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<p>The summer months may have ended, but the dog days appear to be sticking around, at least for markets. With the Fed rate decision due Wednesday and new developments in the Middle East sparking renewed fears of oil shortages, bond yields are spiking. It turns out that bonds are anything but boring this year. </p>

<p>Small-caps lagged their large-cap peers for over a decade in an environment dominated by the Fed put, failing to manifest any long lasting outperformance. With so much now changed, can small-cap performance this year manage to establish a longer-term trend or will it too prove to just be a temporary rotation? Find out what the industry experts think in this episode of<em> ETF Zoo</em>. </p>

The long-duration iShares 20+ year bond yield ETF dropped on Wednesday after Fed Minutes hinted towards a possibility of a rate hike, while US-Iran risks resurfaced.

The pitch for iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond BuyWrite Strategy ETF (BATS:TLTW) is seductive in a jittery economy. You collect a distribution rate of 11.7% while sitting on long-dated Treasuries that are supposed to rally the moment the Fed panics and starts cutting. Two things you get paid to wait for, one ticker. TLTW bolts ... This Bond ETF Yields Almost 12%. Can It Surge When the Recession Hits?

The iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) has done something this year that surprises a lot of holders. Despite the Federal Reserve cutting rates 75 basis points over the past 12 months to a 3.75% upper bound, TLT is down about 1% year to date and trades near $85. The long end of the ... Watch This One Number to Know If TLT Will Rally Over the Next 12 Months

Rising oil prices are lifting inflation indicators and weighing on bond prices. Sentiment in the U.S. government bond market is bearish, which could explain why the odds favor the upside.