July, 2011 | Six Figure Investing

Guggenheim—yield with less interest rate risk?

September 14, 2018July 11, 2011 by

If you are looking for low risk yields above 1.5% per year, there aren’t many attractive candidates. Stocks seem risky, and if you believe that interest rates are going to go up in the next couple of years then bonds look risky too. Using IEF, Ishares’ 7 to 10 year US treasury bond fund as a example of risk—it is currently yielding 2.21%. Sensitivity …

A death in the family—VZZ

October 14, 2018July 6, 2011 by

As of next Monday, July 11th VZZ, Barclays’ iPath® Long Enhanced S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures will stop trading. It is already a zombie because its termination price has already been set at $10 even. XXV, the other volatility zombie continues to trade on average 100,000 shares a day—maybe people are content to just beat T-bills and not much else. See these posts for more details on …