On this week’s episode of the Basis Points podcast, Kevin Flanagan is joined by Mike Barrer, WisdomTree’s Director of Capital Markets, to answer your questions about Fixed Income ETFs. They discuss Mike’s upcoming WisdomTree blog about trading in fixed income ETFs and how they performed at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.

Basis Points: 1/100th of 1 percent.

Bid–ask spread: the difference between the prices quoted for an immediate sale and an immediate purchase for stocks, futures contracts, options, or currency pairs.

Premium discount: a volume discount applied to premiums that acknowledges the administrative cost savings associated with larger premiums.