Should you really keep a 60/40 stock/bond portfolio - CNBC ETF Edge Newsletter

FRI, APR 16, 2021

YOUR WEEKLY UPDATE ON TOP ETF TRENDS

A NOTE FROM BOB

Bond yields have quieted down in April, to the great relief of equity investors. What's up for the rest of the year? What should you do with your corporate bond fund? With your high yield fund? And should you really keep a 60/40 stock/bond portfolio, or is that all outdated advice? Join me on ETF Edge Monday at 1 PM ET with my guests John Hollyer, global head of Vanguard Fixed Income Group , which manages $2.0 trillion in assets, and Dave Nadig, CIO and Director of Research of ETF Trends. ETFedge.cnbc.com!

Vanguard doesn't launch many active ETFs, so pay attention when it does. John Hollyer will update us on the new Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF (VUSB) which is designed to compete with the likes of the very successful Pimco Short Maturity ETF (MINT). Already has $100M in assets!

Coinbase's direct listing was a hit for the ETF community. At least five ETFs--including three from Cathie Wood--were immediate buyers of Coinbase. Another was Amplify Transformational Data Sharing ETF (BLOK)--we had CEO Christian Magoon on last week, of course.

Capitalizing on bitcoin craze? This is odd. ClearShares Fixed Income ETF (PIFI) is changing its symbol to BTC. It's remaining a bond fund. ClearShares also announced that Grayscale has become an equity owner of ClearShares. Hmm.

And while those of us in the U.S. are waiting for the first bitcoin ETF to be approved.... Canada is approving THREE Ethereum ETFs to launch on Tuesday. They already have a bitcoin ETF, btw.

The ETF.com Awards is the premier awards program for the ETF Industry. Join me on April 20th as I interview GTS Principal Reggie Browne, who won the Lifetime Achievement Award last year for his extensive work in the ETF industry. My colleague Seema Mody will also interview Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss about crypto and the prospects for a bitcoin ETF this year. What's the best new ETF for 2020? Find out!

For more analysis and actionable insights, catch me live on Mondays at 1 PM ET on ETF Edge.