How and when might an active fund manager use an index fund in a portfolio? Matt Tucker sits down with Jim Keenan, lead portfolio manager for BlackRock’s high yield portfolios, to discuss how Jim uses high yield ETFs as part of an overall trading strategy.
HYG’s Big Day: An ETF Liquidity Case Study
A well-known high yield bond ETF recently experienced its biggest trading day ever. What’s the takeaway for investors? Matt Tucker is here to explain.
Man on Market Street: Worried About Rising Interest Rates?
Our intrepid Man on Market Street is back! Scott Dingwell of the Defined Contribution Group at BlackRock is once again taking to the streets of San Francisco, and this time he’s asking people whether they are worried about rising rates.
Playing the Field for Yield
While some investors are focused on what to do when interest rates finally rise, others struggle with the fact that rates remain at rock bottom today. With the latter challenge in mind, Matt Tucker shows how some investors are finding yield in multiple places using a multi-asset class solution.
The Fixation on the Fed: 3 Investing Implications
Hypersensitive investors are reacting to every utterance from central banks like the Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan. Russ shares three investing implications of this fixation.
Kimchi to Kiwi: 10 Bonds You’ve Never Heard Of
Like many people this Memorial Day weekend, Matt Tucker has food on the brain. But rather than burgers and hot dogs, he’s thinking about kimchi and baklava. Why? Besides being different kinds of food, they’re also some of the more colorful bond names out there.
Apple Bonds in ETFs: If, When & How?
Wondering if the recent new issuance of Apple bonds will end up in your fixed income ETF? Matt Tucker uses the record offering as an opportunity to revisit how the process works, from soup to nuts.
POV: How the Fed will End QE
It has taken the Fed nearly five years to build up the size of its balance sheet through its quantitative easing program, so ending the stimulus is not going to be simple. Russ explains why it’s likely to be a slow process involving three distinct steps.
4 Reasons to Still Hold High Yield
With high yield spreads historically tight and prices at all-time highs, some market watchers are wondering whether it’s time to jump off the high-yield bandwagon. Russ weighs in and explains why this asset class is still worth holding.
POV: Time to Abandon Bonds?
While Warren Buffett has said that bonds are a “terrible” investment at the moment, Russ Koesterich, our chief investment strategist, takes a different view than the Oracle of Omaha. In this short video, he explains why investors shouldn’t abandon their fixed income holdings.
