Exxon-Mobil, once the world's largest company by market cap, is no longer a Dow component.
Investors have wagered more than $1.5 billion against exchange-traded funds tracking bonds in the past week.
The likes of BlackRock, Vanguard and Schwab are bundling funds into ready-made strategies.
Soros boosted his holdings of BlackRock's iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF.
Innovator ETFs will launch two so-called buffer funds tracking long-dated Treasurys.
Gold’s popularity as a bond substitute may be the metal’s undoing.
Traders are abandoning bearish bets on gold as the yellow metal surges to all-time highs.
After a torrid rally sparked by the Fed in March, investment-grade bonds have stalled near record levels.
Institutional investors are increasingly warming to bond exchange-traded funds, the firm said.
Vanguard added $89 billion in the first half versus $38 billion for BlackRock’s iShares unit.