FHY News and Press, First Trust Strategic High Income Fund II of Beneficial Interest From 02/07/20

Investment returns will likely come down to a few big, unpredictable issues this year. We look at how they might upend market expectations. After a year of outsized returns for both equity and fixed-income markets, expectations for 2020 returns have settled closer to their long-run average...

By Sheila Amoroso, Senior Vice President, Director, Municipal Bond Department, Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group; Daniel Workman, CFA, Vice President, Portfolio Manager, Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group; Francisco Rivera, Vice President, Municipal Bond Department, Franklin Templeton ...

Credit markets have rallied significantly over the past few years, with spreads over Treasuries in the U.S., for example, dwindling to very tight levels alongside decreasing yields. At the same time, many investors have raised concerns over credit market volatility, liquidity, potential overva...

By Patricia Healy, CFA This commentary continues the discussion on key themes of the year, many long-term in nature, & reveal the need for govts & businesses to adapt. Pensions, budgets, state ratings, climate adaptation, cybersecurity, and investing This fourth-quarter com...

Although risk-free yields have nudged up a bit after seven years of Fed ZIRP (zero interest rate policy) from 2008 to 2015, the desirability of investment grade or bank insured yield vehicles remains muted. Indeed, with the 10-year Treasury continuing to sit sub-two percent and the Fed easing ...

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair. We ha...

Investors love anything claiming to be high yield . For taxable investors, headline yields are an illusion and this post shows after-tax returns for popular high yield ETFs. High Yield Bonds Let’s start with the poster child for high yield ETF investing: iShares iBoxx $ High Yiel...

By Matthew Sheridan As economic cycles enter their later stages, investors sometimes find that they're taking too much risk to generate income. There's a strategy that can help - and we think now is the time to use it. Pairing high-yield corporate bonds and other credit assets with high-...

By Robin Marshall, director, fixed income research at FTSE Russell When US investment-grade bonds are downgraded and cross the ratings threshold into high yield territory, they join the sector known as "fallen angels." And while they're technically categorized as high yield ((HY)) bonds...

By Gershon Distenfeld Transcript: Risk assets, be it high-yield bonds, equity markets worldwide, are not pricing in all that much bad news. The rates markets worldwide are. One of them is wrong. I see time and time again that people say we're later in the cycle, I don't want to ow...