EAGG News and Press, iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond From 07/19/23

2023-07-19 20:25:00 ET Summary After arguably the worst year on modern record in 2022, it was our belief that this year was set up to be a potential positive experience for the bond investor. Despite continued rate hikes from the Federal Reserve and other global central banks, fix...

2023-07-14 21:43:00 ET Summary Can bonds provide the returns in the second half that were expected in the first? The case for staying the course for fixed income. Why that fixed income strategy may be facing a timing problem. Originally published on July 6,...

2023-07-12 01:50:00 ET Summary ETFs remain a fraction of the total global financial market in both equities and fixed income, ranging from 4.2%-12.6% of equities and 0.4%-2.7% of fixed income assets by region. ETFs represent 12.6% of equity assets in the U.S., 8.0% in Europe, and ...

2023-07-05 13:29:05 ET iShares ESG Aware U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF ( NYSEARCA: EAGG ) - $0.1259 . 30-Day SEC Yield of 4.02% as of June 30. Payable Jul 10; for shareholders of record Jul 05; ex-div Jul 03. For further details see: iShares ESG Aware U.S. Aggregat...

2023-06-28 04:52:00 ET Summary Higher for longer interest rates support allocations to high quality fixed income. Equity markets are priced for an optimistic outcome; investors may want to consider steering towards a defensive stance. Trends such as demographics and artificial...

2023-06-22 03:30:00 ET Summary Since 2017, AUM behind net zero benchmarks (both equity and fixed income) has increased from around $10.2bn to $100bn by April 2023 according to IIGCC. Given this continuing fundamental shift from active to passive in the background, quality climate ...

2023-06-13 03:30:00 ET Summary ESG-labeled bonds have come a long way quickly, and innovation shows no signs of slowing. Given the SLB market's nascency, its sample size is significantly smaller. The good SLBs can offer compelling yield and close alignment with investors' ESG ...

2023-06-07 03:57:51 ET Summary The outlook for the utility-scale solar market is improving due to increased clarity over customs clearance and IRA capture rules, a tariff moratorium through June 2024, and deflation in the supply chain. After months of uncertainty, solar panel impo...

2023-05-31 01:55:00 ET Summary Historically, we have requested for executive compensation to be tied to financial metrics, such as return on invested capital and earnings per share growth. However, companies are now increasing the resources spent on measuring, disclosing, and sett...

2023-05-30 04:41:00 ET Summary The economy continues to show remarkable resiliency. Markets have, in recent weeks, started to price in another rate hike and pushed rate cuts out to near the end of the year. Credit spreads improved last week and continue to trade less than the ...