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Six Juicy High Yield Bond ETFs For 2012

Stoyan Bojinov — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:00:29 +0000

Equity markets have gotten off to a solid start in the new year, although looming Euro zone debt woes continue to breed some degree of pessimism and one piece of bad news from overseas is very well capable of sparking a broad sell-off that spills over onto Wall Street. The tug of war between positive economic data releases on the home front and turmoil in Europe continues, paving the way for volatile trading across asset classes as investors struggle to decipher which way the markets will tip next. Amidst the ongoing uncertainty, many investors are gravitating towards dividend-paying securities, particularly in the fixed income corner of the market, in an effort to favorably position themselves as the global financial drama develops in 2012. High yield bonds, commonly refereed to as “junk bonds”, have taken on great appeal amongst investors looking to beef up their portfolios’ current return and further diversify [...]

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The Appeal Of Dividend ETFs

Stoyan Bojinov — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:00:46 +0000

[This article is a free preview of the special ETF research report Dividend ETFs In Focus: Finding The Best Yield . ETFdb Pro members can read the entire report here; sign up for a free 7-day trial to get your copy] Dividend investing is one of the oldest and most popular strategies amongst retail and institutional equity investors on Wall Street. Legends like Warren Buffet and Benjamin Graham are well known advocates of this value investing approach, and their success in the financial markets speaks volumes about this timeless strategy. Research conducted by Standard & Poor’s revealed that dividend components were responsible for 44% of the total return in the last 80 years of the S&P 500′s history. To put this into perspective, consider the following: an investment of one dollar, from 1950 to 2010, with dividends and reinvestment of those proceeds, would have performed eight times better than a dollar invested in a similar, [...]

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ETF Insider: Gold In Freefall

Stoyan Bojinov — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:51:50 +0000

Equity markets got off to a stronger than expected start this week as investors refrained from selling, and instead stepped in to buy up stocks on the cheap and push domestic indexes higher off last week’s lows. Wall Street rallied on Wednesday after a positive durable goods report boosted investor’s sentiment as orders rose by 4% in the month of July, however, without the transportation component, U.S. orders increased by a mere 0.7% for the month. “Dig a little deeper into the data and the orders picture looks less reassuring and could be signaling a coming slowdown in business investment,” economists at Wells Fargo wrote. Gold surged to $1,917 an ounce towards the end of trading on Monday, yet, the precious metal encountered some serious profit taking the following day and managed to shed as much as $100 on Wednesday alone, closing near $1,750 an ounce. Checking In: Trading Ideas [...]

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Some Active ETFs Earning Their Keep During Crisis

Jared Cummans — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:00:12 +0000

The ETF industry’s strong growth in recent years has led to innovation across the board. Now, investors can find products that offer exposure to nearly every corner of global markets through a single ticker. And while many of these new options have been welcomed with open arms, investors have been wary of others. One space in particular that has been slow to gain traction has been the actively-managed ETF sector. The exchange-traded industry was created, in part, as an alternative to traditional actively-managed mutual funds, appealing to investors who had been frustrated by the inability of these products to consistently generate alpha and consistent ability to charge hefty management fees. As can be expected, when exchange-traded products debuted with an actively managed structure, many investors were not very welcoming, as they originally sought out ETFs to escape the inefficiencies of mutual funds. Active ETFs, however, are different; they feature all [...]

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ETF Insider: Stay On The Sidelines

Stoyan Bojinov — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:00:31 +0000

Equity markets struggled to pick a direction last week, fluctuating between small gains and pesky losses one day after the other. Late in the week, however, worse than expected economic data on the home front and escalating European debt woes managed to push the markets of a cliff one more time, with equity indexes sinking lower on Thursday and Friday and closing near the previous week’s low point. From a technical perspective, most charts still look “broken”, and the surge in volume during the sell-offs has been a bit worrisome since money seems to be flowing out of the market and stocks have yet to establish definitive support around current levels. Weekly Outlook The coming week is very sparse with economic data releases both on the home front and internationally. Investors hungry for news and up-to-date economic indicators will be a bit disappointed as the only major releases this week [...]

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Using ETFs To Build A Complete Bond Portfolio

Michael Johnston — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 11:00:05 +0000

In recent years, ETFs have become increasing popular tools for accessing the fixed income corner of the market. The space initially grew much more slowly than equity ETFs, but investors have gradually become more comfortable with the combination of fixed income exposure and the exchange-traded structure. Innovation in the bond ETF space has been impressive in recent years; a number of first-to-market products have popped up that allow for precise access to various corners of the global bond universe. Among the most popular bond ETFs are two products in the Total Bond Market ETFdb Category: AGG and BND. These ETFs have aggregate assets of more than $20 billion and individually trade close to one million shares daily. Both AGG and BND are linked to the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, a broad-based benchmark that covers the investment grade U.S. bond market. For many investors, an allocation to one of [...]

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PIMCO Debuts High Yield Bond ETF (HYS)

Michael Johnston — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:00:31 +0000

Bond giant PIMCO expanded its ETF lineup to 14 products last Friday, rolling out its first ETF to offer exposure to high yield bonds. The PIMCO 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond Index Fund (HYS) will seek to replicate the BofA Merrill Lynch 0-5 Year US High Yield Constrained Index. HYS joins nine other PIMCO ETFs that seek to replicate fixed income benchmarks; the company also offers four actively-managed bond funds. With the launch of HYS there are now 10 ETFs in the High Yield Bonds ETFdb Category with aggregate assets in excess of $16 billion, including funds from Guggenheim, PowerShares, iShares, State Street, and AdvisorShares. That includes four Guggenheim ETFs that focus on junk bonds maturing in a certain year, ranging from 2012 (BSJC) to 2015 (BSJF). Short Term Focus The launch of HYS comes at a time when investors are increasingly concerned about the impact of interest rate [...]

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Bond ETF Drawbacks: Case For Active Management In Fixed Income Arena

Michael Johnston — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:18:50 +0000

While many of the “first generation” of ETFs offered exposure to widely-followed equity indexes, the universe of exchange-traded products has expanded at a tremendous pace in recent years to include more than 1,200 ETPs across a number of different asset classes. More and more investors have embraced the exchange-traded structure as a vehicle for achieving exposure to fixed income; according to the ETF screener there are more than 160 bond ETFs covering every imaginable corner of the fixed income market, from convertible bonds to high yield munis and even Latin American debt. The appeal of utilizing ETPs within the fixed income portion of a portfolio is relatively straightforward; ETFs offer competitive expense ratios, intra-day liquidity, and potential tax efficiencies. But there are some potential pitfalls that should be considered when using index-based ETFs to achieve bond exposure. Bond ETFs are somewhat unique in that the investor experience varies considerably from [...]

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HYLD: Crushing The High Yield Bond ETF Competition

Eric Dutram — Tue, 31 May 2011 14:00:57 +0000

Actively managed ETFs have been slow to gain traction so far among most investors for a variety of reasons. Higher than average fees, a boatload of academic evidence suggesting inability of active management to consistently generate alpha, and concerns about disclosure requirements leading to front-running opportunities have all contributed to the relatively slow adoption rate of active equity ETFs. However, while actively-managed ETFs have been slow to catch on in highly liquid and transparent markets–such as large cap U.S. stocks–they have seen a fair amount of interest from investors looking to access asset classes that are generally less efficient. That phenomenon shouldn’t be surprising; there is some evidence that active management may be able to add value in harder-to-price sectors, such as smaller emerging equity markets or corners of the fixed income market. One example of a successful active ETF is the WisdomTree Dreyfus Emerging Currency Fund; CEW, which offers [...]

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Bond ETF Ideas: Room For Growth In Fixed Income Arena

Michael Johnston — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:00:43 +0000

The last few years have seen tremendous growth in ETF assets, as investors have gradually embraced the exchange-traded structure as a tool for establishing exposure to everything from emerging markets to micro cap stocks to commodities. Interest in bond ETFs has been particularly strong; according to year-end data from the National Stock Exchange, bond ETFs saw inflows of more than $26 billion in 2010 and finished the year with close to $130 billion. Those figures represent impressive growth, but considering the importance of fixed income to almost every investor portfolio and the well-known advantages of the ETF structure it is perhaps surprising that the bond ETF space isn’t bigger–a lot bigger. Part of the explanation for the relatively slow adoption of bond ETFs may lie in the disconnect between the cash flow profiles of most products and those of individual bonds. A significant part of the “bond experience” is the [...]

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