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Time To Consider Foreign Bonds In Your Retirement Portfolio?
Rob Ward • Sat, Jan 19 • 16 Comments
WisdomTree Launches Emerging Markets Corporate Bond ETF
Michael Johnston • Fri, Mar 9, 2012 • 1 Comment
International Bond ETF Guide: All the Options For Ex-U.S. Fixed Income Exposure
Michael Johnston • Fri, Jan 27, 2012
Getting The Most Out Of Your Bond ETFs
Jared Cummans • Wed, Nov 23, 2011
Beware Of Bond Yield Traps
James A. Kostohryz • Fri, Oct 14, 2011 • 30 Comments
Bonds And The Current Yield Trap
James A. Kostohryz • Fri, Oct 14, 2011 • 2 Comments
Using ETFs to Build a Complete Bond Portfolio
Michael Johnston • Thu, Aug 18, 2011 • 3 Comments
Reassessing Portfolio Allocations, Risk Profile: 5 Strategies for Volatile Markets
Dhinesh Ganapathiappan • Thu, Aug 11, 2011 • 2 Comments
International Bond ETFs: Cruising Through the Options
Michael Johnston • Mon, Jul 18, 2011
WisdomTree Stuffing New Ideas Into ETF Pipeline
Michael Johnston • Mon, Jul 11, 2011
ETF Kings: Best Performers From First Half of 2011
Michael Johnston • Fri, Jul 8, 2011 • 1 Comment
ETF Deathwatch List for April 2011: A Vanguard Fund Makes the List
Ron Rowland • Wed, Apr 6, 2011
WisdomTree Launches ETF Offering Exposure to Debt of Asia Pacific Nations
Michael Johnston • Thu, Mar 17, 2011
Guggenheim Plans China Bond ETF
Michael Johnston • Mon, Feb 14, 2011
Can Fixed Income ETFs Recapture Any Mojo?
Gary Gordon • Thu, Nov 25, 2010
Foreign Income ETFs Score Big With the Rapid Decline of the U.S. Dollar
Gary Gordon • Thu, Oct 7, 2010 • 1 Comment
Fund Choices and Strategic Perspective
James Picerno • Mon, Sep 20, 2010 • 1 Comment
A Diversified Approach to Corporate Bond ETFs
Kevin Grewal • Wed, Aug 18, 2010
Beyond LQD: Exploring Corporate Bond ETF Options
Michael Johnston • Thu, Aug 5, 2010
Another Take on My Bond ETF Portfolio
Roger Nusbaum • Tue, Jun 8, 2010 • 3 Comments

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PowerShares Is Second to Market With International Corporate Bond ETF
Tom Lydon • Fri, Jun 4, 2010
PICB: Another International Corporate Bond ETF Takes Flight
Invest With An Edge • Thu, Jun 3, 2010
First International Corporate Bond ETF Begins Trading
Ron Rowland • Fri, May 21, 2010 • 2 Comments
New Fund From State Street: Corporate Bond ETFs Go International
Tom Lydon • Fri, May 21, 2010 • 2 Comments
ETF First: International Corporate Bond ETF
Michael Johnston • Thu, May 20, 2010 • 1 Comment

Time To Consider Foreign Bonds In Your Retirement Portfolio?
Rob Ward • Sat, Jan 19 • 16 Comments
WisdomTree Launches Emerging Markets Corporate Bond ETF
Michael Johnston • Fri, Mar 9, 2012 • 1 Comment
International Bond ETF Guide: All the Options For Ex-U.S. Fixed Income Exposure
Michael Johnston • Fri, Jan 27, 2012
Getting The Most Out Of Your Bond ETFs
Jared Cummans • Wed, Nov 23, 2011
Beware Of Bond Yield Traps
James A. Kostohryz • Fri, Oct 14, 2011 • 30 Comments
Bonds And The Current Yield Trap
James A. Kostohryz • Fri, Oct 14, 2011 • 2 Comments
Using ETFs to Build a Complete Bond Portfolio
Michael Johnston • Thu, Aug 18, 2011 • 3 Comments
Reassessing Portfolio Allocations, Risk Profile: 5 Strategies for Volatile Markets
Dhinesh Ganapathiappan • Thu, Aug 11, 2011 • 2 Comments
International Bond ETFs: Cruising Through the Options
Michael Johnston • Mon, Jul 18, 2011
WisdomTree Stuffing New Ideas Into ETF Pipeline
Michael Johnston • Mon, Jul 11, 2011
ETF Kings: Best Performers From First Half of 2011
Michael Johnston • Fri, Jul 8, 2011 • 1 Comment
ETF Deathwatch List for April 2011: A Vanguard Fund Makes the List
Ron Rowland • Wed, Apr 6, 2011
WisdomTree Launches ETF Offering Exposure to Debt of Asia Pacific Nations
Michael Johnston • Thu, Mar 17, 2011
Guggenheim Plans China Bond ETF
Michael Johnston • Mon, Feb 14, 2011
Can Fixed Income ETFs Recapture Any Mojo?
Gary Gordon • Thu, Nov 25, 2010
Foreign Income ETFs Score Big With the Rapid Decline of the U.S. Dollar
Gary Gordon • Thu, Oct 7, 2010 • 1 Comment
Fund Choices and Strategic Perspective
James Picerno • Mon, Sep 20, 2010 • 1 Comment
A Diversified Approach to Corporate Bond ETFs
Kevin Grewal • Wed, Aug 18, 2010
Beyond LQD: Exploring Corporate Bond ETF Options
Michael Johnston • Thu, Aug 5, 2010
Another Take on My Bond ETF Portfolio
Roger Nusbaum • Tue, Jun 8, 2010 • 3 Comments

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IBND Description

The SPDR® Barclays Capital International Corporate Bond ETF seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Barclays Capital Global Aggregate ex-USD > $1B: Corporate Bond Index (ticker: BG1B), an index that tracks the investment-grade corporate sector of the global bond market outside of the United States.
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Wednesday, February 6, 3:58 AM Softbank (SFTBF.PK) reportedly intends to issue $3.2B worth of four-year bonds to help finance its acquisition of a 70% stake in Sprint (S) for $20.1B. "Softbank is well-known and popular among individuals," says analyst Mana Nakazora. "There isn’t concern about the bonds remaining unsold." Comment! [Consumer, Tech, M&A]
Tuesday, February 5, 2:02 AM UBS (UBS) offers to buy back 5B francs ($5.5B) in senior debt after the massive downsizing of its investment bank cut its liquidity and funding requirements. While the move will "lower interest expense in the future," UBS says it could also bring "significant" Q1 own credit charges due to a possible tightening of its credit spreads. (Q4 earnings) (PR) Comment! [Financials]
Thursday, January 31, 2:14 PM WisdomTree's (WETF) latest (pdf) is the actively managed Global Corporate Bond ETF (GLCB). Unique in that it can invest in any corporate bond listed anywhere in the globally, GLCB charges 0.45%. Competing ETFs: Passive IBND (ER 0.55%) has significantly less emerging market and high yield exposure but has a similar intermediate duration. Active FWDB (ER 1.26%) is more similar geographically and credit grade-wise but mixes in non-corporate fixed income. RAVI (ER 0.25%) and MINT (ER 0.35%) are both actively managed but have much shorter durations and minimal high yield exposure. RAVI has no emerging exposure. Comment!
Wednesday, September 5, 2012, 10:55 AM "The complacency is staggering," says an asset manager of the corporate bond market (specifically Europe). When France is able to sell debt at negative rates, just about any corporate issue with a plus sign in front of the yield is going to look good to fund managers. "We are facing quite binary outcomes; investors should be concerned." 1 Comment [Global & FX, Quick Ideas]
Friday, August 10, 2012, 9:05 AM What crisis? Europe's corporate bond market is cruising, investment-grade euro-denominated bonds returning 8.9% YTD. Spreads remain wide - more than 200 bps to sovereign bonds vs. 50 bps pre-crisis - but there are good reasons for this. The search for yield continues, but how much upside is left? Comment! [Global & FX]
Saturday, August 4, 2012, 9:44 AM Focused on what ECB action may be on sovereign debt, markets are underpricing the chance the central bank steps into corporate bonds, opine two Goldman strategists. Measures could include direct purchases of corporate paper or a "funding for lending" scheme (a la the BOE). The moves would allow the ECB to provide market support without violating its mandate against financing of governments. 9 Comments [Global & FX]
Tuesday, June 12, 2012, 3:58 AM China’s 4.2T yuan ($666B) corporate bond market is just 9% of its GDP and the government wants to change that, giving corporate bonds a bigger role in boosting growth and diverting risk from the state-owned banking system. Chinese regulators are positioning themselves to grow the sector. Comment! [Global & FX]
Thursday, June 7, 2012, 2:36 PM When life deals you lemons ... banks (particularly European ones) cutting back lending activity in Asia is leading to a ramp in the development of the corporate bond market there. Companies (ex-Japan) issued $398B in bonds last year, up 29% Y/Y as syndicated bank loans dove 44%. Comment! [Global & FX]

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SPDR Barclays Capital International Corporate Bond ETF