ISTB News and Press, iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF From 02/06/23

Summary After a year best forgotten, 2023 has started out with a bang. January was a strong month that gave equity investors a timely relief rally. While this was a welcomed development, I am concerned that equity prices are getting too disconnected from reality. We have a challenging m...

Summary ISTB keeps things short. Short-term, that is. It buys bonds maturing in 1-5 years. We are OK with the Treasury ladder that is the core of this ETF, but the corporate bond portion gives us pause. 2022 showed investors how nasty bond investing can be, if you simply expect the ...

Summary The pain in bond-land is palpable. The IGSB ETF is now more oversold than either the 2008 or 2020 lows. The 10-year Treasury yield closed at 4.12% today, despite Powell’s rhetoric from last night. In this post from Tuesday night, the relative attra...

Summary This year’s sharp rise in treasury yields creates an attractive opportunity in short-term bonds heading into 2023 as the Fed slows the pace of rate hikes. We favor transitioning from floating-rate notes to fixed-rate notes going into 2023 now that interest rates hav...

Summary In addition to the Fed Funds rate increasing, longer-term rates have increased as the market anticipates the path of future rate hikes. Interest rate increases can have a significant impact on bond investments, since bond prices fall when interest rates rise. However, ...

Summary Today’s markets are undoubtedly volatile, as investors face uncertain central bank policy and evolving market consensus outlooks for economic growth. We expect monetary policy to remain restrictive across major economies, despite slowing growth and rising recession ...

iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF ( ISTB ) - $0.0764 . 30-Day SEC Yield of 3.62% as of July. 28. Payable Aug 05; for shareholders of record Aug 02; ex-div Aug 01. For further details see: iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF declares monthly distribution of $0.076...

The PIMCO 1-5 Year U.S. TIPS Index ETF (STPZ) invests in the short-term segment of the US TIPS market. This was the place to be as rates climbed. PIMCO also offers an ETF that covers the full maturity spectrum (TIPZ) and one focused on the long maturity part (LTPZ). Some review of all...

Supply chain disruptions that were the root cause of inflation in 2021 are slowly being resolved in spots. Should reshoring and the localization of supply chains follow, the cost could result in higher prices for the long term. As rate hiking cycles unfold, they are often met with...

iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF (ISTB) - $0.0725. 30-Day SEC Yield of 3.22% as of May. 31. Payable Jun 07; for shareholders of record Jun 02; ex-div Jun 01. For further details see: iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF declares monthly distribution of $0.0725