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The iShares JPMorgan USD Emerging Markets Bond fund, an index product that tracks the sector, has a trailing 12 - month yield of 4.33 percent.

Exchange - traded funds that track high - yield bond indexes have been the beneficiaries of a cash surge in recent weeks.

Exchange - traded funds that track high - yield bond indexes have been the beneficiaries of a cash surge in recent weeks as market participants figure the central bank probably won't raise rates in 2015, and it could be well into 2016 before anything happens.

iShares S&P ® / TSX ® 60 Index Fund («XIU»), iShares S&P / TSX Capped Composite Index Fund («XIC»), iShares S&P / TSX Completion Index Fund («XMD»), iShares S&P / TSX SmallCap Index Fund («XCS»), iShares S&P / TSX Capped Energy Index Fund («XEG»), iShares S&P / TSX Capped Financials Index Fund («XFN»), iShares S&P / TSX Global Gold Index Fund («XGD»), iShares S&P / TSX Capped Information Technology Index Fund («XIT»), iShares S&P / TSX Capped REIT Index Fund («XRE»), iShares S&P / TSX Capped Materials Index Fund («XMA»), iShares Diversified Monthly Income Fund («XTR»), iShares S&P 500 Index Fund (CAD - Hedged)(«XSP»), iShares Jantzi Social Index Fund («XEN»), iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend Index Fund («XDV»), iShares Dow Jones Canada Select Growth Index Fund («XCG»), iShares Dow Jones Canada Select Value Index Fund («XCV»), iShares DEX Universe Bond Index Fund («XBB»), iShares DEX Short Term Bond Index Fund («XSB»), iShares DEX Real Return Bond Index Fund («XRB»), iShares DEX Long Term Bond Index Fund («XLB»), iShares DEX All Government Bond Index Fund («XGB»), and iShares DEX All Corporate Bond Index Fund («XCB»), iShares MSCI EAFE ® Index Fund (CAD - Hedged)(«XIN»), iShares Russell 2000 ® Index Fund (CAD - Hedged)(«XSU»), iShares Conservative Core Portfolio Builder Fund («XCR»), iShares Growth Core Portfolio Builder Fund («XGR»), iShares Global Completion Portfolio Builder Fund («XGC»), iShares Alternatives Completion Portfolio Builder Fund («XAL»), iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund («XEM») and iShares MSCI World Index Fund («XWD»), iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund («XBZ»), iShares China Index Fund («XCH»), iShares S&P CNX Nifty India Index Fund («XID»), iShares S&P Latin America 40 Index Fund («XLA»), iShares U.S. High Yield Bond Index Fund (CAD - Hedged)(«XHY»), iShares U.S. IG Corporate Bond Index Fund (CAD - Hedged)(«XIG»), iShares DEX HYBrid Bond Index Fund («XHB»), iShares S&P / TSX North American Preferred Stock Index Fund (CAD - Hedged)(«XPF»), iShares S&P / TSX Equity Income Index Fund («XEI»), iShares S&P / TSX Capped Consumer Staples Index Fund («XST»), iShares Capped Utilities Index Fund («XUT»), iShares S&P / TSX Global Base Metals Index Fund («XBM»), iShares S&P Global Healthcare Index Fund (CAD - Hedged)(«XHC»), iShares NASDAQ 100 Index Fund (CAD - Hedged)(«XQQ») and iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond Index Fund (CAD - Hedged)(«XEB»)(collectively, the «Funds») may or may not be suitable for all investors.

The fund adjusts its allocations daily based upon equity and bond market volatility, correlation between the bond and equity indexes, and the yield - to - maturity of the bond index.

With a yield below 2.0 %, The Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund does not look attractive from an income perspective.

You could be putting that money into some kind of interest - bearing vehicle, whether it's a 401 (k), CDs, bonds, index funds, or just a «high» yield savings account.

The level of the index (and these funds) will fluctuate based on changes in the price of the underlying bonds, not their yields.

The bond's interest rate is tied to a benchmark interest rate index like the LIBOR, the federal funds rate, or a specific duration U.S. Treasury bond yield (in the case of Treasury floating rate notes).

One of the biggest proponents of indexing, Rick Ferri, has a post up talking about why for muni bonds, high yield bonds and equity value it may make sense to move beyond index funds.

The appeal of preferred funds is they offer higher yields than bond ETFs, explains Alfred Lee, vice-president of BMO Global Asset Management and lead manager of the bank's Laddered Preferred Share Index ETF (TSX: ZPR).

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But today, a fund tracking the DEX Universe Bond Index yields about 2.3 % before fees.

This fund has been around since 2007, though it didn't start tracking the RAFI High Yield Bond Index until last August.

Today, a traditional bond index exchange - traded fund (ETF) with an average term of about 10 years has a yield to maturity of about 1.7 %.

The Universal Index, meanwhile, has a similar corporate bond profile to ITB funds, including roughly 10 % in high yield.

Even if you are willing to accept some credit risk, and invest in something like the popular Vanguard Total Bond Market Index fund, the SEC yield is only 2.05 % (2.17 % for Admiral Shares, $ 10K minimum), still lower than the federally insured CD which has no credit risk.

The fund had equivalent positions in the iShares Asia 50 ETF (AIA), iShares Emerging Markets High Yield Bond ETF (EMHY), iShares MSCI India ETF (INDA), Columbia Emerging Markets Consumer ETF (ECON), and BLDRS Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index Fund (ADfund had equivalent positions in the iShares Asia 50 ETF (AIA), iShares Emerging Markets High Yield Bond ETF (EMHY), iShares MSCI India ETF (INDA), Columbia Emerging Markets Consumer ETF (ECON), and BLDRS Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index Fund (ADFund (ADRE).

The fund adjusts its allocations daily based upon equity and bond market volatility, correlation between the bond and equity indexes, and the yield - to - maturity of the bond index.

Indeed, a broad swath of high - yield bonds that includes smaller issuances has steadily performed better than an index of the biggest, most - traded notes tracked by passive funds.

If you compare that to the 2.86 % SEC Yield on Vanguard's Total Bond Market Index Fund — which is a good estimate of its future return — the CD's return is a little lower but comes with more certainty.

The fund seeks provide investment that correspond to the price and yield performance of an index tracks the U.S. high yield corporate bond market.

Continued volatility and fund outflow in high - yield bonds and modest outflows from loan funds have contributed to the index's current weakness.

For example, bond funds, like the iShares Universe Bond Index ETF (TSX: XBB), are believed to have lower volatility ratings than stock funds, yet bond prices have recently fallen as yields have ribond funds, like the iShares Universe Bond Index ETF (TSX: XBB), are believed to have lower volatility ratings than stock funds, yet bond prices have recently fallen as yields have riBond Index ETF (TSX: XBB), are believed to have lower volatility ratings than stock funds, yet bond prices have recently fallen as yields have ribond prices have recently fallen as yields have risen.

Their main performance metric is 7 - factor hedge fund alpha, which corrects for seven risks proxied by: (1) S&P 500 Index excess return; (2) difference between Russell 2000 Index and S&P 500 Index returns; (3) 10 - year U.S. Treasury note (T - note) yield, adjusted for duration, minus 3 - month U.S. Treasury bill yield; (4) change in spread between Moody's BAA bond and T - note, adjusted for duration; and, (5 - 7) excess returns on straddle options portfolios for currencies, commodities and bonds constructed to replicate trend - following strategies in these asset classes.

They consider four potential predictors: (1) the default spread (between Moody's BAA and AAA rated bonds); (2) the broad stock market dividend yield; (3) the implied volatility of the S&P 500 Index (VIX); and, (4) the monthly net aggregate flow into the hedge fund industry.

Owning a bond mutual fund or index fund does not give you control over the buying and selling of bonds within the fund, so the annual yield of the fund can be negative (especially during a period of rising interest rates).

While the new Total International Bond Index Fund is, overall, fairly similar to the domestic Total Bond Market Index Fund, Vanguard's new Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund is an entirely different beast due to its level of credit risk and its corresponding yield.

The fund will make asset allocation decisions based on two driving factors: the 200 day moving average for the S&P 500 index as well as the bond yield curve.

High yield corporate bonds tracked in the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Bond Index have returned just under 5 % year to date but lost ground the past several days as fund outflows weigh on the market driving prices down and the weighted average yield (yield to worst) up by 22bps since last week to end at 4.yield corporate bonds tracked in the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Bond Index have returned just under 5 % year to date but lost ground the past several days as fund outflows weigh on the market driving prices down and the weighted average yield (yield to worst) up by 22bps since last week to end at 4.Yield Bond Index have returned just under 5 % year to date but lost ground the past several days as fund outflows weigh on the market driving prices down and the weighted average yield (yield to worst) up by 22bps since last week to end at 4.yield (yield to worst) up by 22bps since last week to end at 4.yield to worst) up by 22bps since last week to end at 4.88 %.

The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the S&P Short Term National AMT - Free Municipal Bond index.

The fund had major equivalent positions in the Vanguard Mortgage - Backed Securities ETF (VMBS), SPDR ® Barclays Intermediate Term Corporate Bond ETF (ITR), iShares Intermediate Credit Bond ETF (CIU), Vanguard Intermediate - Term Corporate Bond ETF (VCIT), Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF ™ (SCHZ), and PIMCO 0 - 5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond Index ETF (HYS).

Like HYG, the SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Bond ETF is an index fund connected to junk bonds — those same bonds that are prone to bankruptcies and caused tremendous havoc during the oil crash of 2014.

The yields on two - year, five - year, 10 - year and longer - term bonds move independently of the target rate, and these are the rates that affect your bond index fund.

They've announced liquidation of their S&P 500 Index Fund, Small Cap Index Fund, International Equity Index Fund, Emerging Markets Fund, High Yield Bond Fund, Intermediate Bond Fund, Short - Term Bond Fund and Zebra Global Equity Fund (AZLAX).

Contrary to stock funds, you should avoid index bond funds, see this article for details and some good picks for low cost and high yield funds.

«High yield bonds have had a strong rebound since the financial crisis, with indexes reaching all - time highs1 and high yield funds attracting significant inflows over the past two years,» said Michael L. Sapir, Chairman and CEO of ProShare Advisors LLC, ProShares» investment advisor.

For example, the iShares DEX Universe Bond Index Fund (XBB - TSX) has a weighted average coupon of 4.01 per cent but a weighted average yield to maturity of just 2.22 per cent.

For example, the Fund may seek exposure to the Merrill Lynch High Yield Master II Bond Index.

The iShares Canadian Short - Term Bond Index Fund yields 2.3 %, but the high yield is due to the fact that some of the fund's bonds pay above - market interest raFund yields 2.3 %, but the high yield is due to the fact that some of the fund's bonds pay above - market interest rafund's bonds pay above - market interest rates.

It's true that interest rates are near historical lows: as of early May, 10 - year Government of Canada bonds are yielding just over 1.5 %, and a broad - based bond index fund like the ones I recommend in my model portfolios yield a little less than 2 %.

Notes: U.S. stocks represented by Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index through April 2005, MSCI US Broad Market Index through June 2013 and CRSP US Total Market Index thereafter; emerging markets stocks are represented by MSCI Emerging Markets Index; REITs by FTSE NAREIT Equity REIT Index; dividend stocks by Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index; commodities by S&P GSCI Commodity Index; high yield bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield Bond Index; emerging markets bonds by Bloomberg Barclays EM USD Aggregate Index; investment - grade corporate bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Index; U.S. Treasury bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Bond Index; Hedge fund index by HFRI fund - weighted total return Index and international bonds by Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Bond IIndex through April 2005, MSCI US Broad Market Index through June 2013 and CRSP US Total Market Index thereafter; emerging markets stocks are represented by MSCI Emerging Markets Index; REITs by FTSE NAREIT Equity REIT Index; dividend stocks by Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index; commodities by S&P GSCI Commodity Index; high yield bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield Bond Index; emerging markets bonds by Bloomberg Barclays EM USD Aggregate Index; investment - grade corporate bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Index; U.S. Treasury bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Bond Index; Hedge fund index by HFRI fund - weighted total return Index and international bonds by Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Bond IIndex through June 2013 and CRSP US Total Market Index thereafter; emerging markets stocks are represented by MSCI Emerging Markets Index; REITs by FTSE NAREIT Equity REIT Index; dividend stocks by Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index; commodities by S&P GSCI Commodity Index; high yield bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield Bond Index; emerging markets bonds by Bloomberg Barclays EM USD Aggregate Index; investment - grade corporate bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Index; U.S. Treasury bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Bond Index; Hedge fund index by HFRI fund - weighted total return Index and international bonds by Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Bond IIndex thereafter; emerging markets stocks are represented by MSCI Emerging Markets Index; REITs by FTSE NAREIT Equity REIT Index; dividend stocks by Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index; commodities by S&P GSCI Commodity Index; high yield bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield Bond Index; emerging markets bonds by Bloomberg Barclays EM USD Aggregate Index; investment - grade corporate bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Index; U.S. Treasury bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Bond Index; Hedge fund index by HFRI fund - weighted total return Index and international bonds by Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Bond IIndex; REITs by FTSE NAREIT Equity REIT Index; dividend stocks by Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index; commodities by S&P GSCI Commodity Index; high yield bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield Bond Index; emerging markets bonds by Bloomberg Barclays EM USD Aggregate Index; investment - grade corporate bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Index; U.S. Treasury bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Bond Index; Hedge fund index by HFRI fund - weighted total return Index and international bonds by Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Bond IIndex; dividend stocks by Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index; commodities by S&P GSCI Commodity Index; high yield bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield Bond Index; emerging markets bonds by Bloomberg Barclays EM USD Aggregate Index; investment - grade corporate bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Index; U.S. Treasury bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Bond Index; Hedge fund index by HFRI fund - weighted total return Index and international bonds by Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Bond IIndex; commodities by S&P GSCI Commodity Index; high yield bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield Bond Index; emerging markets bonds by Bloomberg Barclays EM USD Aggregate Index; investment - grade corporate bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Index; U.S. Treasury bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Bond Index; Hedge fund index by HFRI fund - weighted total return Index and international bonds by Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Bond IIndex; high yield bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield Bond Index; emerging markets bonds by Bloomberg Barclays EM USD Aggregate Index; investment - grade corporate bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Index; U.S. Treasury bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Bond Index; Hedge fund index by HFRI fund - weighted total return Index and international bonds by Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Bond Iyield bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield Bond Index; emerging markets bonds by Bloomberg Barclays EM USD Aggregate Index; investment - grade corporate bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Index; U.S. Treasury bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Bond Index; Hedge fund index by HFRI fund - weighted total return Index and international bonds by Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Bond IYield Bond Index; emerging markets bonds by Bloomberg Barclays EM USD Aggregate Index; investment - grade corporate bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Index; U.S. Treasury bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Bond Index; Hedge fund index by HFRI fund - weighted total return Index and international bonds by Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Bond IIndex; emerging markets bonds by Bloomberg Barclays EM USD Aggregate Index; investment - grade corporate bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Index; U.S. Treasury bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Bond Index; Hedge fund index by HFRI fund - weighted total return Index and international bonds by Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Bond IIndex; investment - grade corporate bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Index; U.S. Treasury bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Bond Index; Hedge fund index by HFRI fund - weighted total return Index and international bonds by Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Bond IIndex; U.S. Treasury bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Bond Index; Hedge fund index by HFRI fund - weighted total return Index and international bonds by Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Bond IIndex; Hedge fund index by HFRI fund - weighted total return Index and international bonds by Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Bond Iindex by HFRI fund - weighted total return Index and international bonds by Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Bond IIndex and international bonds by Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Bond IndexIndex.

Nationwide Amundi Global High Yield Fund, Nationwide Amundi Strategic Income Fund, Nationwide Bond Fund, Nationwide Bond Index Fund, Nationwide Emerging Markets Debt Fund, Nationwide Government Bond Fund, Nationwide Loomis Core Bond Fund, Nationwide California Intermediate Tax Free Bond Fund, Nationwide National Intermediate Tax Free Bond Fund, Nationwide Loomis Short Term Bond Fund, Nationwide Inflation - Protected Securities Fund, and Nationwide Ziegler Wisconsin Tax Exempt Fund Class A shares have up to a 2.25 % front - end sales charge and a 0.25 % 12b - 1 fee.

Nationwide Amundi Global High Yield Fund, Nationwide Amundi Strategic Income Fund, Nationwide Bond Fund, Nationwide Bond Index Fund, Nationwide California Intermediate Tax Free Bond Fund, Nationwide Emerging Markets Debt Fund, Nationwide Inflation - Protected Securities Fund, Nationwide Loomis Core Bond Fund, Nationwide Loomis Short Term Bond Fund, Nationwide National Intermediate Tax Free Bond Fund, and Nationwide Ziegler Wisconsin Tax Exempt Fund Class A shares have up to a 2.25 % front - end sales charge and a 0.25 % 12b - 1 fee.

My impression has been that investing in index funds that hold bonds would yield a better return with similar risk.