BGH News and Press, Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund of Beneficial Interests From 07/16/21

With valuations tightening and a number of risks on the radar, it makes sense to take a margin-of-safety approach to income portfolios. In this margin-of-safety installment, we discuss allocating to fixed-income CEFs with a more stable historic income profile paired with a strong cove...

Within the non-investment grade credit markets, issuer default rates are an important driver of market and portfolio performance. We believe 2020 ended the credit cycle that began following the global financial crisis, with 2021 marking the start of a new cycle. The duration of th...

Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund Announces July 2021 Monthly Distribution of $0.1056 per Share PR Newswire CHARLOTTE, N.C. , July 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund (the "Fund") (NYSE: BGH) announced its m...

Only funds with yields over 7%, coverage higher than 85% and trading at under a +5% premium are considered. Top lists of discount, yield, DxY and DxYxZ are given. The top DxY funds are AOD, ISD and GHY. ISD and GHY are relatively conservative high-yield funds with decent credi...

During much of last quarter, the Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow model indicated an annual rate over 10% for the second quarter, but last Friday, they downgraded their estimate to the lowest number we’ve seen since the quarter began - an annual pace of just 7.8%, down from +8.6% on Jul...

Risk-adjusted performance for the Global Market Index (GMI) continued to push higher in June, based on the annualized Sharpe ratio for a rolling ten-year window via monthly data. GMI’s 10-year SR increased to 0.84, the highest in 18 months. GMI is an unmanaged, market-value...

The expected risk premium for the Global Market Index (GMI) resumed an upward drift in June, rising to an annualized 6.0%. The current risk premium forecast for GMI - 6.0% - suggests that multi-asset-class strategies will generate lower returns relative to results posted in recent yea...

Rising Star volume gains momentum as the global economy continues its recovery, which we believe will provide attractive total return opportunity in Fixed Income. Over the course of 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic adversely impacted fundamentals and markets, we experienced a new record...

When I get a question on a CEF or am looking at a new CEF, these are the first 5 things I will check. The five places I want to look first are; 1. Investment Policy, 2. Quick Review of Holdings, 3. Discount/Premium, 4. Performance, 5. Distributions. Once these items are checked, I...

Yields have been trending lower over the past year across all types of income assets. We take a look at CEFs which feature high single-digit portfolio yields rather than just high distribution rates. We highlight different strategies investors can pursue in their search for these ...