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BlueStem Wealth Partners LLC boosted its stake in Principal Active High Yield ETF (NYSEARCA:YLD) by 16.7% in the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 267,765 shares of the company's stock after purchasing an additional 38,228 shares during the quarter. Principal Active

Despite being an actively managed fund with a "bottom-up" selection process, Principal Active High Yield ETF has consistently trailed passive benchmarks like HYG and JNK over the past year. YLD maintains a high-risk profile with roughly 20% allocation to CCC-rated credits and 40% to single-B names. At a 6.75% SEC yield, investors are not being sufficiently compensated for the underlying credit risk.

Principal Active High Yield ETF (NYSEARCA:YLD - Get Free Report) saw a large decrease in short interest in December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totaling 22,051 shares, a decrease of 19.9% from the November 30th total of 27,542 shares. Approximately 0.1% of the company's stock are sold short. Based on an average