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| 5/10/2013Market Performance |
| Municipal Bonds |
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S&P National Bond Index
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3.00% |
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S&P California Bond Index
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2.96% |
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S&P New York Bond Index
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3.13% |
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S&P National 0-5 Year Municipal Bond Index
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0.70% |
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400.09 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index
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848.03 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (CAD)
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636.26 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (TR)
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1,701.05 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (TR) (CAD)
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1,276.26 |
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S&P REIT Index
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174.07 |
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S&P REIT Index (TR)
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425.30 |
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S&P MLP Index
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2,469.58 |
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S&P MLP Index (TR)
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5,428.50 |
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Bonding With ETFs |
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL - April 18, 2011 - by Chris Gay
Given the trauma of the most recent bear market and the rapidly expanding cohort of retiring baby boomers, it's little wonder that interest in fixed-income securities has been strong. While much of that demand has focused on mutual funds, newer exchange-traded funds have enjoyed a growth spurt, too.
There are now 131 bond ETFs in the U.S., with assets totaling more than $135 billion, up more than fivefold since the end of 2006, according to Morningstar Inc. That's about 3.6 times the growth rate of U.S.-equity ETFs and 3.7 times the growth rate of bond mutual funds over the same period, according to Morningstar, though bond ETFs remain much smaller overall, partly because they've only been around since 2002.
The first bond ETFs were designed as core fixed-income holdings—focusing on investment-grade government and corporate issues. Since 2007, however, ETFs have offered everything from emerging-market and municipal debt to low-rated, high-yielding "junk" debt issued by U.S. companies, all of it in a wide range of maturities and risk profiles.
While Morningstar says that about half of all bond-ETF assets in the U.S. are in just five funds, the expansion of choice is helping to address some of the concerns of fixed-income investing in the current economic environment.
Rate Risk
Perhaps the biggest risk for bond investors right now is interest-rate risk. A resurgent economy and soaring commodity prices suggest the Federal Reserve may raise interest rates, and rising rates generally mean falling bond prices.
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