iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF

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The Iran war has scrambled the old map of safety, leaving bond investors rethinking which havens still deserve the name. Perhaps the most surprising trend since the conflict began: bank loans have outperformed the rest of the field by a wide margin, based on a set of ETFs through yesterday's close (July 8).

Fresh tensions over the Strait of Hormuz, a vital maritime route for 20% of the world's oil, could keep gasoline from falling below the $3 mark.

Retirees who watched intermediate bond funds bleed principal during the 2022 to 2023 rate shock have spent the last few years hunting for fixed income that pays monthly without the duration trap.

The Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF offers a lower expense ratio and higher trailing-12-month dividend yield than iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF. The iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF focuses on U.S. government debt, resulting in lower historical price volatility and a smaller maximum drawdown than the Vanguard fund.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF offers a lower expense ratio and a higher dividend yield than iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF focuses exclusively on intermediate-term U.S. Treasuries while Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF provides broad exposure across the entire investment-grade taxable bond market Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF has generated a higher 1-year total return but has experienced a larger maximum drawdown over the last five years compared to the iShares fund

Bond ETF inflows are running 60% ahead of last year's level, which was itself a record pace, a rise that a BlackRock executive described as "shocking" to CNBC. Elevated stock market volatility, a new Fed chair, and ongoing inflation fears are all part of the picture as investors in the market hunt for maximum "real yield.

The U.S. Federal Reserve is becoming tougher for Wall Street to forecast, with dramatically different views ​on where monetary policy is headed.

Lindsay Rosner, who runs multi-sector fixed income at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, went on CNBC this morning to translate

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