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Investors bet on defensive investments in short-term or ultra-short-term bond ETFs amid heightened uncertainty.

It's been another strong year for ETF demand. ETFs gathered approximately $350 billion of new money year-to-date through April 16.

On this week's episode of ETF Prime, host Nate Geraci and VettaFi Investment Strategist Cinthia Murphy analyze ETF flows and trends after a wild week in the markets. Later, Geraci welcomes VistaShares CEO Adam Patti to discuss the firm's unique approach to ETFs.

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Tariffs have caused havoc on the market, with double-digit equity drawdowns and sky-high volatility. Lots of investments are tailor-made for these conditions, experiencing either negligible losses, or seeing significant gains, during recessions. There are ETFs tracking these investments. A look into six such ETFs follows.

BIL offers exposure to ultra-short U.S. government bonds with attractive yield and market volatility shield. The future interest rate path remains uncertain, as the hike in trade levies may result in lower GDP growth and higher inflation for the U.S. economy. BIL provides an attractive yield to shareholders, which could benefit further with up to a 4% return in a 12-month horizon.

We highlight some defensive investment strategies for investors amid the ongoing chaos.

Cash is becoming increasingly attractive due to negative equity risk premiums, widening credit spreads, making highly liquid instruments appealing. BIL ETF, with a 0.13% expense ratio and 4.31% yield to maturity, offers a stable, cash-like investment with minimal bid/ask spread. T-bills, once overlooked, might be the “lesser evil” in the market due to economic uncertainties, negative S&P 500 ERP, and risks in long-duration bonds.

It is remarkable how Wall Street was bullish just six short weeks ago, and the major indices were printing all-time highs.

If any investor has stood the test of time, it is Warren Buffett, and with good reason. For years, the “Oracle of Omaha” has had a rock-star-like presence in the investing world, and his annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting draws thousands of loyal fans who are investors. Buffett remains one of the world’s most prominent investors. He is renowned for his long buy-and-hold strategies and massive portfolio of public and private holdings. One thing that changed over is that Buffett was a net seller of stocks for most of 2023 and 2024 and now has a massive stockpile of short-term Treasury bills as he waits for a severe market drop. While Berkshire Hathaway is still heavily invested in stocks, we suspect he is looking for a more significant pullback than the recent correction that took the S&P 500 down 10% from all-time highs in 16 short trading days. 24/7 Wall St. Key Points: Warren Buffett is estimated to have approximately $335 billion in cash and T-bills. Baby bo