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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A negative yield has been causing investors to shy away from treasury inflation protected securities (TIPS), but does that mean that worries about inflation are nonexistent? Matt Tucker offers ETF strategies to suit every outlook.
Concerned about rising interest rates? You’re not alone. Luckily, Matt Tucker has you covered with a commonly used ETF strategy that can help defend a bond portfolio against price losses when the inevitable rate rise finally occurs.
With interest rates at an all-time low, many investors are looking for ways to prepare for an eventual rate rise. Matt Tucker outlines a common strategy to help protect bond portfolios in a rising rate environment.
Matt Tucker explains how iSharesBonds are taking the benefits of individual bonds — regular income and a lump sum payment at the end — and combining them with the features of an ETF.
ETF flows in the first quarter showed investors preparing for a rise in interest rates by rotating fixed income assets into less rate-sensitive bonds. Matt Tucker examines the three big trends we saw in Q1 and weighs in on what’s in store for Q2.
