Where Are Asset Managers Taking on Credit Risk?

Fixed income is a complicated place to be right now, to put it mildly. While interest rate hikes have brought life back to what had become a relatively staid asset class, Fed-related uncertainty has offered more questions than answers.

ETF Trends • Apr 18, 2024

How Much Credit Risk Should You Take On?

In the first quarter of 2024, fixed income investors turned to investment-grade corporate bond ETFs. The Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF (VCIT) pulled in $2.3 billion, while the Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (VCLT) added $1.5 billion.

ETF Trends • Apr 11, 2024

High Yield ETFs Worth Exploring With VettaFi

VettaFi's platforms touch advisors and investors in many ways on a daily basis. Through our digital properties, which include content on Advisor Perspectives, ETF Database, and ETF Trends, as well as near-daily webcasts, we had a whopping eight million engagements in the last three months.

ETF Trends • Jun 20, 2023

ETF Flows, The Winners And Losers In Volatile Markets

Recent uncertainty, instigated by the issues seen across the financial sector, has led to a change in investment flows seen across exchange traded funds. A change in investment flows can be seen over the month of March as equity market volatility has increased.

Seeking Alpha • Mar 22, 2023

A Smart ETF Approach to Bond Markets Today

As we consider risks in the fixed income markets today, investors can turn to smart beta bond exchange traded fund strategies to better position for the unusual environment. In the recent webcast, Fixed Income is Back.

ETF Trends • Jan 18, 2023

Fixed Income is Back. Goldman Sachs Strategies for 2023.

After enjoying the smooth ride for many years, fixed income investors are suddenly faced with the risks associated with rising interest rates. Despite a rapidly changing fixed income environment, there is a path forward for bond investors.

ETF Trends • Jan 17, 2023

Japanese Developer Plans to Issue Innovative ESG Bond

The environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing space is growing so rapidly that creativity is a must in order to discern yourself from other ESG products. As such, one Japanese real estate developer is looking to offer a bond with a coupon that increases if it misses its mark with respect to environmental targets.

ETF Trends • Aug 26, 2020

Fixed Income Investors Are Developing a Taste for Chinese Bonds

Even after the country was the epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s not stopping fixed income investors from wanting a piece of China. Chinese bonds are no longer an acquired taste as investors look to the second largest economy for debt opportunities.

ETF Trends • Aug 14, 2020

ETF Investors Can’t Get Enough of High Yield

With global rates at historical lows, the appetite for yield is making fixed income investors rethink junk bonds and not only that—they’re taking action with inflows into high yield bond funds and they can’t get enough. “While bond funds are nothing new, junk bond exchange-traded funds, which aim to mirror the makeup and performance of [.

ETF Trends • Jul 27, 2020

This Bond Indicator Could Signify Beating Growth, Says Bill Gross

The ongoing battle between value and growth could see the former take advantage over the latter if a certain bond indicator turns in its favor. Retired money manager Bill Gross said that tech giants like Amazon will eventually end their strong rally if inflation-adjusted bond yields can rebound from their record low.

ETF Trends • Jul 15, 2020