High Yield Bond Funds posted outflows for the 13th time in the past 15 weeks, with the latest redemptions the biggest since early March,
while Emerging Markets Bond Funds recorded their largest outflow since the second week of February.
Not exact matches
Meanwhile, the iShares Core MSCI
Emerging Markets ETF (IEMG) was the top international equity
fund of the week, with inflows of $ 1 billion,
while the Vanguard Total International
Bond ETF (BNDX) was the most popular fixed - income product, with inflows of $ 571 million.
Emerging companies While many high yield bonds are issued by former investment grade companies in decline, the high yield market also provides financing opportunities for emerging companies seeking working capital for expansion or to fund acqui
Emerging companies
While many high yield
bonds are issued by former investment grade companies in decline, the high yield
market also provides financing opportunities for
emerging companies seeking working capital for expansion or to fund acqui
emerging companies seeking working capital for expansion or to
fund acquisitions.
While all
bonds are denominated in U.S. dollars, the
fund's broad geographic exposure includes the U.S., developed
market, and
emerging market issuers.
Emerging market equity
funds stood out on the equity side with a category return of 3.64 %
while the long government
bond category rallied and closed the month up 5.83 %.
If you dig deeper you'll also find that XTR holds only plain - vanilla stock and
bond funds,
while ZIM includes some more exotic investments such as floating - rate notes,
emerging market bonds and a couple of ETFs that write call and put options on their underlying stocks to generate more income.
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.
While in general, there are numerous world and
emerging markets bond mutual
funds, when screened with reasonable selection criteria, none are left to suggest.
When the
emerging markets bond mutual
fund sub-category is considered, expense ratios are even higher,
while these other shortcomings persist.
The iShares Latin America exchange - traded
fund (ILF) was down 1.9 % in recent trading,
while the iShares MSCI
Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) was down 1.6 %,
while the iShares JPMorgan USD
Emerging Markets Bond ETF (EMB), the
Market Vectors
Emerging Markets High Yield
Bond ETF (HYEM) and the PowerShares
Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt ETF (PCY) were flat.
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 %.