iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

HYG tracks a market-weighted index of US high-yield corporate debt.

SPDR Gold Trust

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

iShares Russell 2000 ETF

KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF

Invesco QQQ

iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF

iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF

Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatility ETF

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

iShares TIPS Bond ETF

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

During Refinitiv Lipper's fund-flows week ended August 25, 2021, investors were overall net purchasers of fund assets (including both conventional funds and ETFs) for the fifth consecutive week, attracting $2.9 billion. Exchange-traded equity funds recorded $2.9 billion in weekly net outflows.

U.S. Weekly FundFlows Insight Report: Flows Reveal Risk-Off Sentiment Growing

Invesco Senior Loan ETF

 SPDR Blackstone Senior Loan ETF

Bank loan ETFs might be an antidote for income-sensitive investors in a complacent, low-yield fixed income environment.

Reducing Risk With Bank Loan ETFs

SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF

Invesco KBW Bank ETF

SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

iShares MBS ETF

ProShares UltraPro QQQ

Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund

Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund

Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund

During Refinitiv Lipper's fund-flows week ended August 11, 2021, investors were overall net purchasers of fund assets (including both conventional funds and ETFs) for the third consecutive week, accumulating $24.7 billion. Exchange-traded equity funds recorded $6.0 billion in weekly net inflows. This is the macro-group's third straight week of net inflows, and it returned a positive 0.83% on average.

U.S. Weekly FundFlows Insight Report: Reflation Trade Awakens, Financial/Banking ETFs Realize Largest Weekly Inflows Since May

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF

Vanguard Total International Bond ETF

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF

July's total traded volume on the Tradeweb European-listed ETF marketplace amounted to EUR 45.9 billion, while the proportion of transactions completed via Tradeweb's Automated Intelligent Execution (AiEX) tool was 73%. Total consolidated U.S. ETF notional value traded in July 2021 was a record USD 36.9 billion, beating the platform's previous best performance in March 2020 by USD 9.8 billion.

Tradeweb Exchange-Traded Funds Update - July 2021

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

iShares Short-Term National Muni Bond ETF

Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund

Fund investors were net purchasers of equity funds (+$2.0 billion), tax-exempt fixed income funds (+$1.2 billion), and taxable bond funds (+$320 million) while being net sellers of money market funds (-$1.4 billion) for the week. Early in the fund-flows week, U.S. stocks lost some ground as investors evaluated the rise in COVID-19 cases and after Amazon reported Q2 earnings that missed analyst expectations.

U.S. Weekly FundFlows Insight Report: Investors Take Their Foot Off The Flows Pedal For The Week

Alerian MLP ETF

Global X SuperDividend US ETF

Global X U.S. Preferred ETF

SPDR S&P Dividend ETF

SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF

Vanguard Real Estate ETF

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF

CEFs continue to provide an advantage over most open-end and passive options in the fixed income category. If placed into a ROTH IRA, then it will never be taxed.

How I'm Building A Tax-Free Portfolio With 8% Yields And Double-Digit Total Returns

iShares National Muni Bond ETF

Schwab Intermediate-Term US Treasury ETF

Investors were overall net redeemers of fund assets (including those of conventional funds and ETFs) for the sixth consecutive week, with equity funds being the primary drain on funds. Equity ETFs witnessed their second week of net outflows in three—handing back $5.6 billion for the most recent fund-flows week.

U.S. Weekly FundFlows Insight Report: APs And Fund Investors Turn Their Backs On Equities For The Week

Direxion Daily Gold Miners Index Bear 2X Shares

iShares MSCI Japan ETF

iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF

Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF

Investors Embrace Bond Funds And ETFs In June

iShares Core S&P Small Cap ETF

iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF

During Refinitiv Lipper's fund-flows week ended July 14, 2021, investors were overall net redeemers of fund assets (including both conventional funds and ETFs) for the fifth week in a row, withdrawing $23.1 billion. Exchange-traded equity funds recorded $3.1 billion in weekly net inflows. This is the macro-group's second weekly inflows in the last three despite returning a negative 0.08% on average.

U.S. Weekly FundFlows Insight Report: Large Cap Funds Ingest $2.5 Billion As Small-Cap Funds Suffer Outflows Of $2.8 Billion

US high-yield corporate bonds offer a low-risk premium relative to government bonds.

Sell HYG At Historically Expensive Levels

PIMCO 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond Index ETF

SPDR S&P 400 Mid Cap Value ETF

Invesco 1-30 Laddered Treasury ETF

During Refinitiv Lipper's fund-flows week ended June 30, 2021, investors were overall net redeemers of fund assets (including both conventional funds and ETFs) for the third week in a row, withdrawing $3.3 billion. Exchange-traded fixed income funds attracted $7.6 billion—the macro-group's eighth straight week of positive flows and its ninth largest inflow to date.

U.S. Weekly FundFlows Insight Report: Money Market Funds Record Fourth Straight Week Of Outflows As Large-Cap ETFs Attract $9.8 Billion

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

Key Takeaways Insurance companies traded more fixed income ETFs than equity ETFs in the first quarter of 2021, despite owning fewer shares at the end of 2021. Growing usage of fixed income ETFs supports enhanced liquidity for all investors.

Insurers Bought Corporate Bond ETFs Sold by Others in Early 2021

ARK Innovation ETF

Whether inflation is temporary or not will have major repercussions for financial markets and ETFs.

ETFs Most Sensitive To Inflation

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF

iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF

Investors were overall net redeemers of fund assets (including those of conventional funds and ETFs) for the first week in six, with money market funds being the primary drain on funds. Equity ETFs witnessed their second consecutive week of net inflows—attracting $8.2 billion for the most recent fund-flows week.

U.S. Weekly FundFlows Insight Report: Municipal Bond ETFs Witness Largest Weekly Net Inflows On Record

JPMorgan BetaBuilders Europe ETF

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF

Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF

Traded notional volume on the Tradeweb European ETF marketplace reached EUR 38.2 billion in May, while the proportion of transactions completed via Tradeweb's Automated Intelligent Execution (AiEX) tool increased to 75.6%. Total consolidated U.S. ETF notional value traded in May 2021 was USD 26 billion, the platform's second best monthly performance since March 2020.

Tradeweb Exchange-Traded Funds Update - May 2021

U.S. stocks end lower on the week after hot inflation data spooked investors bracing for a roaring, but potentially messy economic comeback. Their equity-like counterparts in the debt world barely budged.

Market Extra: How a stock-market selloff made junk bonds an unlikely safe haven

iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF

SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF

At the close of Refinitiv Lipper's fund-flows week, U.S. broad-based indices each logged their worst-performing week in more than five weeks. While the corporate earnings season may be slowing down, market uncertainty and inflationary fears appear to be picking up.

U.S. Weekly FundFlows Insight Report: Investors Pump $9.0 Billion Into Equity Funds Amid Rising Expectations Of Market Volatility

iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF 

The preferreds market has continued its upward trajectory with new issuances being priced aggressively into a seller's market.

Preferred Stock Buying Opportunities And Updates

WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend Fund

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF

iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF

Invesco DWA Consumer Staples Momentum ETF

Invesco S&P 500 Momentum ETF

Using the Forbes AI Investor platform, we have compiled the top ETFs to buy this month across every major category.

S&P 500 Momentum Ranked Top Buy This Month By Artificial Intelligence

We explore another high yield bond ETF today. It compensates for the duration risk, but the credit risk is too high relative to the yield.

HYG: What We Would Buy Instead

Cleveland-Cliffs

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF

Ken Fisher (Trades, Portfolio)'s Fisher Asset Management sold shares of the following stocks during the first quarter of 2021, which ended on March 31.

Fisher Asset Management Trims Several ETF Positions

iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF

Schwab Short-Term US Treasury ETF

Equity ETFs witnessed their eleventh consecutive week of net inflows - attracting $4.4 billion for the most recent fund-flows week. SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) (+$2.6 billion) and JPMorgan BetaBuilders Europe ETF (BBEU) (+$584 million) attracted the largest amounts of net new money of all individual equity ETFs.

U.S. Weekly FundFlows Insight Report: ETF, Mutual Fund Investors Inject Taxable Fixed Income Funds With $8.6 Billion In Cash

As default rates among low-rated U.S. companies dropped to their lowest level in months, fixed income investors have grown more “risk-on.” The iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corp Bond ETF (NYSEArca: HYG) increased 0.9% year-to-date while the iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD) fell 4.8%.

Investors Have Grown More Comfortable with Junk Bonds

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF

Schwab US TIPS ETF

iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol USA ETF

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF

The average equity fund (including ETFs) experienced a 6.31% return for Q1 2021 and whopping one-year return of 61.39%. Fearing an overheated market, a recent rise in coronavirus cases globally, and an increase in market volatility, money market funds (+$185.8 billion) were the main attractor of investors' assets for the quarter.

Preliminary Findings Show Investors Injected A Net $454 Billion Into U.S. Mutual Funds, ETFs In Q1

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

Rising rate worries and fears of a tax rate hike in the United States also dampened investors' sentiments in March but Biden stimulus and growing vaccination have boosted investors' confidence too.

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