ARDC News and Press, Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund Inc. From 06/02/21

The major asset classes delivered across-the-board gains for a second month in a row in May. Everything apart from cash was up last month, led by a sizzling rally in foreign inflation-linked government bonds. The FTSE Russell World Inflation Index ex-US surged 4.0% last month, the...

The CEF market recovered almost entirely from a recent bump in the road due to inflation worries. We review CEF market valuation and performance over the past week and highlight recent events. We continue to favor the few remaining pockets of value in the space across a few higher...

ARDC has an attractive 7.46% yield, provided the fund can support the distribution. I continue my series looking at CEFs beyond just the yield. The distribution is covered by NII and NAV is increasing, indicating a well-covered distribution. For further details see: Eval...

April 8-May 12, 2021, readers mentioned 52 equities in their comments. Some lamented bad news so bad news investments (rogues) mixed with (mostly) favorites. (Hence, these are the ReVFa/Ro.). Ten analyst target estimated TOP NET GAIN reader faves & rogues (ReFa/Ro) FDUS, NVS, BBL,...

In the first quarter, closed-end fund discounts tightened by 261 bps from -6.3% to -3.7%. But in the month of April, we saw another 80 bps of closure. We think the muni CEF space looks relatively attractive compared to the taxable bond CEF categories. As such, we've been trimming ...

Diversification remains key. Flexible strategies can also take advantage of a more uncertain yield and spread environment. We continue to find reasonable opportunity in both public and private credit markets. We find value in non-agency mortgages and prefer cyclicals to growth sto...

Today's post rolls out the inaugural Risk Review column for the major asset classes, a monthly update that's the companion piece to the monthly performance report and risk-premia estimates. Risk analysis is a broad and deep subject and so this monthly update will be no one's idea of a...

When I started in the financial business, calculators were few and far between, and pencil and paper were our primary analytical tools. Forget about computers and spreadsheets. Now we have a plethora of tools and data. But the basic questions - what is important? and what does it mean...

There has been much commentary suggesting bonds have gotten overvalued due to historically low rates. At current rates, economic growth will likely very quickly return to sub-2% growth by 2022. Are bonds overvalued? No. But stocks are, and the bond market is ringing alarm bells wa...

The underlying quality mix in the high yield market is at an all-time high. The high yield market has benefited in recent years from reduced levels in two key drivers of ratings downgrades and default triggers. High yield new issuance set a record during 2020. For further de...