iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF

IUSB tracks a broad Barclays index of USD-denominated taxable bonds. The index is market value weighted.

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

Blackrock Flexible Income ETF

Capital Group Core Plus Income ETF

Fidelity Total Bond ETF

JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF

PIMCO Multi Sector Bond Active ETF

Advisors and investors have long turned to active management for fixed income exposure. They are increasingly favoring ETFs to access the markets.

Active Fixed Income ETF Demand Looks Strong for '25

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF

Vanguard Total International Bond ETF

Eaton Vance Floating-Rate ETF

iShares Bitcoin Trust

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

iShares Russell 2000 ETF

SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF

GraniteShares 2x Long NVDA Daily ETF

American Century U.S. Quality Growth ETF

iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

The U.S. ETF industry is about to hit a tremendous milestone. Year to date through November 11, $897 billion has flowed into exchange traded funds, according to FactSet data.

A Record Year for ETF Inflows Imminent

KraneShares Man Buyout Beta Index ETF

iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF

YieldMaxTM PLTR Option Income Strategy ETF

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF

This week's ETF Wrap shines the light on bond-fund performance as investors on Thursday weighed fresh inflation and jobless-claims data.

Here's how bond ETFs fared as investors parsed new inflation, jobless-claims data

Blackrock High Yield ETF

iShares Short Maturity Bond ETF

iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

Fixed income ETFs continue to gain traction globally. As of August 2024, the asset category managed $2.5 trillion in assets, with iShares managing $1 trillion alone.

iShares Hits $1 Trillion in Fixed Income ETFs Globally

The iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF could be a viable countercyclical investment as the equity-bond market correlation may be breaking. IUSB has low expense ratios and high credit quality, but its significant duration makes it sensitive to medium to long-term rate changes. If inflation concerns subside, the Fed may lower rates to support growth, benefiting fixed income, though the economic decline is likely needed first, which is the basis of breaking correlation.

IUSB: Correlation May Be Breaking

There are many reasons to celebrate the BlackRock Flexible Income ETF (BINC). The actively managed multisector ETF launched less than 15 months ago.

Golden Age for Fixed Income at BlackRock

ASML Hld

Broadcom

Campbell Soup

Salesforce

iShares Trust iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

National Fuel Gas

Nestle SA

Paramount Global

Petroleo Brasileiro

Rush Enterprises

Shell PLC

Schlumberger

SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Value ETF

TotalEnergies SE

West Pharmaceutical Services

Barron's Mid-Year 2024 Pro Picks revealed by panelists for potential investment opportunities. Barron's interviews of eleven financial industry Roundtable-pros tapped 48 predictions. Twelve non-ADR foreign stocks and six funds were dropped by YCharts screens, and six selections paid no dividends, leaving 24 in the final pool. The Barron's list tracked by YCharts as of 7/17/24 projected ten top analyst-estimated net gains from WST, ASML, PBR, RUSHA & topped by SLB ranging 19.46%-35.09%.

24 Barron's Pro-Picked 2024 Mid-Year Dividend Dogs: Buy 2 In July

IUSB tracks the Bloomberg U.S. Universal Index (LC07TRUU) which includes investment-grade and high-yield U.S. dollar-denominated bonds. The fund is overweight Treasuries and Agency MBS bonds (57% of holdings) and has a duration of 5.8 years, making it sensitive to interest rates. The ETF has a low expense ratio (0.06%) and low volatility (annualized volatility of 6.4%).

IUSB: The Bond Market Looks Attractive

iShares MSCI USA ESG Optimized ETF

Grayscale Bitcoin Trust

iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF

iShares National Muni Bond ETF

Invesco National AMT-Free Municipal Bond ETF

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF

iShares Treasury Floating Rate Bond ETF

U.S. Weekly FundFlows Insight Report: Equity ETFs Attract Largest Weekly Net Inflows Since Dec. 20, 2023 For Fund Flows Week

Deere & Company

Everest Group Ltd

Diamondback Energy

Global Payments

Oracle

Oshkosh

Raytheon Technologies

Wintrust Financial

Barron's First New-Year Roundtable, published 1/11/24, listed 8 stocks of note for 2024. The follow-up article published 1/22/24 mentioned 27 more and included a buy-recommendation from Andrew Bary for BP.

How Barron's Pro-Picked 2024 Dividend Dogs Run In March

Canadian Natural Resources

Intel

RELX

Barron's First New-Year Roundtable, published 1/11/24, listed 8 stocks of note for 2024. The follow-up article published 1/22/24 mentioned 27 more and included a buy-recommendation from Andrew Bary for BP. Barron's interviews of eleven financial-industry Roundtable-pros over those two-weeks tapped 35 predictions along-with the BP-feature. Four funds were missed by YCharts screen of active-stocks. Seven-selections paid no-dividends, leaving 23 in-the-pool. The combined Barron's two-part list tracked-by YCharts as of 2/8/24 projected ten-top analyst-estimated net-gains from ORCL, INTC RTX, GPN, DE, OSK, WTFC, FANG, BP & topped-by EG ranging 6.0%-27.58%.

Barron's Round Table New-Year 2024 Dividend Dogs

iShares S&P 500 Value ETF

iShares S&P 100 ETF

US Treasury 3 Month Bill Etf

At the close of LSEG Lipper's fund-flows week, U.S. broad-based equity indices reported mixed to negative returns.

U.S. Weekly FundFlows Insight Report: Short/Intermediate Government And Treasury ETFs Post Largest Outflow On Record

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF offers exposure to the entire bond market, including junk bonds. IUSB has a similar performance to the largest "total" bond market ETF, BND, with a slight outperformance over the past 5 years. IUSB is a suitable choice for passive investors who prefer to buy and hold a broad market bond index.

IUSB: A True Total Bond Market Index ETF

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF is worth considering as stocks become more volatile and bonds are catching a bid. The IUSB ETF provides broad access to the total U.S. Dollar-denominated bond market with a low expense ratio and a 5.22% yield. The fund's diversified holdings and focus on AAA-rated securities make it an enticing option for investors seeking income potential and risk management.

IUSB: It Might Be Time Finally

PIMCO Active Bond ETF

Capital Group Core Bond ETF

T Rowe Price Total Return ETF

USAA Core Intermediate-Term Bond ETF

Bond ETFs represent approximately 20% of the industry assets. Yet they have gathered more than 40% share of the net inflows in the first nine months of 2023.

Chart of the Week: Benefits of Active and Passive Bond Funds

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF

SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

Invesco QQQ

SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Corporate Bond ETF

SPDR Nuveen Bloomberg Municipal Bond ETF

Investors were net purchasers of fund assets for the second week in a row, injecting a net $5.8 billion for the week ended Wednesday, May 3. Equity ETFs experienced net outflows for the first week in four, handing back a little less than $7.8 billion for the most recent fund-flows week.

U.S. Weekly FundFlows Insight Report: Despite Plus-Side Returns For The Week, ETF And Fund Investors Duck For Cover During The Fund-Flows Week

IUSB: Broad, Diversified Bond Fund, Growing 4.2% Yield.

IUSB: Broad, Diversified Bond Fund, Growing 4.2% Yield

The high duration of IUSB means that in a time of changing rates, IUSB will trade together with equity markets which have downside on higher rates. Fixed income is supposed to provide some protection in normal markets, but IUSB doesn't accomplish this.

IUSB Is Too Correlated To Equity Markets

You know rates are rising, so don't invest in something where it appears further rate hikes aren't priced in. IUSB hasn't any credit risk, but it does have duration risk.

IUSB Has Minimal Credit Risk, But Duration Is A Problem

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF

iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF

iShares MSCI Kokusai ETF

Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3x Shares

Vanguard Information Technology ETF

Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund

For the first month in six, mutual fund investors were net redeemers of fund assets, withdrawing $176.3 billion from conventional funds for January.

Investors Turn A Cold Shoulder To Fixed Income Funds And ETFs In January

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF

iShares TIPS Bond ETF

Despite record inflation clocking in at the end of the year, the bond space has managed to perform fairly strongly in 2021 and has seen enormous flows into many of the top ETFs within the space. The following are the five most sought-after fixed-income ETFs by investors this year by inflows.

Top 5 Fixed Income ETFs of 2021 by Flows

'AGG' is the go-to for broad fixed income exposure, but another ETF offers a more complete view of the bond market.

A Broader View On Bonds

ARK Innovation ETF

ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF

Dimensional US Equity ETF

Fidelity Magellan ETF

The Goldman Sachs Future Planet Equity ETF

iShares Self-Driving EV and Tech ETF

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

Keep your eye on ETF flows, the attention active management is getting and thematic ETFs' growth.

What To Watch For In ETFs In 2022

Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF

Vanguard Value ETF

The $637-billion-Dimensional Fund Advisors converted about $28.8 billion of mutual funds into ETFs seeing the popularity of the ETF segment.

Inside the Growing Popularity of ETFs

New American High Income Fund

iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF

iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF

iShares MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETF

At the close of Refinitiv Lipper's fund-flows week, both U.S. and overseas broad-based indices logged positive weekly returns.

U.S. Weekly FundFlows Insight Report: Domestic Equity Funds Suffer As New Money Continues To Flood Non-Domestic ETFs

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