This has been the best
performing bond sector over the last year, according to Bloomberg data for the Barclay's Municipal index.
This has been the best
performing bond sector over the last year, according to Bloomberg data for the Barclay's Municipal index.
Not exact matches
These new trends haven't gone unnoticed, with many of these
sectors starting to
perform well when the Fed officially ended its
bond - buying program last October, marking the end of an extraordinary monetary - policy experiment.
The top eight mortgage - backed securities ETFs tracked by ETFdb.com are all up on the year, making mortgage
bonds one of the best
performing sectors during the market correction.
The direction of the spread may increase or widen, meaning the yield difference between two
bonds is increasing, and one
sector is
performing better than another.
But with ETFs now available on every duration and
sector in the fixed income market, as well leveraged and inverse products, investors would be advised to at least understand the variety of
Bond ETF products and how they
perform in different interest rate and economic environments.