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No Free Lunch: Tempting Yields And Lots Of Rate Risk With These ETFs

Benzinga.com
0 Comments| August 9, 2015

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For all the talk of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates, which could happen as soon as next month, an important point as it pertains to an array of income-generating, rate-sensitive asset classes is sometimes overlooked. Even when the Fed does start hiking rates, it is going to take a while before rates resemble “normal,” whatever “normal” may be after years of a near zero interest rate policy (ZIRP).

Still, even the specter of modest increases in borrowing costs has weighed on some popular income-related exchange traded funds this year. ETFs holding real estate investment trusts (REITs) have endured significant redemptions as investors have fretted over how changes in Fed policy will affect this once beloved income destination.

Mortgage REIT, or mREIT ETFs are facing issues of their own. The iShares Mortgage Real Estate ...

/www.benzinga.com/trading-ideas/long-ideas/15/08/5748296/no-free-lunch-tempting-yields-and-lots-of-rate-risk-with-thes alt=No Free Lunch: Tempting Yields And Lots Of Rate Risk With These ETFs>Full story available on Benzinga.com

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