On the «safety and savings» hand, I am thinking of buying XCB —
ishares corporate bond fund or a corporate bond mutual fund.
Not exact matches
The SPDR Barclays High Yield
Bond fund gathered more than $ 1.1 billion, or about half its total for the year, while the
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield
Corporate Bond took in $ 603 million, pulling it out of negative territory for the full year.
The two largest
funds in the segment — the $ 15 billion
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield
Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) and the $ 9 billion SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High Yield
Bond ETF (JNK)-- have faced sizable asset outflows as investors fret over high valuations and rising interest rates.
As of May 2, 2018 the
iShares ESG 1 - 5 Year USD
Corporate Bond ETF MSCI ESG
Fund Quality Score is 7.99 out of 10.
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
iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade
Corporate Bond ETF (LQD) is not actively managed but seems like it may be the most comparable
fund.
As of May 2, 2018 the
iShares ESG USD
Corporate Bond ETF MSCI ESG
Fund Quality Score is 7.54 out of 10.
As of May 2, 2018 the
iShares 0 - 5 Year Investment Grade
Corporate Bond ETF MSCI ESG
Fund Quality Score is 5.16 out of 10.
By contrast, high - quality
bonds such as those found in investment - grade
corporate funds like the iShares 1 - 3 Year Credit Bond ETF (CSJ A-89) and the iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD A-66), etc.), or in Treasury portfolios such as the iShares 1 - 3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY A-97) or the iShares 10 - 20 Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLH B - 65), etc.) tend to buffer portfolio volatility to a much greate
corporate funds like the
iShares 1 - 3 Year Credit
Bond ETF (CSJ A-89) and the
iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade
Corporate Bond ETF (LQD A-66), etc.), or in Treasury portfolios such as the iShares 1 - 3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY A-97) or the iShares 10 - 20 Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLH B - 65), etc.) tend to buffer portfolio volatility to a much greate
Corporate Bond ETF (LQD A-66), etc.), or in Treasury portfolios such as the
iShares 1 - 3 Year Treasury
Bond ETF (SHY A-97) or the
iShares 10 - 20 Year Treasury
Bond ETF (TLH B - 65), etc.) tend to buffer portfolio volatility to a much greater degree.
As of May 2, 2018 the
iShares 10 + Year Investment Grade
Corporate Bond ETF MSCI ESG
Fund Quality Score is 5.07 out of 10.
The
iShares Interest Rate Hedged High Yield
Bond ETF is an actively managed
fund - of -
funds that targets USD - denominated
corporate high - yield
bonds while mitigating interest - rate risk.
The average yield on the
iShares iBoxx InvesTop High Yield
Corporate Bond (AMEX: HYG) exchange - traded
fund has dropped around 10 % in that period.
Meanwhile, the
iShares DEX All
Corporate Bond Index
Fund (XCB) has a duration of 5.78, which is very close to that of the RBC Target 2018 ETF.
For a low cost way to invest, check out exchange - traded
funds that invest in this area such as the
iShares CDN
Corporate Bond Index
Fund (TSX: XCB).
Finally, the
fund's domestic
bond holdings were embodied by the iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD; 5 %) and iShares TIPS Bond ETF (TIP; 5
bond holdings were embodied by the
iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade
Corporate Bond ETF (LQD; 5 %) and iShares TIPS Bond ETF (TIP; 5
Bond ETF (LQD; 5 %) and
iShares TIPS
Bond ETF (TIP; 5
Bond ETF (TIP; 5 %).
The equivalent positions in the
iShares 1 - 3 Year Treasury
Bond ETF (SHY) and
iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade
Corporate Bond ETF (LQD; 5.4 %) represented the fixed - income holdings of the
fund.
Rather than pursue cross-over
corporates or high - yield or even long - term investment grade
corporates, we have stayed near the middle of the curve with
funds like: (1) SPDR Nuveen Muni (TFI), (2) Vanguard Total
Bond (BND), (3)
iShares 7 - 10 Year Treasury (IEF) and (4)
iShares 3 - 7 Year Treasury (IEI).
The difference between the allocations has only been 4 % since mid-December of 2014 when one employs index
fund proxies like Vanguard Total Stock Market (VTI),
iShares Corporate Bond (LQD) and Guggenheim Enhanced Short Duration (GSY).
The fixed income portion was represented by the
iShares Lehman Aggregate
Bond Index
Fund (AGG) and
iShares Goldman Sachs Investop
Corporate Bond Index
Fund (LQD) from 2004 — 2008 when the
iShares S&P / CitiGroup International Treasure Index
Fund (IGOV) was added.
The particular
bond funds I chose were among the largest and most well - known bond ETFs — HYG (iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bd), JNK (SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond), and TLT (iShares Barclays 20 + Year Treas Bo
bond funds I chose were among the largest and most well - known
bond ETFs — HYG (iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bd), JNK (SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond), and TLT (iShares Barclays 20 + Year Treas Bo
bond ETFs — HYG (
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield
Corporate Bd), JNK (SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield
Bond), and TLT (iShares Barclays 20 + Year Treas Bo
Bond), and TLT (
iShares Barclays 20 + Year Treas
BondBond).
Consider a long term
corporate bond fund, Ticker: LQD ran by
iShares.
A related equivalent position in LQD (
iShares Investment Grade
Corporate Bond ETF) also illustrates cash - similar instruments held in this equity
fund.
The
fund had just three equivalent positions: in the SPDR ® Bloomberg Barclays Short Term
Corporate Bond ETF (SCPB), SPDR ® Bloomberg Barclays Convertible Securities ETF (CWB) and
iShares Select Dividend ETF (DVY).
The
fund had just four equivalent positions: in the SPDR ® Bloomberg Barclays Investment Grade Floating Rate ETF (FLRN), Guggenheim BulletShares 2017 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (BSJH), iShares U.S. Preferred Stock ETF (PFF), and First Trust Materials AlphaDEX ® Fund (F
fund had just four equivalent positions: in the SPDR ® Bloomberg Barclays Investment Grade Floating Rate ETF (FLRN), Guggenheim BulletShares 2017 High Yield
Corporate Bond ETF (BSJH),
iShares U.S. Preferred Stock ETF (PFF), and First Trust Materials AlphaDEX ®
Fund (F
Fund (FXZ).
With a portfolio composed of investment - grade debt from
corporate, sovereign and supranational issuers with three - year maximum maturities, the
iShares 1 - 3 Year Credit
Bond ETF (NYSEARCA: CSJ) aims to offer a higher distribution yield than comparable all - Treasury
funds, but it does have a marginally higher credit risk.
Even as junk
bond yields fell into the 6 % range, investor demand for bonds held up well, and the SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond ETF (NYSEMKT: JNK) and iShares iBoxx HY Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEMKT: HYG) were among the best - performing funds with returns of around 11 % to 1
bond yields fell into the 6 % range, investor demand for
bonds held up well, and the SPDR Barclays High Yield
Bond ETF (NYSEMKT: JNK) and iShares iBoxx HY Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEMKT: HYG) were among the best - performing funds with returns of around 11 % to 1
Bond ETF (NYSEMKT: JNK) and
iShares iBoxx HY
Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEMKT: HYG) were among the best - performing funds with returns of around 11 % to 1
Bond ETF (NYSEMKT: HYG) were among the best - performing
funds with returns of around 11 % to 12 %.
Key credit spreads were widening, such as those between intermediate - term treasury
bonds and riskier
corporate bonds in funds like iShares Baa - Ba Rated Corporate Bond ETF (BATS: QLTB) or SPDR High Yield Bo
corporate bonds in
funds like
iShares Baa - Ba Rated
Corporate Bond ETF (BATS: QLTB) or SPDR High Yield Bo
Corporate Bond ETF (BATS: QLTB) or SPDR High Yield
Bond (JNK).
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).
The
iShares DEX All
Corporate Bond Index Fund (TSX: XBC) as the name implies only holds corporate bonds: banks, telecom companies, along with some retailers and ener
Corporate Bond Index
Fund (TSX: XBC) as the name implies only holds
corporate bonds: banks, telecom companies, along with some retailers and ener
corporate bonds: banks, telecom companies, along with some retailers and energy names.
«Barclays Capital Inc.» and «Barclays US Government Inflation - Linked
Bond Index», «Barclays US Treasury 1 - 3 Year Term Index», «Barclays US Treasury 10 Year Term Index», «Barclays UK Government Inflation - Linked
Bond Index», «Barclays Austria Treasury
Bond Index», «Barclays Belgium Treasury
Bond Index», «Barclays Emerging Markets Asia Local Govt Capped
Bond», «Barclays Emerging Markets Europe Local Govt Capped
Bond», «Barclays Emerging Markets Latin America Local Govt Capped
Bond», «Barclays Emerging Markets Local Govt
Bond», «Barclays Euro Aggregate
Bond Index», «
iShares Barclays Euro
Corporate Bond ex-Financials Interest Rate Hedged», «Barclays Euro
Corporate 1 - 5 Year
Bond Index», «Barclays Euro
Corporate ex Financials 1 - 5 Year
Bond Index», «Barclays Euro
Corporate ex Financials
Bond Index», «Barclays Euro - Aggregate Financial Index», «
iShares Barclays Euro
Corporate Bond Interest Rate Hedged», «Barclays Euro
Corporate Bond Index», «Barclays Euro Short Treasury (0 - 12 Months)
Bond Index», «Barclays Euro Government
Bond 10 - 15 yr Term Index», «Barclays Euro Government
Bond 1 - 3 Year Term Index», «Barclays Euro Government
Bond 15 - 30 Year Term Index», «Barclays Euro Government
Bond 5 Year Term Index», «Barclays Euro Government
Bond 5 - 7 yr Term Index», «Barclays Euro Government
Bond 10 Year Term Index», «Barclays Euro Treasury
Bond Index», «Barclays Euro Government Inflation - Linked
Bond Index», «Barclays Finland Treasury
Bond Index», «Barclays France Treasury
Bond Index», «Barclays Germany Treasury
Bond Index», «Barclays Global Government AAA - AA Capped
Bond Index», «Barclays Global Aggregate
Bond Index», «Barclays Global Aggregate
Corporate Index (EUR hedged)», «Barclays Global Aggregate
Corporate Bond Index», «Barclays World Government Inflation - Linked
Bond Index», «Barclays Italy Treasury
Bond Index», «Barclays Netherlands Treasury
Bond Index», «Barclays EM Local Currency Govt Core 0 - 5 Index», «Barclays Spain Treasury
Bond Index» and «Barclays US Aggregate
Bond Index» are trademarks of Barclays Bank PLC and have been licensed for use for certain purposes by BlackRock
Fund Advisors or its affiliates.
The
iShares DEX Short Term
Bond Index
Fund (TSX: XSB) holds government
bonds too, but it adds some
corporate bonds into the mix — banks and telecom companies for example.
The
iShares DEX All
Corporate Bond Index Fund (XCB) tracks only Canadian investment grade corpora
Corporate Bond Index
Fund (XCB) tracks only Canadian investment grade
corporatecorporate bonds.
It may also draw comparisons to the
iShares Core Canadian Short Term
Corporate + Maple Bond Index ETF (XSH), but this older fund includes corporate bo
Corporate + Maple
Bond Index ETF (XSH), but this older
fund includes
corporate bo
corporate bonds only.
The
fund had top equivalent positions in the
iShares Europe ETF (IEV; average weight of 23.4 %),
iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade
Corporate Bond ETF (LQD; 16.6 %),
iShares MSCI Germany ETF (EWG; 15.9 %),
iShares MSCI Japan ETF (EWJ; 14.4 %),
iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (EWU; 7.0 %), and SPDR ® EURO STOXX 50 ® ETF (FEZ; 5.8 %).
The
fund would also compete directly with the $ 38.6 billion
iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade
Corporate Bond ETF (LQD), which covers the full maturity range of the U.S. corporate bond space and has an expense ratio o
Corporate Bond ETF (LQD), which covers the full maturity range of the U.S. corporate bond space and has an expense ratio of 0.1
Bond ETF (LQD), which covers the full maturity range of the U.S.
corporate bond space and has an expense ratio o
corporate bond space and has an expense ratio of 0.1
bond space and has an expense ratio of 0.15 %.
Argentina debt accounted for 4 % of the
iShares MSCI Emerging Market Debt exchange - traded
fund (EMB) as of July 1, 5.9 % of the
iShares Emerging Markets High Yield
Bond ETF (EMHY) as of July 1, and 3.8 % of the WisdomTree Emerging Markets
Corporate Bond ETF (EMCB) as of July 5.
If you are happy holding onto stocks, knowing that the best scenario from past history would be slightly over 3400 on the S&P 500 in 2028, then why not buy a
bond index fund like iShares Core Total U.S. Bond Market ETF (NYSEARCA: AGG) or the iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA: LQD) that could virtually guarantee something near that outc
bond index
fund like
iShares Core Total U.S.
Bond Market ETF (NYSEARCA: AGG) or the iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA: LQD) that could virtually guarantee something near that outc
Bond Market ETF (NYSEARCA: AGG) or the
iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade
Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA: LQD) that could virtually guarantee something near that outc
Bond ETF (NYSEARCA: LQD) that could virtually guarantee something near that outcome?
If youâ $ ™ re looking for a higher risk alternative, take a look at the
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield
Corporate Bond Fund (Amex: HYG).
Itâ $ ™ s the
iShares Canadian
Corporate Bond Index
Fund (TSX: XCB) and it invests solely in investment - grade
bonds.
The
iShares Emerging Markets
Corporate Bond exchange - traded
fund (CEMB) and the
iShares JP Morgan USD Emerging Markets
Bond ETF (EMB) are up 11 % this year.
The
iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets
Bond exchange - traded
fund (EMB) is up 10 % this year, while the
iShares Emerging Markets High Yield
Bond ETF (EMHY) and the
iShares Emerging Markets
Corporate Bond ETF (CEMB) are each up about 10.5 %.
Since it's impossible to screen out unsustainable companies from a
corporate bond ETF, the portfolio includes an all - Government bond fund like the iShares DEX All Government Bond Index Fund (X
bond ETF, the portfolio includes an all - Government
bond fund like the iShares DEX All Government Bond Index Fund (X
bond fund like the iShares DEX All Government Bond Index Fund (X
fund like the
iShares DEX All Government
Bond Index Fund (X
Bond Index
Fund (X
Fund (XGB).
The primary junk
bond funds include the SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond ETF (JNK) and the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond Fund (HYG), but these two funds are very different from one another, and the junk bond market as a wh
bond funds include the SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield
Bond ETF (JNK) and the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond Fund (HYG), but these two funds are very different from one another, and the junk bond market as a wh
Bond ETF (JNK) and the
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield
Corporate Bond Fund (HYG), but these two funds are very different from one another, and the junk bond market as a wh
Bond Fund (HYG), but these two
funds are very different from one another, and the junk
bond market as a wh
bond market as a whole.