5 Higher-Yielding ETFs for Conservative Investors

So, once again, the September meeting of the Fed held interest rates in super-low territory. As I noted last month, in the current era of extremely low interest rates, yield-starved investors are casting a wide net to find reasonably conservative investments that will improve on the low yields provided by investment grade bonds. This month we're going to take a look at a selection of five reasonably conservative exchange-traded funds that offer higher yields than the current anemic 1.7% yield on 10-year Treasury bonds or 2.1% yield on the S&P 500 IndexSPX,