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Maximize International Bond Exposure With an Active Strategy
05:19pm, Monday, 15'th Sep 2025
In a previous article, we highlighted the benefits of getting international bond exposure in the context of using passive funds to achieve this level of fixed income diversification. Here, active stra
FLIA: Unexciting International Bond Fund
03:10pm, Friday, 09'th Jun 2023
The Franklin International Aggregate Bond ETF has a poor historical total return profile, with a negative 1.71% return since inception. The fund's hedged nature and exposure to low-yielding government
83 Monthly-Paying Dividend Stocks And 80 Funds For May
05:04pm, Thursday, 25'th May 2023
Imagine stocks or funds that pay out their dividends once-a-month! Unlike waiting for quarterly, semi-annual or (ugh) annual payouts, your angst waiting for money is reduced by 300%, or more! These Ma
FLIA Vs. BNDX As Possible International Bond Core ETF
08:00am, Wednesday, 05'th Apr 2023
The Franklin International Aggregate Bond ETF invests based on the Bloomberg Global Aggregate ex-USD Index Hedged USD. The Vanguard Total International Bond ETF invests based on the Bloomberg Barclays
Tradeweb Government Bond Update - August 2020
08:15am, Wednesday, 09'th Sep 2020
After months of plummeting yields, 10-year government bonds experienced a sell-off in August. The yield on Finland's 10-year benchmark note saw the largest increase of 16.5 basis points, ending the mo
Don't Shun Global Bonds
05:42am, Thursday, 27'th Aug 2020
The global bond market is less volatile and supplies bigger diversification benefits than the US bond market.
The Relentless Hunt For Yield
09:21am, Tuesday, 28'th Jul 2020
60% of all global yields are now less than 1.00% and 86% of all global yields are now less than 2.00% according to the Financial Times.
The World Is Drowning In Debt
03:56am, Thursday, 23'rd Jul 2020
The enormous increase in public spending during the coronavirus crisis and the fall in output will lead to a global government debt figure close to 105 percent of GDP.
Jens Van 't Klooster On ECB Bond Purchasing And The Myth Of Central Bank Neutrality
08:06am, Sunday, 19'th Jul 2020
Jens Van 't Klooster is a postdoctoral fellow at KU Leuven and is also a member of the research group, A New Normative Framework for Financial Debt at the University of Amsterdam.
Capital Markets Weekly: Emerging Market Issuers Continue Pushing Debt Maturity Threshold
07:02am, Sunday, 19'th Jul 2020
Among this week's highlights indicating emerging market focus on accessing long-term debt are a 30-year issue for the Emirate of Sharjah and plans by Brazilian petrochemical company Braskem to raise h
World Trade Data Confirms That Global Equities Look Fragile
10:59am, Friday, 26'th Jun 2020
Global trade volume collapsed by 16.8% YoY in April, making the V-shaped recovery in the real economic activity unrealistic. South Korea exports, which some pra
This Confidence/Fear Gauge Has Been A Useful Contrarian Indicator
09:34am, Thursday, 25'th Jun 2020
Technical measures of investor confidence (or fear) are useful tools for gauging impending contrarian shifts in equity market performance. Our proprietary Compo
No Longer Superheroes? Twilight Of The Bonds
07:21am, Monday, 22'nd Jun 2020
Over the last 40 years, bonds were the superheroes of investment portfolios. They generated high risk-adjusted returns given steadily declining yields and were
ETFs With More Than 1000% Growth in AUM This Year
02:10pm, Wednesday, 10'th Jun 2020
Several ETFs have shown speedy growth with AUM rising more than 1,000% this year.
Fixed Income View: A Crisis Like No Other
09:57am, Friday, 24'th Apr 2020
There are not many assets today that are generally perceived to be risk-free, but US Treasuries, German government bonds, UK Gilts and Japanese government bonds
