Articles Referencing HYG

Junk Bond ETFs Still Appealing, Says S&P

5/21/2013, 11:57 am from Minyanville in Investing, ETFs

Editor's Note: This content was originally published on Benzinga.com by The ETF Professor. Despite falling yields, income-starved investors continue to embrace high-yield bond ETFs .... Read >>

SPX, HYG, NDX, BKX: S&P 500 Reaches 1,000-Point Gain

5/20/2013, 10:05 am from Minyanville in Investing, Stocks

With Friday's trade, the S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) has now added a clean 1000 points to the March 2009 bottom, so the Fed can pat themselves on their collective back and declare... Read >>

Under The Hood: An Unheralded Multi-Asset ETF

4/26/2013, 12:42 pm from Benzinga in Investing, Bonds, ETFs, Investing Ideas

Some ETFs hold stocks. Others focus on bonds. Still others hold real estate investment trusts or master limited partnerships. Then there is the breed of ETF that offers exposure to all those... Read >>

These ETFs Inflows Show Investors Not Leaving Junk Bonds

4/16/2013, 12:52 pm from Benzinga in Investing, Bonds, ETFs, Investing Ideas

An interesting trend pertaining to high-yield bond ETFs started last year. That being whenever the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond Fund (NYSE: HYG ) or the SPDR Barclays High... Read >>

Nifty Junk Bond ETFs Your Broker Forgot to Mention

4/12/2013, 2:25 pm from Benzinga in Investing, Bonds, International, Investing Ideas

There has been plenty of chatter regarding a great rotation out of bonds into stocks, but ETF inflow data indicate otherwise. In the month of March U.S. stock funds hauled in $11.2 billion... Read >>

New Junk Bond ETF Hedges Risks In Interest Rates

3/22/2013, 12:25 pm from Investor's Business Daily in Investing, ETFs

Van Eck launched a new ETF on the stock market today  that pays monthly interest payments from junk bonds while hedging its bets should interest rise back to normal levels. Market... Read >>

Time to Exit Junk Bonds ETFs? - ETF News And Commentary

3/13/2013, 1:12 pm from Zacks.com in Investing, ETFs

Over the past several years, junk bonds ETFs were popular destinations for yield starved investors who didn't really want a huge upgrade in duration risk. ETFs tracking this segment... Read >>

Plunging Yields Send Junk Bond ETFs Soaring

1/25/2013, 1:56 pm from Benzinga in Investing, Bonds, International, Investing Ideas

Coming off a stellar 2012 that elicited ample bubble talk , high-yield bonds and the ETFs that hold those issues have continued climbing in 2013. In broad terms, the U.S. high-yield debt... Read >>

Get Income and Safety With These 9 High Yielders

1/22/2013, 12:30 pm from StreetAuthority in Investing, Investing Ideas, Stocks

Retirees are being confronted with a huge dilemma. In the past, investors on the verge of retirement could simply shift into fixed-income assets and still generate plenty of income to support a... Read >>

Is the Party Over for Junk Bonds? - Analyst Blog

1/21/2013, 2:14 pm from Zacks.com in Investing, Business, Stocks

High-risk high-yield bonds a.k.a. speculative bonds or junk bonds are those rated below BBB- by Standard & Poor's rating agency. The default rate for junk bonds has been low at about... Read >>

S&P Constructive on Junk Bond ETFs

1/14/2013, 5:40 pm from Benzinga in Investing, Bonds, ETFs, Investing Ideas, US Markets

Despite ongoing bubble calls and speculation the asset class is overvalued, junk bonds and the ETFs where those bonds make a home continue to defy the critics. Even after modest losses Monday,... Read >>

Is High Yield Overvalued?

1/10/2013, 7:08 am from SeekingAlpha in Investing, Stocks

By Morningstar : By Timothy Strauts With record fund inflows in 2012, investors clearly have an appetite for high-yield bond funds. The strong investor demand lowered credit spreads, and... Read >>

Junk Bond ETFs Keep on Trucking

1/9/2013, 2:30 pm from Benzinga in Investing, Bonds, ETFs, Investing Ideas

Another one of the more prominent themes among bond ETFs last year was growing speculation that high-yield bonds were approaching bubble territory. Calls for asset bubbles is an old investing... Read >>

Is It Time For A Floating-Rate Bank Loan Fund In Your Portfolio?

12/28/2012, 7:44 am from SeekingAlpha in Investing, Stocks

By Morningstar : By Timothy Strauts PowerShares Senior Loan Portfolio ( BKLN ) is a satellite holding for investors who are comfortable with assuming greater credit risk (its portfolio... Read >>

Options Activity in Junk Bond ETF Could be a Negative Sign

12/14/2012, 1:55 pm from Benzinga in Investing, Bonds, ETFs, Investing Ideas, Options

For all the chatter about outflows from high-yield bond ETFs and talk of a junk bond bubble, the marquee ETFs tracking this asset class have held up well. In fact, the iShares iBoxx $ High... Read >>