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The iShares funds are the first to apply a BuyWrite strategy to fixed income securities.

Look to bonds to help predict stocks. Six for six in the new millennium.

With elevated inflationary pressures and slowing economic growth, some fear that we are heading toward a period of stagflation, or a recession-inflation. Nevertheless, there are still some exchange tr

LQD has bonds that are pretty long maturity, and not that many are variable rate. You can't predict politics easily, but it really does seem that monetary authorities will push forward with inflation,

Wallachbeth Capital's Andrew McOrmond and BNY Mellon's Ben Slavin, join the 'Halftime Report' to discuss being defensive in ETFs.

For the sixth straight month, mutual fund investors were net redeemers of fund assets, withdrawing $102.2 billion from conventional funds for June. Fixed income funds (-$62.7 billion for June) witness

Bond funds that don't lose money when interest rates rise? Sounds too good to be true, doesn't it?

As the energy sector continues to trounce other sectors in 2022, a portfolio of corporate bonds with reduced energy sector exposure seems less than ideal. However, year-to-date, investors have bucked

2022 could turn into the worst-performing year for stocks since 2008, and the worst year for bonds on record.

A new report from S&P Dow Jones Indices this week estimates that insurance companies added $1.5 billion in ETF assets last year, bringing the total invested in these products to more than $45.4 billio

The S&P 500 fell more than 20% below its all-time high on Monday.

After fixed-income assets fell off alongside equities this year, some bargain hunters are dipping their toes back into corporate bonds and related exchange traded funds. For instance, the iShares iBox

The U.S. insurance industry's asset base in ETFs grew 15% to $45 billion at the end of 2021, according to a recently published research piece from S&P Dow Jones Indices. While insurance companies owne

A look at what history suggests.

At 4.5%, LQD offers a high yield compared to long-term inflation expectations and U.S. stocks, with a spread over Treasuries that is likely to more than compensate for future defaults. The ETF is like