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ETFs make it easy to target Treasury bonds- ways buy Treasury w etf

johnNjohnN
edited March 2019 in Fund Discussions
https://www.etf.com/sections/daily-hot-reads/hot-reads-9-ways-buy-treasurys-etfs?nopaging=1

https://money.usnews.com/investing/funds/slideshows/9-ways-to-buy-treasurys-with-etfs

ETFs make it easy to target Treasury bonds.

Interest rates are on a wild ride. Thanks to the vibrant economy, rates on the 10-year U.S. Treasury bond briefly topped 3.2 percent in late 2018, and mortgage rates hit their highest levels since 2011. But concerns over a trade war with China and the impact of the prolonged government shutdown took some of wind out of investors' sails and rates on the 10-year are at about 2.6 percent – a substantial drop, and a sign that the promise of higher rates may not be as certain as previously thought. Here are nine U.S. Treasury-focused exchange-traded funds that offer a variety of ways to invest in the evolving government bond sector.


Anyone have Treasury as their cash holdings instead of CDs?!!

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