Navigating the corporate bond market in times of tight spreads can be tricky. We show that for long-term investors, keeping a strategic perspective potentially trumps more tactical views on the bes...
With the expectation that the Federal Reserve will be able to deftly guide the economy into a soft landing, the spread between corporate bonds and safe haven Treasuries has been narrowing. As the Financial Times noted, the spread between the two has narrowed to its smallest gap since March 2005, or almost 20 years. This portends to more certainty that the Fed’s balancing act between lowering interest rates and taming inflation won’t result in a recession. However, that isn’t to say that al...
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US corporate bond markets this year, as investors rush to lock in the highest yields in years... The flows have helped to push up prices and compress so-called spreads — the extra...
USIG iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF ETF Price & Overview Follow 1.34K... 28B Volume 755,503 USIG Analysis USIG: Corporate Bonds Are Not Appealing At Current Spread...
pushed spreads over benchmark Treasuries close to historical averages. Through the first half of October, the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG)...
US corporate bond spreads may widen modestly from current levels by the end of the year, but generally demand for the bonds is strong and companies are performing well, according to strategists at...
Corporate bond investments generally outperformed Treasuries in the first half of the year, supported by higher income payments and falling spreads. Riskier investments like high-yield corporate bonds, bank loans, and preferred securities outperformed investment-grade corporates. The resilient economy has been a key driver of the strong corporate bond performance to start the year. Despite concerns of rising borrowing costs given the aggressive pace of Federal Reserve rate hikes, corporate funda...
Treasuries, or a yield versus AAA-rated corporate bonds. When yield... its current yield of 5%. Because bond yields often change, yield spreads change, too: The direction of the spread may...
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