Deutsche Bank has come out with three new bond ETFs that look to capitalize on the increasingly popular ETF bond market. The Deutsche X-trackers Investment Grade Bond - Interest Rate Hedged ETF (NYSE: IGIH), the Deutsche X-trackers High Yield Corporate Bond - Interest Rate Hedged ETF (NYSE: HYIH) and the Deutsche X-trackers Emerging Markets Bond – Interest Rate Hedged ETF (NYSE: EMIH) all began trading on March 3.
The three ETFs provide exposure to the fixed-income market; however, the major difference is that they implement a hedging strategy through the shorting of U.S. Treasury futures in order to mitigate interest-rate risk. The risk that bond prices may fall with rising rates is a concern for most investors. The three new Deutsche Bank ETFs attempt to decrease that sensitivity through hedging and provide similar results ...
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