BND - Corporate Bonds Are Leading U.S. Fixed-Income Gains This Year
Supported by the Federal Reserve's recent pause on raising interest rates, corporate bonds are leading the US fixed-income sector higher in 2019. Junk bonds and long-term corporates are especially hot for the year-to-results through yesterday's close (Feb. 6).
SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Bond (JNK) is posting the strongest performance so far this year, based on a set of exchanged-traded funds that represent the major slices of the US fixed-income markets. At the end of Wednesday's trading, JNK was up a strong 5.8% so far this year.
A short-term junk fund - iShares 0-5 Year