Fixed Income 101

VIDEO

Fixed-income, or “bond” ETFs are becoming increasingly popular among investors. In this video we break down the potential benefits of incorporating fixed-income ETFs into a portfolio.

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Investors are increasingly choosing fixed-income ETFs because of their low cost, transparency, easy access, liquidity and competitive returns.

With an ETF, investors can trade a basket of bonds more efficiently and at a lower cost than trading the individual underlying bonds.

Fixed income ETFs are transparent and can be used as tools to organize and navigate the fragmented over the counter (“OTC”) bond markets.

iShares ETFs provide access to various sectors, credit qualities, durations and factors or sustainable strategies within the broad fixed income universe.

Trading volumes of Fixed income ETF have historically increased during periods of elevated stress in bond markets, providing liquidity to investors.

iShares' bond ETFs are ranked in the first and second quartiles of Morningstar's overall 1-year, 3-year, 5-year and 10-year rankings in several categories, including Core Intermediate Bond, Core-Plus Bond, Corporate Bond, Emerging Markets and High Yield.

Investors are increasingly choosing fixed-income ETFs because of their low cost, transparency, easy access, liquidity and competitive returns.

With an ETF, investors can trade a basket of bonds more efficiently and at a lower cost than trading the individual underlying bonds.

Fixed income ETFs are transparent and can be used as tools to organize and navigate the fragmented over the counter (“OTC”) bond markets.

iShares ETFs provide access to various sectors, credit qualities, durations and factors or sustainable strategies within the broad fixed income universe.

Trading volumes of Fixed income ETF have historically increased during periods of elevated stress in bond markets, providing liquidity to investors.

iShares' bond ETFs are ranked in the first and second quartiles of Morningstar's overall 1-year, 3-year, 5-year and 10-year rankings in several categories, including Core Intermediate Bond, Core-Plus Bond, Corporate Bond, Emerging Markets and High Yield.

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