LQD - iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF
128.30 -0.10 (-0.08%)
After hours: 4:00PM EDT
| Previous Close | 128.17 |
| Open | 127.87 |
| Bid | 128.50 x 2900 |
| Ask | 128.51 x 1300 |
| Day's Range | 127.97 - 128.73 |
| 52 Week Range | 111.25 - 128.73 |
| Volume | 9,337,748 |
| Avg. Volume | 11,614,553 |
| Net Assets | 36.23B |
| NAV | 127.75 |
| PE Ratio (TTM) | N/A |
| Yield | 3.42% |
| YTD Return | 15.30% |
| Beta (3Y Monthly) | 1.38 |
| Expense Ratio (net) | 0.15% |
| Inception Date | 2002-07-22 |
- ETF Trends
Are Negative Bond Yields a Potential Scenario?
Treasury yields continue to spiral downward as investors pour money into safe haven government debt in order to stem the tide as the stock market begins to show signs of weakness. The latest decline in yields may cause fixed income investors to wonder whether a scenario is possible where negative yields exist?
- ETF Trends
10-Year, 2-Year Yield Curve Under Watchful Eye
The capital markets are definitely keeping a watchful eye on the 2-year and 10-year yield curve, which briefly inverted during Wednesday’s market session. An inverted yield curve is of particular interest as a tried-and-true recession indicator. “The US equity market is on borrowed time after the yield curve inverts.
- ETF Trends
Could We See Zero Interest Rates?
Sentiment seemed to take a dramatic turn following the FOMC announcement that rates would be cut 25 basis points, yet this would only be part of a “midcycle adjustment to policy,” according to Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. “Let me be clear: What I said was it’s not the beginning of a long series of rate cuts,” Powell said. You would do that if you saw real economic weakness and you thought that the federal funds rate needed to be cut a lot.
- ETF Trends
A Recession Signal is Flashing in Current Yield Curve
Market volatility is opening the pathway for investors to flock to safe haven government debt, which is causing yields to fall. As such, a yield curve inversion—a typical sign ahead of a recession—is forming with respect to the 2- and 10-year Treasury yields. This should cause the rate-sensitive 2-year note yield to fall as well, but that hasn’t been the case even with the change in the central bank’s interest rate policy.
- ETF Trends
3 Bond ETFs to Consider as Benchmark Treasury Yields Reach New Lows
Investors have been treating themselves to a healthy diet of bonds given the latest volatility as the U.S.-China trade war reaches new heights. This risk-off sentiment is fueling a nosedive in safe haven ...
- ETF Trends
Get Core Bond Exposure with Largest Provider of Fixed Income ETFs
Rate cuts and trade wars have been giving investors more than the necessary dosage of volatility as of late, but it opens up opportunities for fixed income exchange-traded fund (ETFs). For investors looking for that safe-haven bond exposure, it might be best to start with the largest provider of fixed income ETFs. "While the growing adoption by wealth management and institutional investors is a boon for most asset managers, certain firms are favorably positioned relative to others.
- ETF Trends
Volatility Serves as a Reminder to Obtain Necessary Bond Exposure
It doesn’t matter if it’s in the long or short end of the yield curve, with violent market movements like those investors have been experiencing lately, it’s a reminder that a move to bonds can benefit ...
- GuruFocus.com
DoubleLine's Jeffrey Gundlach Sees 60% Recession Risk
A summary of the guru's latest ideas about everything related to the current state of the markets Continue reading...
- ETF Trends
Debunking 3 Investor Myths on Fixed Income Exposure
It’s easy to overlook bonds as opposed to equities given their more static returns in nature as opposed to the more dynamic stocks that can move and shake when markets are roaring, as well as vice versa. While bonds may not be ideal for the adrenalin-fueled investor, they can still gain that much-needed fixed income exposure via exchange-traded funds. Janet Brown, a finance contributor at Forbes, cited three common misconceptions investors have when it comes to core fixed income exposure—bonds are a high risk proposition when rates rise, they don’t generate enough returns and they’re only ideal for retirees.
- GuruFocus.com
SimpliFi, Inc. Buys iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond, Sells SPDR Bloomberg ...
Investment company SimpliFi, Inc. (Current Portfolio) buys iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond, sells SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Investment Grade Floating during the 3-months ended 2019Q2, according to the most recent filings of the investment company, SimpliFi, Inc.. Continue reading...
- ETF Trends
Is the High Yield Party Starting to Wind Down?
With the extended bull run raging on, it's been a boon for high yield fixed income investors where a risk-on environment has been fueling gains within the riskier bond classes. With the high yield market getting more risky, it's necessary for investors to shed some of that risk and get more strategic with their capital allocation. "As a credit debt holder, you've got no upside, you only have downside [at this point]," said Pilar Gomez-Bravo, director of fixed income Europe for MFS Investment Management.
- Yahoo Finance
Investors aren't sweating US's massive corporate debt pile, but maybe they should
The U.S. economy is decelerating, but corporate America is carrying trillions of dollars in debt on its books. Is that a problem?
- ETF Database
ETF Flows Reflect the Shifting Market Trends
ETFs have become a go-to investment vehicle for many investors across a range of backgrounds, revealing the shifting trends in investors’ habits and thoughts in a changing market environment.
- Investopedia
Get Credit With Corporate Bond ETFs (LQD, SLQD)
Investors continue searching for sources of yield beyond government bonds, a trend that is stoking inflows to fixed-income exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tracking debt that is a little more exciting than U.
- ETF Trends
Long-Term Bond ETFs Are Back in the Limelight
With more expecting the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates ahead, exchange traded funds that track long-term debt are beginning to pick up steam as investors hunt for attractive income in a lower-for-longer yield environment. Investors and analysts highlighted the worsening projections for growth as a catalyst for the Federal Reserve to its loosening monetary policy outlook instead of tightening it. Sentiment for a rate cut picked up Wednesday and Thursday after the Fed held rates steady but signaled a possible cut in the months ahead to combat the weakening effects of a prolonged trade war.
- ETF Trends
Passive, Active Equity ETFs Saw Outflow of $15.6B Combined in May
Morningstar, Inc., a leading provider of independent investment research, recently reported estimated U.S. mutual fund and exchange-traded fund (ETF) fund flows for May 2019. Overall, passive U.S. equity ...
- ETF Trends
Is High Yield Underperformance Clearing the Way for Quality?
As a result, high yield has underperformed lately as investors flocked to the safer confines of quality oriented assets like investment-grade debt issues. "The market was clearly pricing in a good chance of a trade deal in May and that did not happen," said Todd Schomberg, senior portfolio manager for Invesco Fixed Income. "I wouldn't call it a full-blown flight to quality," said John Hollyer, principal and global head of Vanguard Fixed Income Group.
- ETF Trends
ETF Investors React to Developing Global Trade War
Investors can take a look at exchange traded fund flows to see how markets respond to the developing global trade war. “Participation through ETFs has trended higher in the last month, aligning with escalation ...
- ETF Trends
“Sell in May” Theory Confirmed with $19B in Equity ETF Outflows
“Sell in May” saw investor capital go away from equity exchange-traded funds (ETFs) during that month. It was the largest monthly outflow in history for equity ETFs, which reached a record $19 billion, ...
- ETF Trends
5 Fixed Income ETFs That Are Perfect for a Safe Haven Hideaway
U.S. equities rallied in 2019, but for investors who are just starting to get back into the stock market after a tumultuous year-end to 2018 could have missed the meat of the move. As such, lower equity ...
- Zacks
May ETF Asset Report: Quality U.S. Equities Win
Inside the ETF areas that have amassed plenty of assets in the month of May and the ones that have lost.
- Investopedia
Top 3 Investment-Grade Corporate Bond ETFs
Depending on your stage of life or the asset allocation in your portfolio, bonds may be a solid choice to provide fixed-income stability and a hedge against more risky equity investments. Interest rates have been historically low for many years, making the gold standard, U.S. Treasuries, less attractive. Fortunately, there are a number of high-quality investment-grade corporate bond exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that are comparatively inexpensive and highly liquid.
- Zacks
SALT Making Muni Bond ETF Investing Sweeter
Limitation on the deductibility of state and local taxes (the SALT deduction) from federal taxes and limited supply are favoring muni ETFs.
- Yahoo Finance Video
What's behind the boom in bond ETFs
There's been a boom in bond ETFs. Assets have skyrocketed to $1 trillion and BlackRock predicts they'll double in just four and a half years. BlackRock's iShares also happens to be the biggest player in ETFs overall. iShares fixed income strategist at BlackRock, Jon Rather, talks with Yahoo Finance's Julie Hyman, Adam Shapiro and Sibile Marcellus.
