FLTR: Higher For Longer And Reaching For Quality

VanEck IG Floating Rate ETF offers exposure to investment-grade floating rate note investments. The fund provides investors with protection from a higher for longer environment. FLTR provides an attractive yield that is paid monthly. The idea is to mix the best of both worlds with floating rates.

J.P. Morgan's Kolanovic says the correction in stocks isn't finished yet

J.P. Morgan's Kolanovic says the correction in stocks isn't finished yet. He says the current slump in stocks and bonds isn't over. Quarterly reports are due this week. Inflation and geopolitical tensions are the main risks, he says. The 2-year US Treasury yield is consolidating at around 5%.

Weekly Report: what happened at LQD last week (0415-0419)?

LQD: Quality Bonds Still Face Inflation And Fed Headwinds

U.S. Weekly FundFlows Insight Report: Money Markets Report Weekly Outflow Of $118.5 Billion, Third Largest On Record

Investors pull $143B from the fund market, marking the largest weekly exodus since Sept. 2009

Investors pull $143B from the fund market, marking the largest weekly exodus since Sept. 2009. Money market funds led the outflow charge with $118.5B in the week that ended April 17th. Equity funds lost $19.5b and equity focused funds $13.4B over the course of the week.

LQD, CSML: Big ETF Outflows

Investors sold fund assets for the the third week in four, totaling just under $30B

Investors sold fund assets for the the third week in four, totaling just under $30B. Money market funds handed back $35.3B on the week ending April 10. Taxable bond funds brought in $6B, alternative investments added $571M and tax-exempt bond funds garnered $415M.

Fixed Income Investment Outlook Q2 2024: A Winding, Downward Path

Weekly Report: what happened at LQD last week (0408-0412)?

U.S. Weekly FundFlows Insight Report: Short/Intermediate Investment-Grade ETFs Set Record Weekly Inflows, Attracting $3.5 Billion

During LSEG Lipper’s fund flows week that ended April 10, 2024, investors were overall net redeemers of fund assets for the third week in four. Exchange-traded equity funds recorded $5.5 billion in weekly net inflows, marking seven consecutive weeks of inflows. U.S. Broad-based equity indices reported negative returns for the second straight week.

Tradeweb Exchange-Traded Funds Update - March 2024

Fixed Income Perspectives - Looking Ahead At Q2 2024: A Pause Before A Pivot

Fixed Income: No Time To Yield

Home Investing Strategy Fixed Income Analysis Fixed Income: No Time To Yield. Bond yields are higher today than they were 20 years ago. Investors are moving back into bonds in record numbers with 2023 global bond ETF inflows of $333 billion. Steve Laipply, Global co-head of iShares’ fixed income ETFs joins Oscar Pulido on The Bid.

IShares Spring 2024 Investment Directions

Home Investing Strategy Portfolio Strategy IShares Spring 2024 Investment Directions. The U.S. Economy has evolved largely as we anticipated in our 2024 Year Ahead Outlook. BlackRock believes the Fed will deliver three rate cuts in 2024. Inflation is still stubbornly above the Fed’s target while economic growth is slowing.

Weekly Report: what happened at LQD last week (0401-0405)?

Top 10 US Corporate Bonds By Market Performance In 2024: April Update

The performance of the U.S. Corporate bond market in the first quarter of the year was generally flat. Bonds issued by companies with higher credit ratings experienced a slight downward trajectory. The high-grade and high-yield sectors showed notable distinctions between the two sectors.

Time to Invest in Corporate Bond ETFs

S&P 500 And Bond Market Annual Returns; Style Box Update

Home Market Outlook Today's Market S&P 500 And Bond Market Annual Returns; Style Box Update. High-yield credit has done well in the last year in terms of absolute returns. From Jan. 2000 through March 2024, the annual return for the S&p 500 is 7.40%.

Gold Volatility Surges Higher On Upside Call Demand

Implied volatilities fell across asset classes last week in a holiday-shortened week, with the notable exception of gold. GLD 1M implied vol jumped over 2 pts to 13.4% as gold prices surged to a new all-time high. The extreme bullishness in gold reflects optimism over inflation and Fed policy.