At The Money: How Fixed-Income Investors can use ETFs to their Best Advantage.
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Bloomberg
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🗓️ 10 June 2026
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Investors seeking yield were once required to purchase individual bonds or mutual funds. Today, investors can purchase low-cost bond ETFs in just about any flavor you can imagine.
Steve Laipply is managing director at BlackRock and Global Head of iShares fixed income ETFs. Previously, he was the head of iShares fixed income strategy. He helps oversee more than a trillion dollars in fixed income assets.
Each week, “At the Money” discusses an important topic in money management. From portfolio construction to taxes and cutting down on fees, join Barry Ritholtz to learn the best ways to put your money to work.
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| 0:53.3 | Investors who are looking for yield were once required to purchase individual bonds or mutual funds. |
| 1:01.6 | Today, ETFs have changed the fixed income market just as surely as they've changed the equity markets. |
| 1:08.8 | Investors can purchase low-cost bond ETFs in just about any |
| 1:13.7 | flavor you can imagine. I'm Barry Rittaltz, and on today's edition of At the Money, we're going |
| 1:19.7 | to explain how fixed income investors can use ETFs to their best advantage. To help us unpack all of this and what it means for your portfolio, let's bring in |
| 1:31.6 | Steve Laipley. |
| 1:32.7 | He's managing director at BlackRock and Global Head of I Shares fixed income ETFs. |
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