As bonds stumble to start September, BlackRock’s fixed-income ETF using options strategy is outperforming this year

The U.S. bond market has kicked September off with broad losses, extending its summer slide as investors hunt for income strategies in a volatile environment for yield.

After four straight months of declines, the iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF AGG has lost around 1% so far in September for a total return this year of just 0.5% through Tuesday, according to FactSet data. 

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