iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

LQD tracks a market-weighted index of US corporate investment-grade bonds across the maturity spectrum.

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Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF

The Federal Reserve is no doubt doing its part to help support the economy by dumping trillions into businesses, which is helping to buoy the bond market. The capital markets are betting that even more action could be on the way, which should only help the bond markets even further.

More Fed Action Ahead Could Buoy the Bond Market

Just ahead of Memorial Day weekend, corporate bonds finished another strong week as investor optimism erred on the side of bullishness that the government will do what’s necessary in order to stave off a recession. The Federal Reserve has already started to purchase corporate bond funds in response to the negative effects the pandemic has [.

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Since the Fed has started buying highly rated corporate bond ETFs, investors can expect a short-term bounce in those assets.

Highly Rated Corporate Bond ETFs to Gain on Fed Buying

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Tuesday marked the beginning of the Federal Reserve’s corporate bond buying program, designed to help shore up the bond market amid the credit uncertainty brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. The list includes corporate bond exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

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iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

Supporting credit markets, the Federal Reserve said it will begin purchasing corporate bond exchange traded funds in early May.

Federal Reserve Is Set to Support Corporate Bond ETFs

The biggest exchange-traded fund with exposure to investment-grade corporate debt was higher in midday trading after the Federal Reserve confirmed it would soon start to buy corporate bonds, and shares of ETFs that track them, to help support businesses and markets through the coronavirus pandemic.

Largest corporate debt ETF rises as Fed affirms bond-buying program

To prepare for further economic weakness, we’re looking to utilize a popular corporate bond exchange-traded fund (ETF): iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:LQD)
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Short Corporate Bonds About to Lose Investment-Grade Status

Take advantage of the market’s ambiguity with a calendar call credit spread on the iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD).

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Money market funds took in $122.6 billion of net new money.  Fixed income funds had total net inflows of $5.4 billion.

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While US stocks have rallied over the past month, Fixed Income ETFs have dominated fund flow trends.

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Exchange-traded funds that track bonds from across the credit spectrum surged higher after the Federal Reserve announced plans to buy more debt, including taking the unprecedented step of buying some ETFs with bonds that have ratings below investment grade.

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With historic levels of volatility plaguing markets throughout this month, bond ETFs seem to be undergoing mismatches in ETF prices, creating in some cases large gaps between the prices that fixed-income ETFs trade at and the net asset value of the fund.

Heightened Volatility Could Be Creating Disconnects in Bond ETFs

A huge spike in iShares iBoxx investment Grade ETF (LQD) inflows has occurred over the last 6 days, with the over $6.2B pouring back into the fund, as this past week’s life-boat of Federal Reserve stimulus measures will, for the first time, serve to purchase up to 20% of the assets of U.S.-listed exchange-traded funds that [.

iShares iBoxx ETF Receives Huge Injection Of Capital Amid Fed Stimulus

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These are the ETF areas that hauled in/lost considerable assets last week.

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U.S. stimulus package, along with the Fed's fiscal measures, has relaxed investor concerns regarding the liquidity and corporate defaults and is attracting more investments.

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