Sentences with phrase «federal bond etf»
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Put more tax - efficient investments (low - turnover funds like index funds or ETFs, and municipal bonds, where interest is typically free from federal income tax) in taxable accounts.
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The Short term Federal Bond Index (ETF) was devised to imitate the...
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For taxable accounts, investors can consider iShares Short Maturity Municipal Bond ETF (MEAR), whose income is generally exempt from federal income tax.
The Federal Reserve Statistical Release shows assets in municipal bond ETF's have grown from $ 15.1 billion at year end 2014 to $ 24.7 billion at year end 2016.
When the yield on 10 - year federal bonds spiked earlier this year — from 1.88 % on May 16 all the way to 2.55 % on July 5 — the value of broad - based bond ETFs plummeted sharply.
As the name suggests, the ETF holds equal amounts of provincial, federal and agency bonds maturing in 1 to 5 years for an attractive MER of 0.15 %, which is 10 basis points cheaper than XSB.
(ETF.com: Sep 29, 2016) ETF.com said that while it's impossible to know whether the next Federal Reserve rate hike will cause «a rally in interest rates (and sell - off in bonds)... there are many tools available in the ETF world to minimize the impact of higher rates, or even capitalize on them.»
The Claymore 1 - 10 Year Laddered Government Bond ETF (TSX: CLG) holds 53 bonds with maturities ranging from 1 year to 10 years issued by the Federal and Provincial Goverments.
«But government bond funds, including FITRs, generate income streams that are subject to federal income tax (they are exempt from state tax), and the ETF structure provides no means of limiting this tax.»
The BMO ETF is entirely composed of federal government bonds, whereas the iShares ETF has a small component of provincial bonds with a slightly higher yield.
Finally, ZAG, your bond ETF, includes about 800 federal, provincial and corporate bonds with terms ranging from one to 30 years.