| Corporate bond exchange-traded funds attracted investors in record numbers during the credit bull run of the past three years. They also attracted criticism for trading with more volatility than the bond markets they were designed to track. With the selloff in Treasury bonds rattling credit markets, those concerns are proving well founded.
BlackRock’s iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund has delivered a one-month total return of negative 2.98%, according to Morningstar. That compares to a total return of negative 2.06% for the widely followed Barclays Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index. An index of more liquid investment grade bonds run by iShares delivered a negative 2.67% return over the same period...............................................Full Article: Source
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