ESGB News and Press, IQ MacKay ESG Core Plus Bond ETF From 10/13/23

2023-10-13 10:30:00 ET Summary We are value investors. In constructing portfolios for our clients, we seek out companies that we believe are trading in the market at significant discounts to their underlying value. These businesses must offer significant profit potential and be run by...

2023-10-04 06:52:00 ET Summary Why the bond bull market is still in place. Markets priced 'everything for perfection': Now what? Hard landing or soft landing? September has been a challenging month for investors as they face numerous headwinds, including economic u...

2023-09-02 01:55:00 ET Summary Elevated stock market valuations, coupled with higher bond yields, have driven the equity risk premium to near 20-year lows. The lofty valuations, while not contagious to the entire equity market, don’t seemingly reflect heightened recession r...

2023-08-11 05:28:00 ET Summary Fund flows show investors still favouring fixed income. Money Market and high interest savings instruments proving popular. New buffer and accelerator ETFs also gaining investor interest. Despite the recent run in stocks, fund flows s...

2023-07-24 05:37:00 ET Summary Markets assume that a 25 bps rate increase at the FOMC’s meeting next Wednesday will wrap up the Fed’s tightening cycle. The S&P 500 increased 0.7% (up 18.1% y-t-d), and the Dow jumped 2.1% (up 6.3%). Federal Reserve Credit decl...

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 ...

2023-06-28 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...

2023-05-30 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 ...

2023-05-20 08:26:00 ET Summary Investor risk aversion peaked at the end of last year. Headline consumer prices and government bond yields peaked in June and October of 2022, respectively. The US currency and broader financial conditions have eased in the same time frame. ...