ETFs had a standout year in 2024, seeing over $1 trillion in flows for the first year in history. Total ETF assets under management grew to an impressive $10.4 trillion by year end thanks to strong fl...

A persistently strong U.S. dollar tempered the gains for emerging markets (EM) assets in 2024. But investors were still attracted to the riskier corners of the EM bond market.

With a new presidential administration slated to take office in 2025, fixed income investors may be feeling the angst of uncertainty when it comes to their bond portfolios. However, Vanguard sees the ...

Escalating tensions from the Russia-Ukraine war are putting world stock markets on notice, while a risk-off sentiment is helping to feed into safe haven assets like bonds. Given this, it's an ideal ti...

With a new U.S. presidential administration coming in 2025, the uncertainty of the impact on emerging markets (EM) assets appears to be causing investors to head for the exits on EM equities. Bonds, o...

BNDX offers broad global bond market exposure at a low expense ratio. It has a diversified portfolio of thousands of investment-grade bonds and hedges currency risk. While it introduces political risk...

The U.S. ETF industry is about to hit a tremendous milestone. Year to date through November 11, $897 billion has flowed into exchange traded funds, according to FactSet data.

Emerging market (EM) assets are benefiting from a post-election rally as investors are now more clear on what the incoming presidential administration will look like. In the meantime, if emerging mark...

BNDX offers robust exposure to foreign bonds, focusing on stable segments of the yield curve, particularly with a 5-10 year duration. The ETF's major holdings include Japanese JGBs and French OATs, wi...

International bonds offer ingress into debt issue diversification overseas, but some caution is warranted given that a U.S. election is forthcoming. As such, it may be best to stick with developed mar...