AEMB News and Press, American Century Emerging Markets Bond ETF From 07/04/23

2023-07-04 03:25:54 ET American Century Emerging Markets Bond ETF ( NYSEARCA: AEMB ) - $0.1896 . 30-Day SEC Yield of 7.16% as of June 30. Payable Jul 07; for shareholders of record Jul 05; ex-div Jul 03. For further details see: American Century Emerging Mark...

2023-07-03 22:27:00 ET Summary Central banks are finding it hard to finish the long journey toward inflation normalization, but we believe that policy rates are likely at or near their peaks - and could be maintained at elevated levels for some time. With roughly 500 basis points ...

2023-06-28 04:52:00 ET Summary Higher for longer interest rates support allocations to high quality fixed income. Equity markets are priced for an optimistic outcome; investors may want to consider steering towards a defensive stance. Trends such as demographics and artificial...

2023-06-27 03:05:00 ET Summary Striking the right balance between interest-rate and credit risk can be a good idea in the late stages of a credit cycle. We think it’s a particularly good idea in this credit cycle. Why? Consider that over the last 18 months, investors have g...

2023-06-02 04:30:00 ET Summary Emerging market (EM) fixed income has evolved into a more robust asset class since the 1990s, showing limited contagion and more tiering of credit spreads during the Covid crisis. Factors such as central banks adopting quantitative easing, longer ave...

2023-05-26 03:30:00 ET Summary Borrowing by the Asian region’s governments, companies, consumers, and financial firms is well above levels prior to the global financial crisis. In particular, industries that rapidly increased leverage while interest rates were low are now a...

2023-05-23 23:16:00 ET Summary The idea of bunting (“small ball”) in baseball is that you can, somewhat counterintuitively, build a game-winning strategy through conservative positioning. Since the GFC, financial markets had fallen into a dynamic whereby if economic ...

2023-05-19 03:30:00 ET Summary Emerging markets' local currency bonds continue to outpace their developed markets counterparts. Spreads among EM banks do not appear to indicate stress. General risk aversion and volatility have historically impacted “risk-on” asse...

2023-05-18 23:51:00 ET Summary The Fed remains the straw that stirs the drink. When it stirs this vigorously, stuff happens. For the first time in 15 years, investors are offered 5% returns on near-cash instruments, such as money market funds. By increasing holdings of (nearly...

2023-05-05 02:45:00 ET Summary As bond yields rose in 2022, investors sought refuge in high-yield bank loans, whose floating coupons are often heralded as an antidote to rising rates. But with conditions shaping up differently in 2023, bank loans may face challenges. We think ...