FHY News and Press, First Trust Strategic High Income Fund II of Beneficial Interest From 01/13/19

"I decided that there was only one place to make money in the mutual fund business, as there is only one place for a temperate man to be in a saloon: behind the bar and not in front of it." - Paul Samuelson Looking with interest at the strong rebound in high beta in credit markets in conju...

The last time a U.S. company rated below investment grade issued bonds was in November , marking the longest stretch in more than 20 years in which no junk bonds have been issued. More news on: iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Bond ETF, Cre...

Fahd Malik : I think the most important thing right now more than ever is being diversified. So the high-income investor needs to think about investing in assets outside of [the] US. Fahd Malik : The US central bank is ahead of other G10 banks in terms of the credit cycle. So that cou...

DoubleLine founder and CEO Jeffrey Gundlach sees "real potential for negative surprises" in corporate credit. More news on: iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Bond ETF, Credit Suisse High Yield Bond Fund, News on the U.S. economy, Stocks on th...

I must admit that I don't pay as much attention to fixed-income markets as I do to equity markets, other than to use numbers from the markets as inputs when I value companies or look at equity markets. This year, I decided to look at bond market movements, both in the sovereign bond and corpor...

By Rachel Siu Following a tumultuous market environment in 2018, we discuss three key takeaways for investors to consider in the New Year. For most investors, 2018 was likely a year to forget: global equity markets ended the year deep in the red and most fixed income sectors delivered ...

By Adam Hetts, CFA What is the path forward for diversified fixed-income portfolios? Our Portfolio Construction and Strategy team discusses how the simplest solution for navigating the asset class may be rooted in a goals-based approach. Following an unprecedented peri...

Original Post Crescat Capital December 31, 2018, update to investors below. We are happy to report estimates for Crescat's 2018 performance: Profit Attribution by Theme Investment Outlook Summary September 20, 2018, should mark the closing high for the S&P 500 to end the s...

As equity prices have cratered in the last several trading days, one area of the market that has predictably come under selling pressure is high yield credit. The chart below shows the 50-day rate of change in spreads on high yield bonds relative to treasuries. When spreads are rising, it indi...

The Junk-Bond Market Just "Puked." Risk is getting repriced. And rather suddenly. What are the real-world consequences? And how will it impact stocks? The Fed has warned about them, and investors fear a run-on-the-fund. Read… $1.3 Trillion "Leveraged Loan" Boom Comes Read...