GHY News and Press, PGIM Global Short Duration High Yield Fund Inc. From 03/20/23

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...

PGIM High Yield Bond Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ISD), PGIM Global High Yield Fund, Inc. (NYSE: GHY) and PGIM Short Duration High Yield Opportunities Fund (NYSE: SDHY) declared today monthly distributions for March, April and May 2023. The distribution amounts and schedule for each fund appears below: ...

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 China’s reopening, lower energy prices and cooling inflation reinforce our long-term positive view on equities. Yet, we think market optimism has come too soon. Stocks paused their rally and bond yields steadied after recession worries returned. We think we are starting t...

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 We review closed-end fund market valuation and performance through the third week of December and highlight recent market action. CEFs were mixed this week; however, discounts have continued to widen, extending a recent trend. We discuss the concept of yield-on-cost which we...

Summary Previously, GHY lacked distribution coverage, which hasn't changed; coverage has fallen a bit further. The fund has been deleveraging its portfolio, which could be seen as a positive if they can add more at the right time to catch a rebound. Since our previous update, the fu...

Summary Emerging market and high yield bond markets have improved in recent weeks, indicated by both aggregate and issuer-specific developments. There has been a general improvement in risk appetite during the last month, based on expectations of a less-severe upward trajectory for poli...

PGIM High Yield Bond Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ISD), PGIM Global High Yield Fund, Inc. (NYSE: GHY) and PGIM Short Duration High Yield Opportunities Fund (NYSE: SDHY) declared monthly distributions today for December 2022, January and February 2023. The distribution amounts and schedule for each fund appe...

Summary Rate hikes and tighter financial conditions drove fixed-income returns lower in 2022. The broad repricing of bonds and the higher starting yields we have now can help insulate investors from further losses. If we look at international bonds, this is probably the first ...