An $800 million single-day haul into floating rate Treasuries says big money is still choosing yield with no duration risk over anything that moves.
$USFR (floating rate ETF) took in $800m Friday, biggest one day flow of its life, not surprising given that nice looking immune-to-it-all price chart. https://t.co/JcMVtgUZR6
Rising rates are grinding through bond portfolios, but one corner of the Treasury market resets its coupon every single week. Whether that mechanism actually beats owning plain T-bills depends on a timing…
Tony Dong Most bond investors know rising rates hurt their portfolios, but a corner of the Treasury market is structured to do the opposite. The question is whether this overlooked instrument actually delivers on…
Tony Dong Your RMD hit your account, you don't need the money, and the IRS already took its cut. Now that cash is sitting idle in a taxable account with no plan, but three…
The Social Security earnings test is quietly clawing back your early retirement check every month you keep working, but three ETFs can plug that gap with income that arrives on the same…
Your 401(k) stable value fund looks rock solid, but that sense of security may be costing you thousands in yield that safer alternatives are already paying out to other retirees.
FLOT looks like a cash substitute with a floating yield, but nearly half its portfolio hides a concentration risk that most investors scanning the headline number never think to check.
Five hundred thousand dollars just landed in your account, and the decision you make in the next few days will shape your returns for the next two decades. The math and your…
The Fed just moved rates higher for the first time in years, and your core bond fund gave you nothing for it. Six funds are structured to collect a raise every time…
Most financial plans assume the person who built them will always be around to run them. Three ETFs exist specifically for the moment that assumption stops being true.
Waiting three years to claim Social Security could reshape your retirement finances forever, but only if you can afford to wait. One critical number determines whether holding out pays off, and three…
The fund marketed as your portfolio's safety net turned a bad year into a loss most retirees still haven't recovered from, and the reason it failed points directly toward three replacements built…
Keeping $50,000 in checking feels responsible until you realize your bank is quietly pocketing a yield spread that belongs to you. Three ETFs hand it back without asking you to sacrifice the…
At 73, the IRS locks in your withdrawal date and the market picks the price, which means a bad year can force you to sell quality assets at the worst possible moment.…
Medigap premiums are climbing faster than Social Security COLAs can keep up, and millions of retirees are quietly raiding savings to cover the gap. Three ETFs offer a way to build a…
Selling the big house left you with a six-figure windfall and no mortgage, but a savings account will quietly lose the battle against inflation. Three funds built around very different strategies could…
