Journal of Indexes: Advantages of International High-Yield Bond Allocation
05/01/13: Fran Rodilosso contributes to the May/June 2013 issue of Journal of Indexes, weighing the benefits and drawbacks of global high-yield bond exposure. "Investors who focus only on U.S. HY funds/indexes are missing approximately 35 percent of the world’s current HY opportunities, and consequently those regions with the highest rates of HY market growth."
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ETF Daily News: Strong Inflows Push Market Vectors Emerging Markets and High-Yield Bond ETFs Past $200M AUM
04/15/13: ETF Trends consults Fran Rodilosso on what strong inflows to HYEM and IHY tell us. “It is not the much anticipated ‘Great Rotation’ into equities we see, but rather investors starting to move assets between sub-sectors of fixed income, seeking out the shorter end of the yield curve and diversifying the kinds of instruments they hold.”
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Barron's: Playing the Latest Market Top With Dividend Stocks
03/06/13: J. Kimelman talks about EMLC when he discusses "several emerging-market bond exchange-traded funds with decent yields and low expenses." He reports that EMLC "recently surpassed $1.5 billion in assets under management, has one of the highest yields among broad emerging-market debt-focused ETFs," and a relatively low expense ratio.
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Benzinga: Bond ETFs Resisting Chavez Rumors Yet Again
03/01/13: HYEM is showcased by Benzinga as one of three ETFs holding Venezulan bonds, which may be impacted President Hugo Chavez's recent death.
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ETF Database: EM Bond ETF Cheat Sheet - CHLC & BONO
01/17/13: S. Bojinov highlights the low expenses, and the attractive depth and balance of CHLC in his article on EM debt ETFs. He also mentions the attractive yield offered by BONO: "Emerging Markets Bonds ETFs aren’t generally known for high dividend payouts, but [some of these ETFs] have meaningful dividend yields."
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Seeking Alpha Likes IHY
01/13/13: Tom Lydon spotlights IHY in his article, "Tom Lydon Positions For 2013: An ETF Trend-Following Strategy For All Seasons." Lydon discusses how he has been moving up the yield curve, "into the traditionally 'riskier' sectors of fixed-income such as corporates, high-yield and overseas," in order to find yield in this exceptionally low-rate environment. He likes IHY as an investment option in the emerging markets bond international space.
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