Rate-Hedged Bond ETFs for a Rising Interest Rate Environment March 10, 2021 With interest rates suddenly jumping to a one-year high off historic lows, bond exchange traded fund investors may be interested in interest-rate hedged fixed-income strategies that could help mitigate further rate risks ahead. Specifically, the ProShares High Yield Interest Rate Hedged ETF (Cboe: HYHG) are two rate hedged ETF strategies that try to eliminate the rising rate risks. The two rate-hedged bond ETFs achieve their diminished rate-risk status by shorting Treasury futures so that the underlying portfolio shows a near-zero duration – duration is a measure of sensitivity to changes in interest rates, so a zero duration translates to no sensitivity to changes.