A version of this article was published in the November 2015 issue of Morningstar ETFInvestor. Download a complimentary copy of ETFInvestor here. Flaw of Averages Duration, by itself, is a crude ...

The Invesco BulletShares 2024 Corporate Bond ETF is a maturity matched corporate bond fund. The collateral is composed of a pool of investment grade U.S. corporate bonds, which mature before December ...

Learn how accrued market discounts affect discount bonds, their tax implications, and how they differ from coupon bonds. Gain insights into investment growth and taxation.

A bond yield refers to the returns earned by investors on a bond and can be calculated using a variety of methods. Common variations of a bond yield include coupon rate, current yield and yield to ...

Wall Street has been going into a tailspin due to rising rate worries and stagflation fears. The Federal Reserve increased its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point last week, matching ...

Now that bonds offer decent yields, investors have been barreling into fixed-income mutual and exchange-traded funds. Taxable bond funds and ETFs pulled in net inflows (the sum of money deposited ...

This article was written by Vikas Jain, Quantitative Researcher at Bloomberg. Traditional fixed income benchmarks may sometimes fall short of providing true bond-like characteristics. The continuous ...

Rising interest rates are very bad for bond funds while individual bonds held to maturity can perform considerably better. (Photo by Johan NILSSON / TT News Agency / AFP) / Sweden OUT (Photo by JOHAN ...