DHY News and Press, Credit Suisse High Yield Bond Fund From 08/12/19

Originally published August 5, 2019 By Edward Altman What Is a Benign Credit Cycle?* By my definition, benign credit cycles are periods when most if not all four aspects of the market are incentivizing major growth in the supply and demand for credit. That means three or more of the ...

By Seth Meyer, CFA In a period of falling interest rates, yield is dear, and high yield therefore remains an attractive asset class. However, with increased interest rate volatility and uncertainty around economic growth, Portfolio Manager Seth Meyer says a cautious approach and a focus o...

Yesterday spreads on U.S. junk bonds widened the most since 2011 (on an absolute basis), notes Bloomberg's Lisa Abramowicz. More news on: iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Bond ETF, Credit Suisse High Yield Bond Fund, News on ETFs, Financia...

The U.S. Federal Reserve cuts interest rates for the first time in more than a decade. Kim Parlee speaks with Greg Kocik, Managing Director at TD Asset Management, about how to build a high-yield portfolio in an era of low interest Read more ...

Low and likely falling interest rates coupled with tight credit spreads are limiting the bond market's upside and leaving investors searching for alternative sources of yield. While investors often have specific allocations to corporate bonds and high yield debt, not all portfolios include ded...

By Kevin Flanagan Through the first six months of the year, the global fixed income markets have certainly put in a surprising performance. Indeed, as investors headed into 2019, the consensus opinion was that fixed income would more than likely put in a lackluster showing. As we are all w...

"They say ignorance is bliss....they're wrong " - Franz Kafka If someone had told me during my long career on Wall Street that one day there would be negative yielding bonds I would have thought that person "Nuts!" It made no empirical sense then, and it makes no empirical sense now. Yet, ...

Exchange-traded funds have pulled in more than $20B in the first 11 days of July, with most ($16B) going into U.S. equities as investors prepare for a risk-on summer rally ahead of the expected Fed cut at the end of the month, according to State Street Global Advisors, the issuer of SPDR ETF...

Introduction The closed-end funds from the high-yield sector significantly increased their prices over the past months. Currently, most of them are traded at positive Z-scores, which is an indication that they have lost most of their statistical edge. Still, they are traded at high discoun...

Make no mistake in your thinking. The nations of Germany, France, the Netherlands, and the rest of the European Union, along with Switzerland, and Japan, are "forcing" the Fed into a corner without any real escape. To begin with, the Fed, by its charter, is an "Independent Entity" created by t...