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Fixed Income Too Hot For Some
By Devon Layne | January 23, 2012

Fixed-income ETFs were popular with investors in 2011; however, inflows into U.S. fixed-income ETFs were bigger than those into European funds due to investors’ concerns about eurozone exposure, according to Financial News.

U.S. Treasurys were seen as a safe haven in 2011, providing a boost to fixed-come ETFs. In the eurozone, investors shied away from Treasurys and flocked toward gold, said the Financial News.

German bonds brought a majority of the inflows into fixed-income ETFs in Europe; however, the move toward German bonds has been limited by low yields on offer, according to the article.

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