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BDCs Have Big Yields, But Consider These Important Factors March 17, 2021 The search for yield can take income investors to a wide range of alternative asset classes. Those include business development companies (BDCs), accessible via the VanEck BIZD looks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the MVIS® US Business Development Companies Index. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in securities that comprise the fund’s benchmark index. The index is comprised of BDCs. BDCs are vehicles whose principal business is to invest in, lend capital to, or provide services to privately-held companies or thinly traded U.S. public companies. Getting financing nowadays can be tough through traditional means like big banks. BDCs help fill the gap. While the income proposition is alluring, investors have other considerations with BDCs. ....
Munis to the MAAX: A Tailored Response to Municipal Bond ETFs March 15, 2021 The recent spike in Treasury yields is presenting challenges for some traditional municipal bond strategies. Investors can turn to a more responsive approach with the MAAX is based off a proprietary model that incorporates momentum, along with both duration and credit risk indicators, to tactically allocate among selected VanEck Vectors Municipal Bond ETFs, which covers the full range of the risk/return spectrum in the muni market and includes five VanEck Vectors Municipal Bond ETF options. “The model that informs MAAX’s allocations is now identifying higher interest rate risk,” writes VanEck portfolio manager David Schassler. “This results from the rapid rise in interest rates, increased correlations between bond prices and stock prices and an uptick in the volatility of interest rates. MAAX responded by reducing its interest rate sensitivity. It sold 10% of long duration bonds ....
As energy assets bounce back, income-starved investors may want to revisit master limited partnerships (MLP) and the MLPA seeks to replicate a benchmark that offers exposure the overall performance of the United States master limited partnerships (MLP) asset class. MLPs have become very popular in recent years for primarily two reasons: (1) required quarterly distributions provide a steady stream of current income, and (2) because they are partnerships, MLPs avoid corporate income taxes at both the federal and state level as the the tax liability is passed through to the individual partners. MLPs primarily deal with the distribution and storage of energy products, so their business model is less reliant on the commodities market. MLPs profit off the quantity of oil and natural gas they are able to move around. Consequently, they have historically shown a weaker correlation to energy prices over longer periods as the investment vehicle acts more like an energy toll road, ....
Due to low interest rates, it's getting harder for retirees to replace income from their jobs, and due to inflation, spending power can be diminished. ....