AGG News and Press, iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond From 07/24/23

2023-07-24 11:55:06 ET Summary The streak of negative 2-year/10-year Treasury spreads has now reached 262 trading days, only 16 trading days short of the second-longest streak (1980-1981) since 1976. The negative spread, currently at negative 98 basis points, is a 96.8% probabilit...

2023-07-24 05:37:00 ET Summary Markets assume that a 25 bps rate increase at the FOMC’s meeting next Wednesday will wrap up the Fed’s tightening cycle. The S&P 500 increased 0.7% (up 18.1% y-t-d), and the Dow jumped 2.1% (up 6.3%). Federal Reserve Credit decl...

2023-07-20 18:29:02 ET Summary Investors today are desperate for additional sources of income to maintain their standard of living in the current environment. AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund Inc. invests in a portfolio of bonds from around the world, which is nice becaus...

2023-07-20 09:54:09 ET U.S. Treasury yields climbed in Thursday's early trading, as Wall Street's broader market indices pushed lower after some disappointing big-name earnings reports that came in post-market on Wednesday. In the early going, the U.S. 2-Year Treasury yield ( US2Y )...

2023-07-19 20:25:00 ET Summary After arguably the worst year on modern record in 2022, it was our belief that this year was set up to be a potential positive experience for the bond investor. Despite continued rate hikes from the Federal Reserve and other global central banks, fix...

2023-07-17 19:00:34 ET Summary Investors today are desperate for any source of income as the cost of living continues to increase at a very rapid pace. PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II invests in a portfolio of bonds with the goal of providing its shareholders with a very high level ...

2023-07-17 18:16:38 ET Summary Last week's upward bounce in Treasury yields was largely reversed this week, with the peak in 1-month Treasury forward rates down 0.13% to 4.97%. The probability that the negative 2-year/10-year spread will turn positive by January rose slightly to 5...

2023-07-14 21:43:00 ET Summary Can bonds provide the returns in the second half that were expected in the first? The case for staying the course for fixed income. Why that fixed income strategy may be facing a timing problem. Originally published on July 6,...

2023-07-13 21:05:00 ET Summary Investors were net sellers of fund assets (including those of conventional funds and ETFs) for the third week in four, withdrawing a net $18.0 billion for the LSEG Lipper fund-flows week ended Wednesday, July 12. Equity ETFs witnessed net inflows for...

2023-07-13 16:06:15 ET Summary Investors are in desperate need of income today to maintain their standard of living in the current inflationary environment. PIMCO Access Income Fund invests in a highly leveraged portfolio of bonds to deliver a high yield to its shareholders. T...