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The artificial intelligence boom has spent three years as a stock market story. This year it became a bond market problem.
Schwab Long-Term U.S. Treasury ETF offers a significantly lower expense ratio and a higher dividend yield than iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF. The iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF has provided stronger total returns over the last year while experiencing much less price volatility.
The iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:LQD | LQD Price Prediction) closed last week at $109.36, up about 6.5% over the past year as the Fed cut rates three times between October and December.
Hunter Hayes of Intrepid Capital described an “incredibly healthy” market for high-yield bonds and a conservative approach to investing in the space.
The Bank of Japan should provide a clear roadmap for policy normalisation following an anticipated interest rate increase in June to help stabilise the government bond market, according to Arihiro Nagata, global markets chief at Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group. Speaking to Reuters, Nagata said he expects the BOJ to raise interest rates at its June 15-16 policy meeting and stressed that the central bank's communication regarding future policy moves will be closely watched by financial markets.
Rising inflation and the Iran war are complicating the fixed-income picture. These ETFs provide varying degrees of interest rate and credit exposure risk depending on how far you want to reach for yield.
The price data already shows the pressure building. WTI crude closed at $112.25 per barrel on May 18, 2026, up 30.7% over the prior month and sitting at the 98.4th percentile of its 12-month range.
@CharlesSchwab's Collin Martin breaks down the state of treasury yields and the U.S.-Iran War's impact on them. He says for the most part, stagflation doesn't appear to a huge issue for the economy even though all eyes are on the inflationary front given the rising cost of oil and gas.
A carousel of leaders has taken its toll, driving up borrowing costs and dragging down investment.
Gold drops as rates rise on Thursday, as we continue to see higher yields work against the value of gold. At this point, we are seeing a lot of overhead pressures, but still have a longer-term bullish run possible.
I favor iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD) over HYG and IGSB for current market conditions. The return opportunity lies in interest rate duration exposure, not pure credit spread, given current yield and spread dynamics. LQD offers a balanced risk-reward profile with a higher yield than IGSB and less tail risk than HYG.
Highly rated debts offer high yields but are priced close to perfection.
CPI Inflation recently accelerated to a three-year high due to elevated energy prices tied to the U.S-Iran conflict. Treasury bond yields have risen sharply due to expectations that the Federal Reserve will pivot to interest rate hikes.
Kevin Warsh was sworn in as Federal Reserve Chairman this week, and the most striking thing about his arrival is how little Wall Street seems to care.
Joumanna Bercetche, Tom Mackenzie and Ven Ram break down today's key themes for analysts and investors on "Bloomberg: The Opening Trade." Chapters: 00:00:00 - MLIV 00:00:03 - Potential Iran Deal, JGBs 00:01:17 - Bond Market Selloff 00:01:54 - USD-Japanese Yen -------- More on Bloomberg Television and Markets Like this video?
Reid L'anson breaks down how the war in Iran is impacting the energy market. He says coming into the year thinking we'd be short on oil helped coming into geopolitical conflict, but every day the Strait of Hormuz stays closed we lose profit.
The usual advice is to hold only 60% of your assets in stock. If you're wealthy, a 90/10 split is far better.
For most of the past two years, investors have focused on the stock market's resilience.
The 10-year Treasury yield is now close to 4.7%, threatening higher borrowing costs.
The yield on the front end of the Treasury curve has been doing something unusual for a supposedly boring asset class, and the iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SGOV | SGOV Price Prediction) is the cleanest way to own it.
Income-focused investors are in a real dilemma as government bond yields surge amid the rising inflation rate in the United States. Do they invest in the blue-chip Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD) or invest in the higher-yielding JPMorgan Premium Income ETF (JEPI).
Anna Edwards, Guy Johnson, Tom Mackenzie and Mark Cudmore break down today's key themes for analysts and investors on "Bloomberg: The Opening Trade." Chapters: 00:00:00 - MLIV 00:00:01 - Japanese Bonds, US Treasuries 00:01:30 - Stock Performance if Yields Increase 00:02:40 - Buy the Dip in Semiconductor Stocks?
For investors in the top federal tax bracket, the Invesco National AMT-Free Municipal Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:PZA | PZA Price Prediction) offers something rare: a monthly paycheck the IRS cannot touch.
The amount of inflation priced into 10-year Treasury yields is a little hard to square with what the market is saying about price rises in the near term. Either inflation is going to be high for a long time, and this is something that has changed in the past week or two, or 10-year yields have gone a little too far.
Bonds are buckling around the world, propelling borrowing costs to multi-year highs. Ruth Carson explains why.
A new concentration risk is building inside the corporate bond market, and it mirrors what investors are already experiencing with the Magnificent Seven in the S&P 500 index.
Bitcoin's ( CRYPTO: BTC ) latest rally attempt is running into an unexpected wall; the U.S.
Longer-dated Treasury yields climbed to their highest levels since May 2025 on Friday, as a spike in oil prices stoked fears that ongoing energy disruptions in the Middle East could further fuel inflation — which data this week showed had already surged in April.
Back-to-back inflation reports out of the US along with heightened energy prices and mounting political uncertainty have seen investors flee global bond markets as benchmark interest rates to the highest levels in nearly a year. The Opening Trade spoke with leading market voices and economists for their analysis.
If you own iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:LQD | LQD Price Prediction) for the monthly check, the recent run of distributions has been steady.
Every investor eventually faces the same question: when does the certainty of a bond beat the upside of a stock?
Key Takeaways The April FOMC meeting's four dissents and resistance to maintaining an easing bias signal a higher bar for rate cuts under incoming Chair Warsh, suggesting investors may favor Treasury floating-rate strategies to navigate a prolonged “higher-for-longer” environment.
AI-driven electricity demand is forcing a decade of infrastructure spending into five years. The municipal bond market is becoming a primary financing channel for that buildout, creating income opportunity.
It's not just inflation concerns that have been pushing U.K. yields to multi-decade highs
SUMMARY “Yield Matters” but investors cannot ignore real yields. Real yields are attractive near 2% despite rising inflation, in our opinion.
April showers came in the form of more inflows raining down on the exchange-traded fund (ETF) market last month. Assets under management (AUM) have now grown to a staggering $14.7 trillion for the year.
With the Justice Department dropping its investigation into the Fed's building renovation, political uncertainty around the succession has faded, paving the way for Kevin Warsh's nomination as the next Fed chair. Warsh's recent remarks lay out how he views monetary policy and the implications for the bond market during his tenure.
A 25/25/25/25 portfolio is beating markets in 2026 (per Bank of America strategists), with commodities leading gains while bonds, cash and stocks add stability.
Investors may be better off looking outside the world's core bond markets right now, Brij Khurana writes in a guest commentary.
FreeGulliver LLC reduced its stake in iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:LQD) by 69.7% during the undefined quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 2,560 shares of the exchange traded fund's stock after selling 5,900 shares during
