BSJJ News and Press, Invesco BulletShares 2019 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF From 02/12/19

By Kevin Flanagan, Senior Fixed Income Strategist A bit over a month into the new year, and the two asset classes whose performance stands out are U.S. investment grade ((IG)) and high-yield ((HY)) bonds. This recent turn of events is certainly a noteworthy reversal of fortune from how 201...

Just like the broader market this week, the rally in high yield credit stalled out a bit. Earlier on Friday, we highlighted the fact that the S&P 500 ran into resistance right at its 200-DMA earlier this week and has been pulling back ever since. In the case of the ETF that tracks the hi...

By Gershon Distenfeld Should you be concerned that high-yield bonds didn't predict last year's equity market selloff? We don't think so. In fact, we think investors should consider adding high-yield exposure to reduce overall risk. High-yield bonds have traditionally been a reliable earl...

After screaming higher towards the end of 2018 right up through the first couple of days of 2019, high yield spreads have come crashing back down to earth in the last two weeks, falling from a high of 544 basis points (bps) on 1/3 to 440 bps through Thursday. At their highs two weeks ago, spre...