iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

USHY

Market cap $28.8B

The U.S. fixed income market experienced a resurgence in investor attention last week, reaching levels not seen since early January, as tracked by VettaFi's Investor Behavior Intelligence (IBI) platform. The sector has seen moderate performance in 2026, driven by resilient economic conditions and elevated yields entering the year.

If you hold SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:JNK) for the yield, the fund's marketing rarely mentions what you actually surrender to collect it.

iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:USHY) is one of the cheapest ways to access a junk-bond income stream, paying monthly distributions with a trailing yield close to 6.9% at recent prices.

The iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:USHY) has quietly become the cheapest mainstream way to own US high-yield credit, with a net expense ratio of just 0.08% as of the latest fact sheet.

Hunter Hayes of Intrepid Capital described an “incredibly healthy” market for high-yield bonds and a conservative approach to investing in the space.

The iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF boasts $26.7B AUM and headline yields above 7%, but deeper analysis reveals lower effective yields. USHY's portfolio is dominated by BB and B-rated bonds, with a median yield to maturity of 6.54%, notably below the weighted average YTM. Over 63% of USHY's holdings yield less than 7%; high-yield outliers (>10% YTM) represent only 6.61% of the portfolio by weight.

Kevin Warsh was sworn in as Federal Reserve Chairman this week, and the most striking thing about his arrival is how little Wall Street seems to care.

The amount of natural gas flowing to the nine big U.S. liquefied natural gas ‌export plants looked set to hit a 16-week low on Tuesday even though QatarEnergy/Exxon Mobil's Golden Pass plant in Texas was on track to return, according to data from financial company LSEG.

Income-focused investors are in a real dilemma as government bond yields surge amid the rising inflation rate in the United States. Do they invest in the blue-chip Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD) or invest in the higher-yielding JPMorgan Premium Income ETF (JEPI).

U.S. natural gas futures were higher and on track to post weekly gains, supported in part by a warmer weather outlook and a close-to-normal storage report for last week.