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This Hedge Fund Is Shorting High-Yield ETFs: Here’s Why

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Michelle deBoer-Jones
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Earlier this month, data indicated that investors are flocking to bond exchange-traded funds, but one hedge fund firm continues to advise against following the crowd in this trend. State Street reported inflows of $7.4 billion into fixed income ETFs in June, compared to outflows of $5.8 billion for equity ETFs and $2.1 billion for commodity ETFs.

This isn't a new trend either. June marked the 35th month in a row in which bond ETFs recorded inflows, and the trend is on track to continue this month as well. Data from Bloomberg Intelligence pegs inflows to fixed-income ETFs at $4.6 billion already, and the month isn't over yet.

However, Black Bear Value Partners, led by Adam Schwartz, is sounding the alarm bells...

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Michelle deBoer-Jones is editor-in-chief of Hedge Fund Alpha. She also writes comparative analyses of stocks for TipRanks and runs Providence Writing Services. Previously, she was a television news producer for eight years, producing the morning news programs for NBC affiliates in Evansville, Indiana and Huntsville, Alabama and spending a short time at the CBS affiliate in Huntsville.