SHYL: Short Duration High Yield ETF

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF (SHYL) offers exposure to high yield bonds with reduced interest rate risk. SHYL's short duration profile provides a superior risk/reward tradeoff in the current extended high yield market environment. The fund is positioned to benefit from elevated yields while mitigating downside from potential rate volatility.

Seeking Alpha • Dec 3, 2025

SHYL: Outperforming The Benchmark And Close Competitors

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF delivers a 7% yield from a diversified portfolio of junk bonds with less than 5 years to maturity. SHYL has outperformed both a benchmark and its close competitors, making it a compelling choice for investors seeking junk bond exposure. Nonetheless, SHYL has suffered significant capital decay. Junk bond ETFs are more suitable for tactical allocation than long-term investing.

Seeking Alpha • Jul 7, 2025

Advisors Plan to Take on Credit — Not Duration — Risk

Advisors don't want to take on much interest rate risk. But many are willing to take on some credit risk.

ETF Trends • May 12, 2025

Short Duration SHYL With 7.2% Yield

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF yields 7.2% and has AUM of $142 million. It's yield is likely to hold up well when the Fed resumes rate cuts. I used the Mutual Fund Observer Premium screener to identify high-yield, low-risk funds in eight Lipper Categories and Portfolio Visualizer to optimize allocations. The S&P 500's high P/E ratio and sector concentration, alongside attractive bond yields, prompted a shift from total return to income strategy in my intermediate accounts.

Seeking Alpha • Jan 21, 2025

End Of 2024 Trending Exchange-Traded Funds

I updated my universe of exchange-traded funds to track based on superior long-term performance. Nearly 450 ETFs are ranked based on short-term monthly returns, exponential moving average, and money flows into funds. With valuations and concentrations high, I select twenty trending ETFs Lipper Categories with less risk of correction in 2025 for further analysis.

Seeking Alpha • Dec 16, 2024

Global Dividend ETF Strategies Could Help Investors Diversify, Generate Attractive Yields

International high dividend exchange traded fund strategies can potentially help investors diversify and generate steady yields. In the recent webcast, Rates Rising?

ETF Trends • Jun 29, 2022

Rates Rising? Time To Go Global With Your High Dividend Strategy

As headwinds at home grow stiffer, investors are starting to turn to overseas markets to source income. On average, international high-dividend stocks have posted higher yields than U.S.-based ones every year since 1999.

ETF Trends • Jun 27, 2022

More and More Advisors Warming to Active ETFs

Just before the pandemic, the decade-long bull run saw passive strategies come to the forefront while interest in active funds took a back seat. Well, times are changing and active ETFs could be falling back in favor with financial advisors based on a recent MarketWatch report.

ETF Trends • Nov 3, 2020

Low-Rate Mortgages Are Feeding a Demand for Bonds

Last week, the Federal Reserve decided to stand pat on interest rates, which had to give prospective home buyers and current homeowners looking to refinance something to cheer about. Another byproduct of this low-rate environment is that these mortgages are also feeding demand for bonds.

ETF Trends • Sep 21, 2020

Are Bonds Behind the Current Gold Rally?

Demand for bonds and gold was at a fever pitch during the height of the pandemic sell-offs in March, but is one feeding into strength for the other? Rising bond prices mean lower yields and that, in effect, is helping to fuel the recent demand for gold.

ETF Trends • Jul 24, 2020