iShares

The central bank is now the third largest holder of the $54 billion iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD).

All of the funds in the suite carry a 0.18% expense ratio.

The ETF aims to track companies specializing in remote-working, learning and entertainment.

Corporate-debt funds have led the intake since the central bank first announced its Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility in March.

While the central bank’s support may help keep credit flowing amid the coronavirus, “it doesn’t necessarily improve the outlook for bankruptcies.”

The iShares fund saw the second-biggest inflow in its 18-year history after the central bank said it would begin buying corporate bonds and credit ETFs.

After becoming unmoored in recent weeks as bond market liquidity dried up, funds that stand to benefit from the central bank’s buying are now rallying.

The funds are trading at staggering discounts to their net asset values in what some have dubbed an “illiquidity doom loop.”

The fund paid out about $150 billion in redemptions Thursday, all in cash.

The company announced that it’s expanding its iShares iBonds suite with term Treasury ETFs that range from 2021 to 2029.

The BlackRock fund recorded its largest one-day outflow in five years as the sector becomes a political lightening rod for Republicans and Democrats alike.

It’s the best debut for any U.S. ETF this year, and a sign it’s not the only firm that sees potential in the sector.

The green investing movement has totaled at least $30.7 trillion of funds held in sustainable or green investments in 2018, up 34% from 2016, data show.

More than half of them track the industry’s top-performing category.

Despite the exodus, all of the mutual funds and ETFs on the list posted net gains for the year.

“Not every muni is trying to achieve the same thing,” an expert says.

Geopolitical friction and a slowdown in global economic growth have boosted the metal’s demand despite signs of recent wavering.

Among funds impacted so far, the Invesco China Technology ETF fell 2.8%, while the KraneShares CSI China Internet Fund lost 3.8%.

Narrowly focused investment strategies are a recipe for “feast or famine,” an analyst says.

When pitted against the broader market, the top 20 outperformed both the Dow and S&P 500 by more than 5 percentage points.