ESGB News and Press, IQ MacKay ESG Core Plus Bond ETF From 02/23/24

2024-02-23 04:05:00 ET Summary Within healthcare, an area that has been negatively impacted the last couple of years is the pharmaceutical manufacturing value chain. Several capital goods and materials sectors experienced recessionary conditions last year, which caused weak fundam...

2024-02-09 23:17:00 ET Summary Stocks and bonds historically do not perform well when the Fed tightens monetary conditions, and that’s just what the Fed announced it would be doing at the end of 2021. The property market recession has helped pull Chinese prices lower year o...

2024-01-30 10:45:00 ET Summary With the Fed cutting rates, at some point, fixed-income securities are likely to appreciate in price when their unwinding begins to take place. Investment-grade U.S. corporate bond sales just hit a record for January at $176 billion, breaching the pr...

2024-01-23 06:30:00 ET Summary Why 2024 won't be the same as 2023 for equity markets. Are bonds getting last year's rally this year? How the U.S. election could impact markets. Whether it be slowing growth, upcoming U.S. elections or numerous geopolitical concerns, t...

2024-01-19 01:55:00 ET Summary Is sticky inflation challenging the rate cut story? Outlook for fixed income. Why a March rate cut by the Fed is looking less likely. Markets appear to be taking a sober second look at when the U.S. Federal Reserve may be ready to sta...

2024-01-18 12:10:00 ET Summary ETFs remain a fraction of total global financial market in equities and fixed income, ranging from 4.6%-13% of equities and 0.4%-2.8% of fixed income assets by region. While global ETF volumes increased in Q4 2023 from the prior quarter, full-year le...

2024-01-10 08:42:00 ET Summary The downward inflation trend has bolstered market confidence that monetary policy is sufficiently restrictive as to achieve the FOMC’s longer-run goals. Further, policymakers’ rhetoric has turned more dovish, suggesting that a critical infl...

2024-01-10 07:12:00 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...

2024-01-09 13:25:00 ET Summary Amid slower economic growth and more benign monetary policy, we believe that this year bond prices will be driven less by inflation and central bank policy and more by economic growth dynamics. Rather than seek to play the timing of interest rate red...

2024-01-03 10:08:00 ET Summary The calendar year 2023 proved to be an incredible roller-coaster for U.S. fixed income. Sentiment in the money and bond markets shifted dramatically and yield levels plummeted across the board, while MBS and corporate bond spreads narrowed considerab...