BGH News and Press, Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund of Beneficial Interests From 08/03/21

The projected risk premium for the Global Market held steady in July at an annualized 6.0%, unchanged from the previous month. Despite the recent bounce, GMI’s trailing 10-year performance remains well below the previous 8%-plus peak. No one really knows what risk premia wi...

Most of the major asset classes continued to rise in July, led by US real estate investment trusts (REITs). US equities continued trending higher. The bull run also persisted for the Global Market Index (GMI) in July. For further details see: Major Asset Classes: July 20...

The US high-yield index is almost $1.6 trillion, but it pales in comparison to a broader global multi-sector universe that tops $8 trillion. Ever-changing global economic and market conditions mean every category has the chance of being the best or worst performing in any given year. ...

Only funds with coverage >100% are considered. Top lists of discount, yield, DxY, and DxYxZ are given. The top DxY funds are FEI, FPL and AOD. For further details see: The Quality Closed-End Fund Report, July 2021

Recently, downticks in Treasury yields are being met with selling pressure in value indexes and stocks. The stock market can’t make up its mind. Does it want high yields or low yields? This confusion is because inflation numbers are rising and interest rates are falling, which ...

Barings Participation Investors Reports Preliminary Second Quarter 2021 Results And Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend Of $0.20 Per Share PR Newswire CHARLOTTE, N.C. , July 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Trustees of Barings Participation Investors (NYSE: MP...

Since last November’s vaccine news, financial markets have been "hanging ten" on a swell of cyclical, value and small-cap stocks, and rising Treasury yields. Crosswinds started to grow in the second quarter, however, as economic and inflation data ran hot: rising yields stalled...

We’ve moved past the early-cycle environment that predominated risk taking in 2020, post the pandemic lows, and we’re moving really into a mid-cycle environment, which tends to be constructive for risk. This mid-cycle environment is still going to be expansionary, albeit...

Growth-oriented asset classes are likely to shine, but not equally. Above-trend growth is a supportive environment of risky assets like equities or credit. On valuation grounds, equities are looking a little cheaper. Geraldine Sundstrom and Erin Browne discuss PIMCO’s views...

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...