CARY: Watch Out For The Expense Ratio (Rating Downgrade)

Angel Oak Income ETF has delivered a stable, well-defined uptrend and outperformed peers since April 2025. CARY's portfolio remains MBS-heavy, but risk has increased with below-investment-grade exposure rising from 30% to 38%. The expense ratio has risen from 0.79% to 0.99% after a fee waiver expired, now nearly double the peer median.

Seeking Alpha • Jun 3, 2026

Three Reasons CARY Is One Of The Best High-Quality Bond ETFs

The Angel Oak Income ETF focuses on high-quality, shorter-term MBS, with sizable investments in a couple other bond sub-asset classes. CARY's investment thesis is quite strong and balanced, with the fund offering investors an above-average 6.1% yield, above-average returns since inception, and below-average realized volatility. The main disadvantage is its 0.79% expense ratio, but the fund has more than earned its fees in the past.

Seeking Alpha • Jan 30, 2026

CARY: 2 Tailwinds

Angel Oak Income ETF is well-positioned to benefit from a Fed rate-cutting cycle, focusing on mortgages and structured credit with solid fundamentals. CARY targets intermediate-term bonds, offering exposure to segments with depressed valuations and strong credit quality, especially as spreads normalize post-tightening. Active management enables CARY to quickly adjust duration and credit quality, capturing opportunities in securitized credit while mitigating interest-rate and credit risks.

Seeking Alpha • Nov 24, 2025

Four High-Quality, Lower-Risk Income ETFs

Interest rates remain elevated, with high-quality, lower-risk bonds and income securities offering competitive yields. Market volatility has some investors worried, and looking for safer investments. ETFs focusing on high-quality, lower-risk, short-term securities seem like particularly interesting choices right now. A quick look at four of these follows.

Seeking Alpha • Oct 28, 2025

4 Stronger Alternatives To BND

BND is one of the largest bond ETFs in the market. It tracks a simple bond index, providing investors with diversified, broad-based exposure to these investments. BND compares unfavorably to several of its peers on different grounds, including dividend yield, returns, risk-adjusted returns, and tax benefits.

Seeking Alpha • Sep 16, 2025

BINC Vs. CARY: Which Is Best For Income Investors And Retirees?

BINC and CARY are two of my top income ETFs. Both focus on high-quality, short-term bonds, with investments across fixed-income asset classes. BINC stands out for its broad diversification and lower expense ratio.

Seeking Alpha • Aug 26, 2025

3 Strong, Diversified Bond ETFs - One Stands Out: BINC, CARY, And CGMS

Some income ETFs offer investors diversified exposure to high-quality bonds across sub-asset classes. Of these, BINC, CARY, and CGMS seem like particularly strong choices, due to their above-average yields and returns, below-average risk and volatility. All are strong, broadly similar choices, with BINC having the most diversified portfolio, CGMS the highest returns, CARY the lowest volatility.

Seeking Alpha • Jul 8, 2025

CARY: Make Money While Equities Wobble

The Angel Oak Income ETF focuses on generating high interest income from a portfolio of Agency and Non-Agency MBS bonds. CARY's performance is driven by interest income and has shown resilience against interest rate fluctuations, outperforming peers with an 8.8% total return in the past year. The fund's portfolio is heavily weighted towards RMBS, with most holdings being investment grade, making interest rates the primary risk factor.

Seeking Alpha • May 1, 2025

CARY: Broad Bond ETF, Above-Average Dividend Yield, Below-Average Risk And Volatility

CARY holds a diversified portfolio of bonds, focusing on short-term investment-grade securities, mainly MBS. The fund's active management strategy, including overweighting MBS, has led to higher returns and outperformance compared to its benchmark and most bonds. CARY sports an above-average 5.0% yield, below-average risk and volatility, and has outperformed most peers since inception.

Seeking Alpha • Apr 14, 2025

CARY: High Yield And Quite Low Risk, But CLO ETFs Look Better

The Angel Oak Income ETF is an actively managed high-yield fund, primarily investing in mortgage-backed securities, collateralized obligations, and asset-backed securities. CARY has a low-risk profile for a high-yield fund, based on credit risk and historical volatility. CARY outperforms the total US bond market and a high-yield bond benchmark in risk-adjusted performance but lags three CLO ETFs.

Seeking Alpha • Mar 10, 2025