As global equity markets have seen increased turbulence to start 2016, investors have been running to safe-haven destinations. That includes exchange-traded funds holding U.S. government bonds. Professional investors are expected to boost their usage of fixed-income ETFs with nearly two-thirds already owning bond ETFs, according to a recent Greenwich Associates study.
Year-to-date, five of the top 10 asset gathering ETFs are fixed income funds, and each member of that quintet is a U.S. government bond fund – led by iShares Barclays 20+ Yr Treas.Bond (ETF) (NYSE: TLT). Barely more than a month ago, longer-dated government bond ETFs, such as TLT, looked like they could be in trouble after the Federal Reserve boosted interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade.
The Fed And Bond ETFs
“Continuing worries ...
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