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ETFs continue to open up avenues of opportunity for individual investors by capturing institutional investor strategies in an easily, widely accessible wrapper. One such strategy, that of collateraliz

FALN and ANGL both invest in fallen angels or recently downgraded non-investment grade corporate bonds. ANGL is the larger, more well-known of the pair, but I think FALN is the stronger investment.

ANGL invests in recently downgraded high-yield corporate bonds. The fund has outperformed since inception, and by a very hefty margin.

The VanEck Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF has returned 6.4% annually over the past 11 years since inception, and the current yield of 7.3% suggests even stronger future returns. ANGL's underperforma

Despite fears of elevated default rates, high interest rates, and the possibility of a recession, high yield corporate debt is delivering for fixed income investors this year. That includes both falle

This week, the VettaFi Voices gathered around the water cooler to talk about fixed income.

It's not the best of times nor is it the worst for high-yield corporate bonds as the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid High Yield Index is higher by 1% year-to-date. Still, some advisors and investors are pens

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

Fran Rodilosso, VanEck's head of fixed income ETF portfolio management, discusses the benefits of fallen angel bond ETFs.

The iShares Fallen Angels USD Bond ETF (FALN) invests based on the Bloomberg Barclays US High Yield Fallen Angel 3% Capped Index. The VanEck Vectors Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF (ANGL) invests bas

ANGL tracks an index of fallen angel bonds: bonds that were investment grade at issuance but have been downgraded to junk status. Fallen angels tend to outperform both investment grade and junk bonds

The dividend yield on the S&P 500 is a mere 1.56%, and bond yields are rising because prices are falling, which is by no means an appealing scenario. Income investors are dealing with an array of chal

ANGL invests in bonds that can be described as "fallen angels" These bonds used to be investment-grade credits, but were downgraded to "junk" status, a.k.a. high yield bonds.

Downgraded bonds have lower default rates.

Credit spreads, which gauge differences in yield between two bonds with the same maturities and different credit quality, are currently surprisingly tight given rising interest rates. That could be a