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Hello! This is MarketWatch reporter Isabel Wang bringing you this week's ETF Wrap. After a decade of seemingly never-ending fee-cutting wars, ETF issuers raised their fees in 2023 as the landscape evolved beyond cheap index-tracking funds.

Long-term Treasury ETFs like ZROZ have the potential to outperform equities and commodities due to a disinflationary downcycle and a significant decline in yields. The behavior of the yield curve suggests that long-term yields will fall over the course of the next two years, benefiting long-duration Treasuries. Relative performance metrics currently show underperformance of ZROZ, but it will likely beat the S&P 500 and commodity ETFs as yields fall.

The Federal Reserve will likely cut rates this year. Significant rate cuts would almost certainly lead to higher bond prices. Most bond funds would benefit, some more than others. ZROZ would be one of the biggest beneficiaries.

Hello! In this week's ETF Wrap, you'll get a look at flow data showing recent “bullish buying behavior” from investors, as well as funds to consider before 2024 hits.

The world's largest bond market made a remarkable recovery in November after experiencing difficulties earlier in 2023. It is now on track for its best month since March.

The bear market in bonds has ended and long-duration assets are rallying, presenting an opportunity for capital gains. The Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes have negatively impacted the bond market, leading to losses in fixed income assets. I predict that inflation will normalize and the Fed will eventually cut rates, leading to potential gains in the ZROZ bond fund.

The latest Middle East conflict between Israel and Palestine boosted the safe-haven demand and dragged down U.S. treasury bond yields.

My family has been rocked by an unrelenting string of medical and life crises. Fortunately, my family's charity hedge fund is saving us from bankruptcy and despair. I've updated my family's ZEUS Income Growth fund plan to include my best ideas right now. In other words, if I had $2.5 million in cash, this is what I'd buy. This portfolio yields 4.2%, has 13.7% long-term return potential, better than the Nasdaq, and analysts expect it to potentially quadruple over the next decade.

Yields on bonds have risen significantly in recent years, with even short-term Treasury bonds yielding over 5.5%. The inverse relationship between bond prices and yields means that as interest rates rise, bond prices fall. The performance of bond ETFs in a rising rate environment varies depending on the duration of the bonds, with longer-term bonds experiencing greater mark to market losses.

The fastest interest rate hiking cycle in 42 years crushed bonds, some as much as 50%. The equity risk premium has fallen to 22-year lows. Compared to stocks it's the best time in 22 years to buy high-yield US Treasury bond ETFs. There is a 66% chance the Fed is done hiking and historically long bonds soar about 60% within two years of the Fed ending its rate hike cycle.