PIMCO Planning Global Inflation-Linked Bond ETF

Thanks to Ben Bernanke’s $600 billion foray into the U.S. Treasury markets in the hotly debated QE2, many investors have begun to worry that a severe bout of inflation is right around the corner. Renewed anxiety has pushed Treasury Inflation Protected Bonds, or TIPS, to a negative yield in recent auctions, underscoring just how robust the demand is for these “real return” securities. Many investors have embraced ETFs as an efficient means of accessing inflation-protected fixed income securities, as evidenced by the huge cash flows into TIPS funds. Far and away the most popular is the iShares Barclays TIPS Bond Fund (TIP), which has amassed over $20 billion in assets and trades more than 800,000 shares on an average day. While this fund remains one of the top choices for investors seeking inflation-protected securities, it solely focuses on the U.S. TIPS market, avoiding the both developed and emerging international markets. [...] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Stories: Pimco Boosts ETF Presence TIPS From PIMCO: Bond Giant’s Latest ETF Offering Coming Soon From iShares: 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF