DHY News and Press, Credit Suisse High Yield Bond Fund From 06/27/21

We review CEF market valuation and performance over the past week and highlight recent events. We highlight news and market action across a number of CEFs such as HFRO, FSLF, IGI, and a pair of Invesco loan funds. Valuation and distribution challenges remain two key risks for CEF ...

With the economic recovery undeniably ramping up, we ask managers for their thoughts on valuations in the markets. While lockdowns were protracted affairs for so many of us, the economic recovery has been astoundingly rapid in many parts of the world. Regardless of the shift in to...

Only funds with coverage >100% are considered. Top lists of discount, yield, DxY, and DxYxZ are given. Only one fund with >100% coverage had a negative z-score this month. For further details see: The Quality Closed-End Fund Report, June 2021

The question is - given the low in March ’09 and the previous highs exceeded in late April ’13 - is the secular bull market 13 years old or just a little over 8 years old, and does it matter? Not only are the S&P 500 and Nasdaq bumping all-time highs, but Europe and ...

US high yield bond spreads are near historical lows amid a strong macro backdrop. The Fed’s future actions could put upward pressure on the US HY OAS, but we believe that to be a ways off. Investor allocations to HY bond funds are subdued. Excessive optimism isn’t ap...

This morning we learned that US retail spending fell 1.3% in May (more than the -.80 expected). Commodities have been sensing the shift, with the price of many key inputs like lumber (-42%), steel rebar (-18%) and copper (-9%) down sharply from recent peaks. Increases in oil, gas ...

On the surface, conditions in the US look pretty fantastic these days. Prices for lots of goods and services are soaring. Job openings are at record highs. Does the historically low level of real risk-free yields on TIPS suggest that US economic growth will be anemic at best for as fa...

Over the past year, a surge of investors drove high-yield bond prices back to pre-pandemic levels. The potential for a double-dip should increase insurance companies’ appetite for juicier high-yield offerings. While high yield improved its lot through the pandemic, some inv...

Risk-adjusted performance for the Global Market Index (GMI) continued to tick higher in May. GMI’s Sharpe ratio — a measure of risk-adjusted return – rose to 0.82 on a trailing 10-year basis through last month. That’s close to a pandemic high, but still...

The Global Market Index’s (GMI) expected risk premium held steady at 5.9% annualized in May, matching the previous month’s estimate. The framework for estimating equilibrium returns was initially outlined in a 1974 paper by Professor Bill Sharpe. Keep in mind, too, t...