Monday’s close came near the 61.8% retracement of the rally that began in early June.

The underlying assets of the credit ETFs, mostly corporate debt and issuances, are showing signs of declining liquidity, which could pose a problem for the ETFs that track them.

Global equity fund outflows over the last six months in dollar terms have been larger than over any prior six-month period. And where are those de-risked assets seeking safe-havens? Gold.

Underwriters of the loans have become less choosy, and as such have allowed loans to be made with weak covenants. As a result, more loans have been made, increasing their size versus bonds at junk-rated corporations.

Lower taxes will put upward pressure on interest rates. What does this mean for your bond portfolio?

Treasury yields have been on the rise in recent weeks on growing riskier appetite, expectations of tightening policies and improving economic fundamentals.

Does it seem like interest rates have trebled over the last two years? Well, short-term commercial lending rates certainly have. I have selected three bank loan exchange-traded funds focused on U.S. high yield paper.

While all eyes are on interest rates in the Treasury market, an even more important global interest rate recently breached a key level for the first time since the financial crisis: the London Interbank Offered Rate.

The new president has an ambitious plan to spend money and cut taxes. Here are a few exchange-traded funds that can provide some ballast for a likely rise in both interest rates and inflation.

It appears that too much hawkishness (around the 70% chance of a hike) was too much for bulls to bear, as last week saw high-yield bond ETF outflows soar to an all-time record high.

The FOMC isn’t expected to raise interest rates in November, but the meeting will be closely watched for signs that the central bank is preparing to make a move when it reconvenes in December.

The start of the fourth quarter has renewed worries over the Fed rate hike on a slew of positive economic indicators.

There is no doubt that 2016 has been a good year for ETF investors directing their capital towards income-generating asset classes.

The M2 (broad money supply) is growing at 7.2% while the US nominal GDP has increased 2.4% on a year-over-year basis. A unit of credit expansion buys increasingly less GDP these days. This trend has resulted in record low velocity of money.

The definition of value is a fierce debate among investors that seek to find intrinsically underpriced assets.

The ECB balance sheet is approaching its 2012 peak - the central bank has been quite busy in May.