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By Tracy Chen, CFA, CAIA In part one , we provided an in-depth analysis of CLO tranches, including the factors driving their spreads. While each tranche has been influenced by varying forces, we noted the fundamentals for the overall market have deteriorated, particularly relative to high...

As a longer-term investor, I definitely prefer investing in equities as I believe shares of high-quality companies provide superior returns over the long run. However, it is becoming increasingly difficult to find value with markets at all-time highs, and I'm not one that likes to overpay... F...

Based on the original article, which can be found here . There is a potentially big opportunity for the insurance-linked securities (ILS) markets to develop parametric cat bonds that could cover some of the growing risks in Eastern Europe and Western areas of Asia. For a wide range ...

To many onlookers, since the great financial crisis, the world of fixed income securities has become an alien landscape. Yields on government bonds have fallen steadily across all developed markets. As the chart below reveals, there is now a record US$13trln+ of negative-yielding fixed income ...

One of the lessons of the past few decades' boom/bust cycles is that each financial bubble emerges in a different asset class. In the 1970s it was precious metals, in the 1980s junk bonds, in the 1990s tech stocks and in the 2000s mortgage-backed bonds. Today, the only one of these with a re...

The Corporate Maginot Line Since the post-financial crisis era began more than a decade ago, record low interest rates and the Fed's acquisition of $4 trillion of the highest quality fixed-income assets have led investors to scratch and claw for any asset, regardless of quality, offering r...

By Gershon Distenfeld and Will Smith The S&P 500 Index hit an all-time high on April 23, thanks to improving investor optimism. But for some equity investors, market highs signal a good time to reduce downside risk. There are additional reasons investors may want to trim their sails....

By Matthew Sheridan As economic cycles enter their later stages, investors sometimes find that they're taking too much risk to generate income. There's a strategy that can help - and we think now is the time to use it. Pairing high-yield corporate bonds and other credit assets with high-...

High yield funds (including both mutual funds and ETFs) took in $728 million in net new money for the fund-flows trading week ended Wednesday, February 13. This was the fifth net inflow in the last six weeks for the group during which time its total intake has been +$9.4 billion, this includes...

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...