AGG News and Press, iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond From 05/20/24

2024-05-20 15:46:25 ET Summary The Treasury curve was down 4 basis points at 2 years and was down 8 basis points at 10 years over the last week. As a result, the current negative 2-year/10-year Treasury spread widened to negative 41 basis points this week, compared to negative 37 ...

2024-05-20 09:55:50 ET Summary MFS Intermediate Income Fund offers a 9.19% yield, but it is not attractive compared to other options in the market. The fund's performance has been poor over the past three years, with a decline of 29.84%. The fund's distribution does not seem t...

2024-05-19 11:18:39 ET Summary The Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund offers income-focused investors a high level of income from fixed-income securities. The fund has a current yield of 9.94%, which compares well to its peers. The fund's recent performanc...

2024-05-17 10:28:47 ET IHS Markit said Friday that it does not see the Federal Reserve cutting rates until the central bank's December meeting. The investment institution believes inflation remains sticky and that the Jerome Powell and his cohorts at the Fed will not launch rate reductions ...

2024-05-16 14:30:00 ET Summary US CPI improves the inflation picture. US inflation is improving but some aspects are still troubling for the Fed. What the US bond market tells us about the outlook for rates. ... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha ...

2024-05-16 14:02:27 ET On Wednesday, Wall Street received the latest reading for the consumer price index, which came in slightly cooler than expected for April, with core CPI matching projections. ... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For further details see: SA A...

2024-05-16 11:06:09 ET Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF ( VTI ) Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF ( SCHD ) iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF ( ITOT ) Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For further details see: WFII introduces 2025 S&...

2024-05-16 08:12:02 ET Summary The Allspring Multi-Sector Income Fund offers a high level of current income with an 8.75% yield, surpassing U.S. Treasury securities and most junk bonds. The fund's yield is lower than its peers, which may deter investors seeking a very high level o...

2024-05-14 11:42:20 ET For the third consecutive week market participants found themselves to be overall net buyers of fund assets which included both conventional funds and exchange traded funds. For the week that ended May 8th, investors injected a total of $36.4B into the fund market.......

2024-05-14 08:15:00 ET Summary Why market performance and sentiment are diverging. The growing gap between hard economic data and soft data. Why you may be losing money if you're not in the markets. The U.S. economy continues to show its resilience, but that ...