USFR News and Press, WisdomTree Floating Rate Treasury Fund From 01/08/23

Summary TFLO is a solid choice for a rising-rate environment. It sticks to US Treasuries, avoiding "credit risk." This is a critical differentiator between the ETFs in this peer group that I like, and those I consider more risky. Short-term bond funds shouldn't be risky. But credit ...

Summary During Refinitiv Lipper’s fund-flows week that ended January 4, 2023, investors were overall net purchasers of fund assets (including both conventional funds and ETFs) for the second week in three, pumping in a net $37.06 billion. Exchange-traded equity funds recorded $7....

WisdomTree Floating Rate Treasury Fund ( NYSEARCA: USFR ) - $0.1830 . 30-Day SEC Yield of 4.27% as of Dec. 22. Payable Dec 29; for shareholders of record Dec 27; ex-div Dec 23. For further details see: WisdomTree Floating Rate Treasury Fund declares monthly distribut...

Summary Some ultra-short duration funds are starting to look attractive vs their floating rate counterparts, especially if the Fed becomes less aggressive. GBIL has a low duration and a net indicated yield which continues to increase each month. Distributions continue to increase; f...

Summary SPDR® Blmbg Inv Grd Flt Rt ETF (FLRN) looks simple and attractive at first glance. In this era of rising rates, why not own an ETF whose holdings are bonds with rates that rise with rising interest rates? Because it is not that simple. Corporate bonds are a different an...

Summary The Fed's job of quelling inflation is not finished. Monetary policy is set to tighten further with higher rates. Floating Rate Notes offer 4%+ yields and could increase to 5%+ in 2023. The tide of interest rates is rising, I am grabbing onto the float-ation device...

Summary There is a whole generation of investors who have never experienced UST yields at these elevated levels. The rise in yields has been across the maturity spectrum, with the closely followed 2-, 5- and 10-year notes all experiencing surging yields thus far in 2022. Highe...

Summary Investors were overall net redeemers of fund assets for the 4th week in a row, withdrawing a net $6.8 billion for the Refinitiv Lipper fund-flows week ended October 19. Equity ETFs witnessed their third straight week of net inflows, taking in $11.3 billion for the most rec...

Summary USFR offers investors a way to hedge their portfolio against an aggressive Fed by utilizing U.S. Treasury Floaters. While the monthly payout has grown over the last few months, it can continue higher as the Fed continues to raise interest rates. The current 2.86% indic...

Summary Investors were overall net redeemers of fund assets (including those of conventional funds and ETFs) for the second week in a row. Markets finished mixed after the Dow and S&P 500 posted their best one-day returns in almost a month on the last trading day of the fund-f...