BKT News and Press, BlackRock Income Trust Inc. From 03/29/24

2024-03-29 02:25:00 ET Summary Convexity, which measures interest rate sensitivity and drives the risk and return profiles of fixed income products, is an important concept that investors can utilize to boost total return and manage risk. Agency MBS are well known for having negat...

2024-03-21 02:20:00 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...

2024-03-08 09:00:00 ET Summary Markets were flat, but upcoming events like the jobs report, PMIs, and ECB meeting are important. Core PCE met expectations, but rising "supercore" measure may keep Fed from cutting rates. Expectations for Fed rate cuts have significantly decreas...

2024-02-29 10:06:00 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...

2024-02-25 11:52:00 ET Summary Investment-grade CDS traded down to 51 bps Thursday, the low back to December 31, 2021. High yield CDS sank to 336 bps, the low since February 1, 2022. Nvidia added $155 billion of market capitalization (reaching $2 TN), as stocks surged further into...

2024-02-24 00:45:00 ET Summary 2023 was a challenging year with a few drivers of volatility in the fixed income markets, some of which were not traditional. Given the slowdown in growth, the economy is at a point where central banks can start to think about shifting away from rest...

2024-02-23 08:40:00 ET Summary Recently, the percentage of past-due loans to riskier borrowers has begun to flatten, and prepayment rates for sub-prime and near-prime borrowers have fallen to nearly half their pre-pandemic levels. The percentage of newer sub-prime and near-prime l...

2024-02-23 00:50:00 ET Summary Given its high sensitivity to interest rates, the commercial real estate sector came under pressure from the rapid and precipitous rise in rates. The commercial real estate market’s impending demise has been well-documented, with headline risk...

2024-02-16 01:35:00 ET Summary After a difficult period, commercial mortgage-backed securities are benefiting from a more favorable macro backdrop and improved sentiment. Coming into 2024, commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) were among the most dislocated sectors in fixed...

2024-02-12 22:30:00 ET Summary Spreads are tight and volatility is low for widely accepted reasons. The securitized-products opportunity set is broadening and diversifying still further. Fixed income investors are understandably focused on central bank policy at the moment. ...