FISR News and Press, SPDR SSGA Fixed Income Sector Rotation ETF From 04/30/20

By Robin Marshall Concerns about a wave of EM defaults has recently emerged Some commentators have expressed concern about a wave of Emerging Market ((EM)) debt defaults, based on the scale of the Covid-19 shock, declines in commodity prices, the expansion in EM debt since the GFC, the...

By Carol Lye A black swan virus shock brought the world to its knees—dealing a particularly acute blow to emerging markets. It was only a year ago that emerging markets recovered from the previous Federal Reserve (Fed) tightening and trade war crises. Britney Spears’s &#...

Many emerging market ((EM)) countries will likely be hit harder by COVID-19 because of structural vulnerabilities and weaker institutions - in other words, their ability to contain the pandemic and their capacity to stimulate their economies. But while there is reason for concern, there is als...

The Coronavirus outbreak has hit Emerging Markets, traditionally a higher-return, higher-risk asset class, which has suffered as investors sought safe-haven assets. Some emerging markets, like Russia and Mexico, are also big oil exporters, so they've been damaged by the recent collapse ...

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Investors are reassessing their portfolios and asset allocation due to the uncertainty created by COVID-19 and its potential impact on both the global economy and prices. At this time of rising uncertainty and heightened volatility, we share our latest thoughts on investment opportunities acro...

By Scott DiMaggio and Gershon Distenfeld Most of the global bond market sold off sharply in the first quarter as the coronavirus crisis emerged and intensified. Economic activity halted across much of the world. Credit spreads—yields relative to comparable-maturity government bond ...

Pretend for a minute that it's 2019 and you're Brazil. Or maybe Turkey, your choice. You've got a lot of infrastructure to build if you want to keep your people happy, and to fund those projects you'll need to borrow a lot of money. That's not a problem, because borrowing is easy. The whol...

SPDR SSGA Fixed Income Sector Rotation ETF (NYSEARCA: FISR ) - $0.0630 . 30-Day SEC Yield of 2.92% as of Mar. 30. Payable Apr 07; for shareholders of record Apr 02; ex-div Apr 01. More news on: SPDR SSGA Fixed Income Sector Rotation ETF, Dividend News, News on ETFs, ,

A number of factors lead us to think the outlook for emerging markets debt ((EMD)) is positive. Last year's performance was clearly above average (primarily driven by falling U.S. Treasury yields, rather than EMD risk premia compression). This year's overall balance of factors looks marginal...