iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF
USIG

$52.50

Market Cap: $12.2B

Funds holding %

of 6,728 funds

–

Analysts bullish %

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q2 SEC filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

242% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $1.34M | Put options by funds: $392K

45% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 61 | Existing positions closed: 42

42% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 159 | Existing positions reduced: 112

5% more funds holding

Funds holding: 368 [Q1] → 387 (+19) [Q2]

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 18 [Q1] → 18 (+0) [Q2]

22% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $9.55B [Q1] → $7.48B (-$2.07B) [Q2]

21.98% less ownership

Funds ownership: 89.05% [Q1] → 67.07% (-21.98%) [Q2]

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Research analyst outlook

We haven’t received any recent analyst ratings for USIG.

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Financial journalist opinion

Negative

Seeking Alpha

4 months ago

USIG: Corporate Bonds Are Not Appealing At Current Spread Levels

The iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF is a fixed-income ETF with $10.8 billion in AUM. The fund primarily invests in single-A and triple-BBB corporate investment grade bonds. Currently, interest rates (risk-free rates) are high but expected to stay that way due to inflation concerns. Credit spreads (risk premium) are conversely very tight, near historic lows.

Positive

Zacks Investment Research

5 months ago

Time to Invest in Corporate Bond ETFs

A record amount of money has flooded into the U.S. corporate bond markets this year, as investors rush to lock in the highest yields years ahead of the Fed rate cuts.