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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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| S&P/BGCantor US Treasury Bond |
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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Bond ETFs That Soar When Stocks Sink
Long-term bond ETFs are up big this year. Are they worth a look? |
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL - August 8, 2011 - By ARI I. WEINBERG
An ultimate bearish bet has greatly rewarded investors over the past week. Not gold, not inverse or leveraged funds, but in exchange-traded funds that invest as far out in the bond market as possible, collectively known as long-term bond ETFs.
Most bond funds and ETFs concentrate their portfolios in intermediate-term bonds -- providing predictable dividends without risking extreme losses of principal. But these ETFs invest in long-term bonds, investing mostly in bonds that mature in 15 years or more, and tend to be much more volatile due to their interest rate sensitivity, measured by what is called "duration." (Read more about duration in How to Stress Test Your Bond Portfolio.)
Thursday's chart toppers were the PIMCO 25+ Year Zero Coupon U.S. Treasury ETF, up 5.94%, and the Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF, up 5.18%. Both of these funds invest in Treasury STRIPS, which turn the interest and principal payments on 30-year treasury bonds into zero-coupon bonds making no payouts until maturity. (STRIPS, by the way, stands for Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal Securities.) Think of a stock that never pays a dividend. Both funds are up more than 18% for the year, with almost all of those gains coming in the last week.
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