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Proprietary Data Insights Financial Pros’ Top Total Bond Market ETF Searches in the Last Month Rank Name Searches
#1 First Trust Managed Municipal ETF 64
#2 iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 41
#3 First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF 40
#4 Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF 35
#5 VanEck CEF Municipal Income ETF 3
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- 12-month trailing yield: 2.61%
- Inception: May 13, 2014
- Expense ratio: 0.65% The First Trust Managed Municipal ETF actively invests in the illiquid municipal bond market using top-down sector analysis and fundamental credit research of individual issues. Income from state, city, and local governments is typically free from federal taxes. Some states also make their own bonds or bonds within the state free from state taxes. Since FMB invests in many different bonds, its number of holdings can vary widely. The current top 10 holdings are as follows: [Holdings]( Source: First Trust The ETF has exposure to most of the states. The most populous states tend to take up the largest percentage of the portfolio. [Exposure] Source: First Trust While FMB invests in any maturity level, it leans toward longer-dated bonds to increase yield. Most are between 10 and 20 years. [Maturity] Source: First Trust Performance The fund’s performance hasn’t been great, returning only a couple of percentage points since its inception in 2014. [Assets] Source: First Trust Competition Risk-averse investors often choose from federal government or state and local government bonds, other countries’ bonds, and ETFs that invest in corporate debt and other securities backed by mortgages and other assets. Here’s some of FMB’s competition: - iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG): Invests in all types of listed investment-grade debt.
- First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF (FTSM): Actively managed. Invests in debt with a target maturity of less than three years. Reinvests dividends.
- Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF (BIV): Invests in investment-grade bonds with maturities between 5 and 10 years.
- VanEck CEF Municipal Income ETF (XMPT): Invests in closed-end funds that invest in municipal bonds. Reinvests dividends. XMPT is the closest to FMB. But as you’ll see just below, its expense ratio is extremely burdensome. So FMB is best for municipal bond investors. Fees - FMB: 0.65%
- AGG: 0.03%
- FTSM: 0.45%
- BIV: 0.04%
- XMPT: 1.81% Annual Dividend Yield - FMB: 2.61%
- AGG: 4.65%
- FTSM: N/A
- BIV: 4.51%
- XMPT: N/A Five-Year Cumulative Performance - FMB: +1.56%
- AGG: +0.68%
- FTSM: +1.5%
- BIV: +1.29%
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