Investors will be able purchase pieces of corporate bonds, Treasurys and eventually, municipal bonds.
The idea is to open up opportunities to investors who don't want to spend upward of $1,000 on single corporate bonds.
While retail investors can buy individual corporate bonds through brokerages, they often opt for mutual funds or exchange-traded funds, which offer baskets of diversified bond securities.
The iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (USIG) , for instance, tracks the ICE BofA U.S. Corporate Index.
For corporate bonds, he suggests looking at actively managed funds, particularly for noninvestment grade and municipal bonds.
Persons:
Sam Nofzinger, Nofzinger, Chuck Failla, I'm, Tom Kaiser, Failla
Organizations:
Public, Corporate, ICE, Sovereign Financial Group, Brock Investment Advisors, Apple, Microsoft, BlackRock
Locations:
brokerages, TreasuryDirect