AGG News and Press, iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond From 03/20/24

2024-03-20 16:28:19 ET Summary The PIMCO Corporate & Income Strategy Fund offers a competitive 9.88% distribution yield, higher than many of its peers. The PCN closed-end fund has underperformed the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index in terms of price performance over the pas...

2024-03-18 13:32:18 ET Summary Treasury volatility has eased, but varying Treasury and credit returns persist, with only T-bills and junk bonds at total return all-time highs. I have a hold rating on iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, as credit spreads are historically...

2024-03-18 07:35:00 ET Summary Wall Street and the investment community seem to be greatly overestimating the prospect for interest rate reductions in 2024. The move in the 10-year Treasury yield jump to 4.3% as of March 15th was not really unsurprising given the inflation data th...

2024-03-17 09:00:00 ET Summary U.S. equity markets declined for a second-straight week as benchmark interest surged to the cusp of three-month highs after a critical slate of inflation data showed uncomfortably elevated price pressures. Posting a second week of declines following ...

2024-03-15 11:59:37 ET U.S. Treasury yields have made a notable climb higher this week after Wall Street received hotter inflation data in the form of the consumer price index report and the producer price index report. The yield curve inversion between the US2Y and US10Y have also now hit ...

2024-03-13 11:17:00 ET More on Inflation and the Market Goldman Sachs expects U.S. core inflation to resume its moderation Jamie Dimon worries that U.S. recession is not 'off the table’ Fed Rate Cuts Won't Save The Commercial Real Estate Space The Grea...

2024-03-13 10:26:30 ET Summary Diversification and active management are key principles in bond investing, and the PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund ETF offers both. The BOND ETF has a solid performance track record, outperforming its benchmark in most relevant time periods. ...

2024-03-12 13:41:10 ET Summary BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust is a debt-focused closed-end fund that boasts a 9.23% current yield. The BTZ closed-end fund claims to invest in a combination of floating-rate and fixed-rate debt, but the portfolio is almost entirely in fixe...

2024-03-11 12:45:34 ET Summary The Treasury curve moved down 6 basis points at 2 years and was down 10 basis points at 10 years over the last week. As a result, the current negative 2-year/10-year Treasury spread widened to negative 39 basis points this week compared to negative 3...

2024-03-11 11:45:19 ET Summary The 60/40 approach to investing, which involves maintaining a static mix of 60% stocks and 40% bonds, may not perform the same way in the future as it has in the past. Asset allocation should be viewed as a floating mix and a tactical discipline, rat...