This motif will give you wide exposure to the bond market. This motif is best used when coupled with a core motif. Having a core motif and a bond motif, will ensure that your portfolio is balanced when allocated meant to be used to balance your portfolio.
Investment Grade Corporate Bong ETFs offer exposure to high-quality corporate bonds. Investment grade bonds are defined as having a credit rating of BBB or higher, which means they are at a very low risk of default. This Motif it created to give you total exposure to the IGCB market.
Total Bond Market ETFs focus their investments on the entire fixed income market. The bonds included in these funds aim to give investors exposure to the overall bond market.
Junk Bond ETFs are composed of non-investment grade bonds. These bonds carry a rating of BBB or lower and have a high risk of default, but offer yields that are typically well above average.
International Corporate Bond ETFs offer exposure to corporate bonds from companies based outside of the U.S. These funds tend to invest in bonds from several different countries, rather than concentrating on a single area.
Target Maturity Date Corporate Bond ETFs are composed of investment grade corporate bonds with specific maturity dates. These dates can vary from short term to long term.
Floating Rate Bonds ETFs are composed of floating-rate securities. These bonds have interest payments that change periodically, based on fluctuations within the wider interest rate market.
This motif gives investors access to the international bond market.
This motif offers investors to a broad spectrum of muni bonds. A municipal bond is a bond issued by a local government or territory, or their agencies. The term municipal bond is commonly used in the United States, which has the largest market of such trade-able securities in the world estimated at $3.7 trillion in 2011.
This Motif will give you exposure to the U.S. Government Bond market.
Convertible Bond ETFs offer investors exposure to convertible bonds. Convertible bonds are securities that have features of both equity and debt, making them hybrid instruments.
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** Return Since Creation numbers are accurate as of 4/1/2019, using Motif's numbers. The RTN numbers will be updated once a month and are subject to change without notice. System response time and account access times may vary due to a variety of factors, including trading volumes and market.