BKT News and Press, BlackRock Income Trust Inc. From 01/08/24

2024-01-08 04:24:36 ET Summary The BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust specializes in providing investors with a high level of current income from low-duration securities. The fund has outperformed the Bloomberg Aggregate Bond Index over the past three years, delivering a gain...

2024-01-04 00:55:00 ET Summary U.S. home prices hit record highs in 2023, as a lack of supply outstripped any dent to demand that higher mortgage prices might have caused. The Fed may be done hiking rates, but is unlikely to aggressively cut rates in 2024, in part because of shelt...

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2023-12-25 02:48:22 ET Summary Wall Street alchemists worked overtime to create sophisticated structures that intermediated increasingly high-risk mortgage debt into enticing securitizations and derivative instruments. Inflating home prices ensured only more speculative interest a...

2023-12-11 19:25:00 ET Summary Even after the recent rally in interest rates, agency mortgage-backed securities (agency MBS) still appear attractive from both a fundamental and technical basis. Agency mortgage-backed securities (agency MBS) have lagged other fixed income asset cla...

2023-12-06 12:15:00 ET Summary We are likely at the end of the Fed’s hiking cycle, but don’t anticipate rate cuts until the second half of 2024. The shape of the yield curve and the trajectory of growth will be key drivers of returns. Investors piled into cash in 202...

2023-12-06 10:07:00 ET Summary Is now the time to invest in fixed income? That’s one of the biggest questions we get from clients today. The Federal Reserve’s prior rate hikes are working through the economy, as there are signs of softening in recent inflation, econo...

2023-12-03 02:34:21 ET Summary Investment-grade corporate-focused closed-end funds offer attractive fixed-income options with higher yields in the current higher-rate environment. Leverage and discounts/premiums in CEFs add volatility to consider when investing in these funds, whi...

2023-11-25 14:15:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method.  This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...

2023-11-20 15:39:00 ET Summary Last week’s unexpected undershoot in U.S. inflation erased almost all traces of another Federal Reserve rate hike from futures markets. Fixed income yields are attractive, in our view, but pricing could continue to be volatile. Fundamental...