With over 850 species, the genus Nomada is one of the largest genera in the entire family Apidae, and the largest genus of cleptoparasitic cuckoo bees.. They occur worldwide, and utilize many different types of bees as hosts, primarily the genus Andrena.
In an earlier article, I wrote about the iShares FTSE NAREIT Mortgage Fund ETF (NYSEARCA: REM) as a good way to generate income in an environment where interest rates are low, and yields on investment grade bonds are quite possibly at long-time lows.hile I initially thought that an ETF would be a more attractive investment because of the diversification, I found that the performance of REM significantly lagged the performance of both AGNC and NLY over all periods analyzed.
Analyst Report. This ETF offers targeted exposure to a corner of the bond market that features a significant amount of credit risk but very little interest rate risk. As such, SJNK might not be all that useful in a long-term portfolio but can be used as a tactical tool to fine tune fixed income exposure quite nicely. This ETF becomes particularly useful for investors looking to enhance current returns but concerned about the impact of rising interest rates on bond valuations.