Leveraged ETF

When considering the 10 year treasury as an investment, one must first understand what it is and how it works. First, the note is a debt obligation that is issued by the United States Treasury Department, which has a term of more than one year but will never exceed ten years. The note will contain [...]

State Street Global Advisors, the parent family behind the SPDR family of funds have announced the launch of the SPDR Nuveen S&P High Yield Municipal Bond Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) (HYMB). The new ETF will give investors access to the high yield municipal bond market which should start gaining attention again as the Government rolls [...]

The last few years have been turbulent on Wall Street, and so many investors have begun turning to treasuries as a safe port in the storm. The trend has become so popular, in fact, that many experts are now warning that we may be quickly approaching the point at which higher prices and lower yields [...]

Greek is causing headaches across the Mediterranean and throughout Europe. If you consider its size of 11 million and impact to the world economy (30th+largest economy) it should not be making this much noise. Greece is one of several European countries who have a high debt load and continue to see declining tax revenues. What [...]

When looking at a high yield bond ETF list, one must first look at the most popular of them all, the iBoxx Liquid High Yield Index, symbol (HYG). These bonds are ones that are rated “BBB” or lower by all of the major credit rating agencies. The most notable bond credit reporting agency is of [...]

Inflationary pressures are hitting many world economies from different angles. On one side, many emerging economies are throwing money into developed countries such as the U.S. and allowing the developed economies to face inflationary pressures from a devalued currency (simple supply and demand). At the same time, numerous commodities are hitting multi year high. There [...]

It is rare for U.S. Treasury’s to get so much attention but they have more than their fair share in recent weeks. For one, interest rates are starting to move. Investors have been watching treasury’s, and losing patience at the same time, as treasury’s continue to trade at ridiculously low yields. But things might finally [...]

A municipal ETF list or Muni ETF‘s, may very well be needed for 2011. Despite the rally, investors are still cautious as they believe we are not completely out of the woods and a second dip or double dip recession is not too far away if certain sectors of the economy do not improve. Recently, [...]

Treasuries have definitely been in the news the past couple of years.  Interest rates are at record lows due to the Fed trying to revitalize a sluggish economy by offering low rates in order to increase economic activity. If economic conditions improve with the new round of quantitative easing and inflation starts to creep up [...]

This article will focus on the high yield etf list with an emphasis on junk bonds. High yield exchanged traded funds also refer to ETFs that hold securities with a high dividend yield. Both are currently in favor with institutional investors as treasury yields continue to yield record low interest rates. Keep in mind that [...]