BSJK News and Press, Invesco BulletShares 2020 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF From 01/28/21

U.S. Fed keeps rates near zero. Colbourne: Fed unlikely to address the recent retail stock frenzy. Colbourne: Fed likely to to be very accommodating over a long period of time. For further details see: Fed Holds On Rates, But Warns Economic Growth Is Slowing

COVID turned out to be quite the economic event, and a pandemic under control promises to deliver a recovering economy by the end of 2021. On the other hand, should the vaccinations not go according to plan and the pandemic is not declining by June 2021, the economy may not recover at...

The price of risk is what investors demand as a premium, an extra return over and above what they can make on a guaranteed investment (risk free), to invest in a risky asset. Corporate bonds are traded, and as a consequence, and you can use traded prices to estimate default spreads in...

Investors appear almost universally to be pricing for an early-cycle mix of low interest rates and ongoing support from both monetary and fiscal policy, combined with the release of pent-up demand from consumers and manufacturers. Short-term stumbling blocks are not confined to the on...

The stock market made an all-time high in its first week of 2021, shrugging off the violence, and the Treasury market recaptured 1% on the 10-year note, closing the week at 1.12%. Furthermore, there is no pressure in the junk bond market, which, rightly or wrongly, assumes that with t...

Ultra-low interest rates make it difficult for investors to earn yields in excess of inflation. High-yield bonds can be a source of income in today’s market. iShares has numerous bond ETFs that can help investors target different segments of the high yield bond market, depe...

The new Administration's tax proposals, in year one, total some $3.9 trillion, according to Moody's Analytics estimates. Yields on munis sank to 1.14%, which is their lowest since 1979. Also, the municipal bond spread to Treasuries is near historic lows. Yields have gone up somewh...

With the exception of broadly defined commodities and US and foreign property shares, global markets posted solid gains last year. US stocks were the top 2020 performers, with the Russell 3000 Index surging 20.9% last year. US REITs saw the deepest loss for the major asset classes...

Junk bond yields have dropped to a record low. The effective yield of the ICE BofA US High Yield Index fell to 4.61% at the close on December 3. As bond yields fall, bond prices rise. For further details see: Junk Bond Yields Hit Record Low: Most Distorted Markets Ever ...

Broad US equities continued their momentum from Q2 following the dramatic COVID-19-driven decline earlier in the year. The S&P 500 rose 9% in Q3 after a 20% rise in Q2. Value-oriented stocks underperformed the broader market on concerns about economic fragility, the expiration of ...