The Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF offers exposure to long-duration bonds and fixed-income securities to maximize total return for investors. The current yield curve is inverted, with short-term bond yields higher than longer-duration bonds, making investing in long-duration bonds less favorable. The fund's strategy of allocating funds to shorter-term securities and corporate bonds with higher credit exposure has helped it outperform the benchmark in the current yield curve environment.

And, plenty of ink has been spilled about how much money has gone into active ETFs in 2023, and from a pure top-line flows perspective, it's true. A significant chunk of the $289 billion that has entered U.S.-listed ETFs year to date went into active products — 22%, in fact.

Big time market uncertainty surrounding the Fed and a possible earnings recession didn't stop investors from plowing assets into two of the “Big Three” asset managers according to this week's ETF Issuer League.

After decades of riding on a falling rate environment, fixed-income investors have faced a challenging year with elevated inflation weighing on real yields and hawkish Federal Reserve monetary policies adding to interest rate risks. Nevertheless, there are alternative bond strategies that could still help investors diversify risk and maintain reliable income generation.

Investors can turn to innovative systematic bond exchange traded fund strategies, like those practiced by Dimensional, to help navigate today's fixed-income market environment.

These ETFs bucked the downtrend in the markets, managing to still grow their assets under management.

For this episode of ETF 360, ETF Trends' CEO Tom Lydon speaks with Dave Plecha, global head of fixed income at Dimensional Fund Advisors, to discuss current advisor sentiment around inflation and portfolio strategies. Plecha reiterates that inflation is heavy on advisors' minds, but he believes that where we currently are within the interest cycle [.