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Fixed Income ETFs can be a powerful addition to a portfolio, providing diversification in a liquid and easy-to-trade format. The resources below will help you get to grips with the key principles and learn how to make the most of the fixed income strategies available as ETFs.

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Agency Bonds

Agency Bonds are bonds issued by government bodies such as the Government National Mortgage Association (also called Ginnie Mae).

Asset-Backed Securities (ABS)

Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) are securities backed (collateralized) by a pool of other assets that would be sold in the event of issuer’s default to repay securities’ holders. The payment of principal and interests is derived from income generated by the pool of collateral assets.

Bid-ask spread / Bid-offer spread

Fixed income securities are exchanged in the market the same way other securities are. The bid is the highest price a buyer is willing to pay for a security. The ask/offer is the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for a security. The bid-ask spread is the difference between the bid and the ask and is often used as an indicator of the liquidity of an asset, the lower the spread is, the better the liquidity is.

Bond Duration

Duration measures the sensitivity of the bond’s price to an interest rate change. In general, a longer duration indicates a greater likelihood that the value of a bond will fall as interest rates increase. The duration metric comes in several forms with the most common being the Macaulay duration, the modified duration, and the effective duration.

Bond Ladder Strategy

A strategy that consists of holding bonds with different maturity dates. The maturity dates of the bonds in a bond ladder are regularly spaced over several months or years, allowing the proceeds to be reinvested at regular intervals as bonds mature.

Call Feature of a Bond / Callable Bonds

Some bonds can be “Called” by the issuer. It means the bond can be redeemed (paid off) by the issuer before the final maturity date.

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