Best Spots of Strength in Fixed-Income ETFs
The fixed-income market has played second fiddle to equities, but there are still areas of opportunity that bond exchange traded fund investors can look to. “The fixed income market remains...
View Article3 Short-Term Bond ETFs for Income Hunters
Short-duration Treasuries and related ETFs provide attractive and relatively low-risk fixed-income exposure for bond investors. “We expect policy normalization to lead to modestly higher long-term...
View ArticleA Smart Beta Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities ETF
Goldman Sachs Asset Management has come out with a Treasury inflation-protected securities, or TIPS, related ETF that incorporates a rules-based or smart beta selection methodology. On Thursday, GSAM...
View ArticleInflation Bond ETFs Gain Momentum on Rate Cut Bets
Treasury inflation-protected securities and related ETFs have seen increased interest as the Federal Reserves hints at looser monetary policies ahead. So far this month, the iShares TIPS Bond ETF...
View ArticleTraders Skeptical on Growth as They Dial Back Inflation Bets
2019 has seen U.S. equities bounce back after a volatility-laden fourth quarter in 2018, but traders are dialing back their inflation bets, which sends a message of skepticism that continued growth...
View ArticleInvestors Look to Long Treasury Bond ETFs
Fixed-income ETF investors piled into long-term Treasury bonds and shifted out of Treasury inflation protected securities as inflation concerns abate. Over the past week, the iShares 20+ Year Treasury...
View ArticleBond ETFs for Those Concerned About a Resurgence in Inflation
With the Federal Reserve backing a looser monetary policy, bond ETF investors will have to contend with an eventual rise in inflation. Market measures of inflation expectations have increased in recent...
View ArticleInflation Speculation Stokes Big Move Into a Popular TIPS ETF
The Federal Reserve’s 50-basis point interest rate cut revealed earlier this week is prompting speculation that inflation could rise after the coronavirus is contained, leading some investors to...
View ArticleBond ETFs Help Manage Risk, Enhance Yield Generation
When looking at optimal fixed-income allocations, financial advisors are considering ways to incorporate ETFs to diminish overall portfolio risks better and enhance yield generation. “When you think...
View ArticleOil Could Seal the Fate of TIPS Investors in the Short Term
With oil prices seemingly in the gutter, a bounce is likely expected, but for now, the commodity is causing inflationary expectations to take a back seat. However, when oil prices do recover,...
View ArticleA TIP for Bond ETF Investors Worrying About Inflation
Fixed-income investors who are anticipating a higher level of inflation in the years ahead have already been shifting into Treasury inflation-protected securities-related exchange traded funds. Over...
View Article3 iShares Bond ETFs Seeing Strong Inflows to Start 2021
Just because the early momentum favors equities, that doesn’t mean there’s no place for bond ETFs in a strong portfolio. Three iShares bond ETFs are seeing strong inflows to start the new year. At over...
View Article3 iShares ETFs to Help Curb Your Inflation Fears
Gold, commodities, and Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS) are just a few ways to hedge against inflation. iShares offers ETFs tailored to all three. “We’re going to cross 3% inflation at...
View ArticleWarren Buffett Warns of ‘Substantial Inflation’
Legendary investor and Berkshire Hathaway CEO/chairman Warren Buffett sees “substantial inflation” on the horizon, boosting the case for assets like the Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected...
View ArticleThe PBTP ETF: Protect Your Portfolio from Inflation
The recent decision by the Federal Reserve to keep rates steady did little to quell inflation fears, warranting the help of assets like the Invesco PureBeta 0-5 Yr US TIPS ETF (PBTP). While the economy...
View ArticleTake a Tip from Warren Buffett with Inflation-Protected ETFs
New inflationary concerns are putting ETFs like the Invesco PureBeta 0-5 Yr US TIPS ETF (PBTP) in focus. With years of market experience under his belt, it’s safe to say that dealing with inflation...
View ArticleGovernment Bond ETFs Have One of Their Best Months in Over a Year
Government debt and bond-related exchange traded funds logged their best monthly rally in July in 16 months, as the Covid-19 Delta variant scare and the Federal Reserve’s assurances to maintain its...
View ArticleScore Targeted Duration and Inflation Protection with This ETF
Getting targeted duration in Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) can present significant nuances, helping to build the case for an ETF like the FlexShares iBoxx 3-Year Target Duration TIPS...
View ArticleETF Investors Are Prepping for Higher Inflation
Exchange traded fund investors are throwing money into strategies that help hedge against a rising inflationary market environment. For example, ETF investors poured a combined $1.1 billion into the...
View ArticleTwo ETFs to Consider Inflation for Protection With Targeted Duration
Getting inflation protection is one thing, while targeting duration is another. Both can be accomplished with the FlexShares iBoxx 3-Year Target Duration TIPS Index Fund (TDTT) and the FlexShares iBoxx...
View ArticleAs Yields Rise, Get Short Duration and Inflation Protection With This ETF
Treasury yields have been ticking higher after a volatile week in the stock market, making short duration and inflation protection a must for current or would-be fixed income investors. “Bond yields...
View ArticleBond ETFs That Can Help Fixed Income Investors Navigate Today’s Markets
As we take a look at what’s behind the headlines, fixed income exchange traded fund investors should consider a new take on bonds. In the recent webcast, A Vanguard Deep Dive: What’s Next for Fixed...
View ArticleRising Inflation and Volatile Bond Markets Call for VTIP
Rising inflation and volatility are making the bond markets a difficult asset class to navigate right now, but there is a solution from Vanguard that can help stymie their effects. Rising consumer...
View ArticleGet Short-Duration Bond Exposure With Inflation Protection With TDTT
Global food prices are on the move higher, underscoring inflationary pressures that are ongoing in today’s market environment, but bond investors can protect themselves with the right ETF in place....
View ArticleOctober Saw Record Inflows Go Into TIPS ETFs
With the threat of inflation constantly circling in investors’ minds, it’s no wonder that Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS) saw record inflows during the month of October. Inflation, as...
View ArticlePopular ETF Strategies for Elevated Inflation
With consumer prices spiking and eroding the worth of the dollar, investors are turning to inflation-linked exchange traded funds strategies that help preserve their purchasing power. Treasury...
View ArticleTransitory or Not, Stay Ahead of Inflation With VTIP
Whether inflation turns out to be transitory or not, fixed income investors can stay ahead of inflation with Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPs), or, more specifically, the Vanguard...
View ArticleAXS Investments Launches New Inflation-Sensitive ETF
With inflation at the forefront of concerns for investors and advisors going into the new year, alternative investment groundbreaker AXS Investments announced in a press release the launch of its fund,...
View ArticleKeep Pace With Inflation With These 2 FlexShares ETFs
According to a Bloomberg report, traders of Treasury notes are betting that the Omicron variant will only apply more inflationary pressure, which supports the case of Treasury inflation-protected...
View ArticleWhile Gold and Silver Sink, Get TIPS Exposure Against Inflation
There are a number of ways to hedge against inflation, such as gold and silver, but as the prices of precious metals languish, Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS) are another option. TIPS...
View ArticleHere’s a Pair of Bond ETFs to Ward Off Inflation
Fixed income investors are finding themselves in a defensive stance against inflation to start 2022, but there are ways to ward off its effects. In combination with rising bond yields, inflation is...
View ArticleNeed Short Duration and TIPS? This ETF Has Both
The inflation rate climbed to 7% during December 2021, highlighting the need for fixed income investors to get exposure to short duration and Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS). Investors...
View ArticleTIPS and Short-Term Bonds Garnering Investor Funds
Morningstar data shows that market conditions didn’t turn investors away from bonds in 2021 with Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS) and short duration getting attention. “Even as inflation...
View ArticleHere’s an ETF That TIPS in Your Favor When Rates Rise
With interest rates on the move, investors can counter with Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS) or, more specifically, the Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF...
View ArticleSurging Prices Put Treasury Inflation Protected Securities ETFs in the Limelight
With elevated consumer price pressures, fixed income investors can hedge against rising inflation through Treasury inflation protected securities and related exchange traded funds. “There is tremendous...
View ArticleAs Inflationary Pressure Persists, Get Short Duration and TIPS Protection
Inflationary pressures aren’t only relegated to consumers via higher prices on goods and services. They’re also hitting small businesses and their bottom lines. This is especially the case when it...
View ArticleIf Inflation Is Here to Stay, Take a Look at VTIP
Inflation hasn’t been as transitory as the Federal Reserve predicted in late 2021, and as 2022 continues to wear on, investors should be advised to take the necessary steps to preserve their fixed...
View ArticleMore Volatility in TIPS Opens Opportunities for These ETFs
There’s no question that bonds are having a rough year, and Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS) aren’t immune to the sell-offs. That doesn’t mean that fixed income investors looking for a...
View Article2 Bond ETFs to Consider in the Current Market Environment
It’s difficult to have the discipline to stick to a strategy when bond markets are following stock markets into a sea of red. However, there are ways to get bond exposure in the current market. One way...
View ArticleAs Gross Points to Low Fee TIPS ETFs, Try This Vanguard ETF
Investors itching to balance their 60/40 split with strong fixed income options might want to look past the Total Return Funds and standard Treasuries for the consistent value found in low-fee TIPS...
View ArticleThese ETFs Aren’t Issuing Cap Gains
It’s that time of year again, as firms start to share their estimated cap gain distributions for their ETFs. Investors may already be aware of ETFs’ flexibility in avoiding cap gains distributions...
View ArticleDimensional Presents Bond Strategies Built for Volatility
After decades of riding on a falling rate environment, fixed-income investors have faced a challenging year with elevated inflation weighing on real yields and hawkish Federal Reserve monetary policies...
View ArticleBond ETF Strategies to Help Enhance Your Core Fixed-Income Portfolio
Investors can turn to innovative systematic bond exchange traded fund strategies, like those practiced by Dimensional, to help navigate today’s fixed-income market environment. In the recent webcast,...
View Article3 Ways to Play iShares’ 2023 Hot Takes With ETFs
These are the questions on every investor’s mind: Have markets really priced in the severity of the Fed’s campaign against inflation? How bad would a 2023 recession be — if there is one at all? Perhaps...
View ArticleThe ABCs of FRNs: Get Floating Rate Note Yields in USFR
Treasury yields are all the rage right now, but with the Fed’s rate hikes continuing this week, getting the right exposure to Treasuries is important. As eyes turn towards short-duration Treasuries, it...
View ArticleConsider This Short-Term Bond ETF Amid Stubborn Inflation
More hawkish central banks around the globe could be applying downward pressure on bonds. If that’s indeed the case, getting inflation-protected assets is a must in the current market environment....
View ArticleTreasuries 101: The ABCs of Notes, TIPs, and FRNs
Treasuries are all the rage this year, but what are they, really? Other fixed income asset classes may be more creatively designed or come with the potential for riskier, higher yields, yes. None,...
View ArticleWisdomTree’s Professor Siegel on Market Outlook
With 2023 drawing to a close, the time has come once again to take a longer look at what next year might bring. As part of VettaFi’s 2024 Market Outlook Symposium, Vettafi Vice Chairman Robert...
View ArticleThese ETFs May Offer Protection From Inflation, With Some Caveats
May marked the second consecutive month of cooling inflation numbers, but we clearly aren’t out of the woods yet. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) was flat month over month and up 3.3% year over year, a...
View ArticleMaintain Constant TIPS Exposure With This ETF
The expectation of falling interest rates may seem like the current market may not be conducive to using Treasury inflation-protected securities. However, it’s ideal to maintain constant exposure to...
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