4 iShares ETFs Seeing The Highest YTD Inflows April 22, 2021
The iShares brand has a plethora of bond-focused ETFs to consider and one place to start is to look at which funds are receiving the highest inflows thus far this year.
Core Bond Exposure
Getting core bond exposure still has its place in a portfolio. At the top of the iShares YTD fund flows is the
IUSB seeks to track the investment results of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Universal Index. The fund generally will invest most of its assets in the component securities of the index and may also invest in certain futures, options and swap contracts, cash and cash equivalents, including shares of money market funds advised by BFA or its affiliates, as well as in securities not included in the underlying index, but which BFA believes will help the fund track the underlying index.
Industry Voice: Fallen Angels the last free lunch
Though caught between two worlds, fallen angels merit a permanent home in a strategic asset allocation. Discover why
BNY Mellon Investment Management
A defining characteristic of markets is that structural alpha opportunities are arbitraged away over time. What if there was an area where market mechanisms actually bolstered a structural alpha opportunity? We think this would be the last free lunch for investors. Welcome to the world of fallen angels investment grade credits that have been downgraded to high yield.
Unlike their namesakes that were expelled from heaven, fallen angels, as represented by the Bloomberg Barclays US High Yield Fallen Angel 3% Capped Index
January 20, 2021
Fixed-income exchange traded fund investors are looking back into debt assets beaten down by the coronavirus pandemic, as the rollout of vaccines helps fuel demand for riskier assets.
The
iShares U.S. Fallen Angels USD Bond ETF (NASDAQ: FALN), which tracks the Bloomberg Barclays US High Yield Fallen Angel 3% Capped Index composed of U.S. dollar-denominated high yield corporate bonds that were previously rated investment grade, just enjoyed a weekly net inflow of $478 million and another $93 million in inflows at the start of this week, more than doubling the fund’s assets under management to over $1 billion, according to Bloomberg.