The yield on the fact sheet and the yield that clears into your account are two very different numbers, and the gap between them comes down to one decision most investors make…
If you hold SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:JNK) for the yield, the fund’s marketing rarely mentions what you actually surrender to collect it. A 0.40% annual expense ratio sounds harmless…
A 67-year-old couple filing jointly with $2.2 million in investable assets wants to generate $13,200 per month, or $158,400 annually, in portfolio income without dealing with the tax complexity of Schedule K-1…
State Street’s own 2026 ETF outlook called active fixed income the “global product center of gravity”, which is a striking concession from the firm that built the largest passive high-yield ETF on…
Income investors face a familiar bind in 2026: investment-grade bonds yield around the 10-year Treasury’s roughly 4.4%, while equities like the S&P 500 have returned roughly 28% over the past year with…
Marc Guberti The SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:JNK) has become a common stop for income investors looking beyond Treasuries, pairing a forward yield near 6.5% with monthly distributions. This article evaluates whether…
David Beren SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:JNK) pays a monthly distribution that currently yields around 6.4%, which is enough to catch the attention of any income-focused investor. The real question is whether…
Austin Smith A nearly 6.4% yield from a bond fund is genuinely attractive for income investors. For holders of the SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:JNK), that yield is real, but it comes…
John Seetoo Monthly income from a bond ETF that has never missed a payment in 19 years sounds straightforward. But with iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:HYG), the real question is…
With the 10-year Treasury yielding around 4.3% and the Fed funds rate at 3.75% after three cuts over the past year, income investors face a tension: Treasuries offer reasonable rates, but meaningful…
SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:JNK) isn’t actually invested in junk. Despite its nickname referencing below-investment-grade corporate bonds, this State Street ETF has delivered consistent monthly income to investors for over…
Unprecedented times call for unprecedented actions. The Federal Reserve, Treasury and even politicians in America have managed to forge together bailout and rescue packages to fight the COVID-19 pandemic-induced recession that goes…
When stock market turmoil and economic turmoil coincide into a perfect storm, it turns out that the high-yield sector in corporate bonds, municipal bonds and emerging market bonds tend to get gutted.
Exchange traded funds are often seen as a way to diversify and to moderate the risks of investing directly into stocks during times of uncertainty. Yet, a quick look at some of…
A quick look at the performance of some of the most popular high-yield ETFs doesn’t seem too encouraging on the surface.
