Treasury

Charles Schwab, ETF issuer known for its low expense products and online commission incentives, has just launched three new bond ETFs that provide exposure to different types of US Treasuries. According to the press release, the new ETFs will provide investors with access to short-term, intermediate-term and inflation-protected securities. Below is a list of the [...]

Charles Schwab, ETF issuer known for its low expense products and online commission incentives, has just launched three new bond ETFs that provide exposure to different types of US Treasuries. According to the press release, the new ETFs will provide investors with access to short-term, intermediate-term and inflation-protected securities. Below is a list of the [...]

ETSpreads, a small ETF sponsor based in San Francisco, filed with the SEC to add a TIPS bond fund on top of its already growing list of exotic ETFs. ETSpreads has yet to release a single ETF for public consumption, but some of its funds are already grabbing headlines. In the SEC filing, ETSpreads sought [...]

Considered one of the most boring industries, utilities are emerging as one of the most interesting for the dividend investor. With the chance of capital gains and yields that beat treasuries, investors should give a second glance to utility ETFs. One utility ETF, the Utilities Select Sector SPDR exchange-traded fund (XLU: Quote, Profile, Advanced Chart, [...]

In the last year, exchange-traded fund companies have created a turf war, with new funds looking to steal investment dollars directly from their competitors. Following the same trend, Charles Schwab has filed with the SEC to create three new fixed income ETFs. The three new funds are the Schwab US TIPS ETF, the Schwab Short-Term [...]

PIMCO, a recent entrant to the ETF business, has changed two popular short term bond funds to allow for longer date bond purchases. The move will allow PIMCO to earn better yields on its holdings. PIMCO Government Limited Maturity Strategy Fund (GOVY) has been revised to allow short-dated purchases up to three years, which is [...]

Rising interest rates from the Federal Reserve are welcomed almost unanimously on Wall Street, with the exception of one major group: bond investors. Higher interest rates could mean plummeting bond prices should the Fed continue to drive rates higher. Investors are increasingly placing bonds, which trade inversely to interest rates, on their portfolio chopping block. [...]

In furthering its hold in the niche market, ProShares has filed to create 16 new exchange-traded funds, all of which will be triple leveraged. The funds look to be a threat to Direxion, another fund company which has competed directly with ProShares for the leveraged space. The 16 new funds are as follows: 1. UltraPro [...]

WisdomTree has filed with the SEC to create two new funds that track the change of the American dollar against a basket of world currencies. The new funds will compete with PowerShares US DB Dollar ETF (UUP: Quote, Profile, Advanced Chart, News), which has attracted more than $3 billion from investors. The WisdomTree Rising Dollar [...]

Volume on US Treasury ETFs grew 10% higher than the average as investors took bets on how this week’s record issuance would be received by investors. The Treasury will auction a record of $118 billion in debt this week alone. Today, the US Treasury auctioned $44 billion worth of two-year notes to strong bidding from [...]