Medalist Bond ETFs
Bonds are best thought of as a loan a company has taken out with investors. Investors buy the bonds anticipating an interest payment from the company and ultimate payback of the amount borrowed. Bond funds buy multiple bonds in a portfolio and tend to focus on type of borrower such as local or national governments and corporations. Here we highlight the funds and ETFs across the categories that also received a Gold, Silver, or Bronze Medalist Rating by our analysts. The Morningstar Medalist Rating is the forward-looking assessment of an investment strategy. The rating is on a five-tier scale running from Gold to Negative. For actively managed funds, Morningstar assigns Gold, Silver, and Bronze ratings to vehicles expected to add value over the long term when compared with a relevant Morningstar Category index after accounting for fees and risk. For passive strategies, funds and ETFs with the top ratings are expected to deliver alpha that exceeds the lesser of the category median net alpha, or zero, over the long term.
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Name
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Morningstar Category
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Medalist Rating
Overall
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Morningstar Rating for Funds
Overall
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Total Return
1 Year
|
Total Return
3 Year
|
Total Return
5 Year
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNY Mellon Core Bond ETF
BKAG
| Intermediate Core Bond | 3.84% | −2.87% | — | ||
| BNY Mellon High Yield ETF
BKHY
| High Yield Bond | 10.75% | 1.88% | — | ||
| BlackRock Flexible Income ETF
BINC
| Multisector Bond | — | 8.94% | — | — | |
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GRNN
| Bank Loan | — | 9.76% | — | — | |
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PQMG
| High Yield Muni | 9.25% | −1.28% | — | ||
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TYSX
| Muni National Interm | 3.87% | −0.09% | — | ||
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TKH
| Short-Term Bond | 6.99% | 3.42% | 2.64% | ||
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VWH
| Muni National Short | 4.06% | 2.02% | 1.60% | ||
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VXMHZ
| Muni Single State Short | — | 3.42% | — | — | |
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VFS
| Ultrashort Bond | 5.96% | 3.22% | 2.51% | ||
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| High Yield Bond | — | 10.46% | — | — | |
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PQ
| High Yield Bond | — | 10.03% | — | — | |
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HSMW
| Intermediate Government | — | 4.12% | — | — | |
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WMJR
| Short Government | — | 5.32% | — | — | |
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VKFNR
| Long Government | — | 2.43% | — | — | |
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FKXHF
| Short Government | — | 5.40% | — | — | |
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XGGJ
| Long Government | — | 0.91% | — | — | |
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LWSK
| Short Government | — | 4.78% | — | — | |
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KKRM
| Long Government | — | −6.27% | — | — | |
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STXX
| Short Government | — | 5.01% | — | — | |
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ZVGF
| High Yield Bond | — | 11.86% | — | — | |
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VJGV
| Emerging Markets Bond | — | 10.42% | — | — | |
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TKG
| High Yield Bond | — | 11.05% | — | — | |
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TQM
| High Yield Bond | — | 10.08% | — | — | |
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JGB
| High Yield Bond | — | 8.02% | — | — |