FSD News and Press, First Trust High Income Long Short Fund of Beneficial Interest From 08/09/23

2023-08-09 06:35:00 ET Summary With the global economy slowing under the weight of central bank rate hikes, many income-seeking investors are shying away from high-yield corporate bonds. Prudent fiscal management isn’t the only reason the corporate universe is well-position...

2023-07-19 20:55:00 ET Summary Modern Portfolio Theory focuses on assembling the optimal group of assets to achieve the best return per unit of risk. Diversification works well because it blends short and long duration instruments thereby reducing the overall average duration. ...

2023-07-13 06:45:33 ET InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading Tips Meme stocks are a relatively new area of the investment landscape, emerging during the 2020 lockdowns. Covid changed society, technology, the workplace, and many other areas of life. It tur...

2023-07-03 22:27:00 ET Summary Central banks are finding it hard to finish the long journey toward inflation normalization, but we believe that policy rates are likely at or near their peaks - and could be maintained at elevated levels for some time. With roughly 500 basis points ...

2023-06-22 02:27:00 ET Summary The exit from a decade of very low interest rates, via the most aggressive hiking cycle since 1980 has laid bare the distorted financing incentives that became entrenched in the years between the Global Financial Crisis in 2008 and the end of pandemic-er...

2023-04-21 11:05:24 ET First Trust High Inc Long/Short Fund ( FSD ) declares $0.105/share monthly dividend , in line with previous. Forward yield 11.12% Payable May 15; for shareholders of record May 2; ex-div May 1. See FSD Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, &...

2023-03-20 17:44:08 ET Summary Investors are desperately in need of income as the high inflation has made it ever more difficult for us to sustain our standard of living. High Income Securities Fund invests in a portfolio of business development companies, closed-end funds, and pr...

Summary 2022 has been a volatile year for credit markets, but a closer inspection highlights some striking differences. Yields on EM HY reached much higher levels (close to 14% at its peak), and spiked much faster, than their Euro and US equivalents, which peaked at around 9% in Q4 2022...

Summary As central banks battled inflation, interest rates soared and recession fears mounted. Now, central banks must slow their pace of tightening and carefully calibrate a soft landing. We address the challenges of a global slowdown, the benefits of higher yields and strategies f...

Summary First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund (FSD) is a closed-end fund focused on high-yield corporate bonds. The CEF has a long/short mandate, being able to take advantage of market sell-offs via short bond positions. The fund did not make the most of its mandate, only shorting...