWZ is similar to BWX in that it covers ex-US Treasuries, typically trading in lower yield markets as their battles with inflation have been successful. While a decent USD hedge, to the extent that economic developments in the US may hurt the USD, the higher expense ratios make the more sensitive bet more effective. We think that there is a rate downside in ex-US markets. The BWX is more interesting to speculate on that.

Seeking Alpha • Aug 18, 2025

Is It Time to Load Up on Bond ETFs?

U.S. Treasury yields remain elevated after a spike following President Trump's tariff announcements earlier this year. With long-term Treasury yields still close to multi-year highs, investors are tempted to pivot away from stocks in favor of the bond market at this time.

MarketBeat • May 2, 2025

ETF Odds & Ends: Multiple Funds Change Names

Plus, some interesting ETFs launched last week, and some expense ratios saw a range of adjustments.

ETFcom • Nov 8, 2021

Foreign Bond ETFs Are Having A Tough Year

International diversification for bond allocations is, in theory, an attractive concept, but in practice it's not working out so great in 2021 for US investors, based on a set of ETFs. A key headwind for foreign bonds is the rebound in the US dollar.

Seeking Alpha • Sep 30, 2021

Fixed Income Returns During Rising Rates

I am certainly not in the business of predicting interest rate movement.

ETFcom • Jan 4, 2021