HIPS News and Press, GraniteShares HIPS US High Income From 05/19/20

Scott Mather, CIO U.S. Core Strategies, discusses performance differences amid core bond funds, and how a focus on quality, liquidity and diversification has helped PIMCO Total Return provide portfolio ballast in this crisis. Scott Mather: The Global health crisis has resulted in wide...

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The cornoavirus news worsened over the weekend, with infections emerging in those who haven't traveled to China, nor having been in contact with those previously infected. More news on: iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF, ProShares UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury ETF, PIMCO Corporate&Inco...

Let's start with the Fed's thoughts on interest policy for 2020. This is from the latest meeting minutes (emphasis added): In their consideration of monetary policy at this meeting, participants judged that it would be appropriate to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at...

Last year, during the fourth quarter, all hell was breaking loose in markets across all asset classes. The price of oil was collapsing from $76.90 to $42.36 per barrel. Stock prices plunged, and a general environment of risk-off gripped investors and traders. The selling came from a fear that ...

ETF strategy to ‘X Out’ U.S. companies most likely to be disrupted by technology GraniteShares , an exchange-traded fund (ETF) company, today launches the GraniteShares XOUT U.S. Large Cap ETF (NYSE Arca: XOUT) in collaboration with XOUT Capital™ LLC (XOUT Capit...

We can probably begin thinking about using the word "crash" to describe the action in the bond market over the past two weeks. The 10-year Treasury yield is up another 12.5 basis points today to 1.90% - that's a 45 basis point move since Labor Day. More news on: PIMCO Corporate&Income ...

Last year at this time, the US Fed was still on a path of increasing short-term interest rates and reducing its swollen balance sheet. The period of tightening began in December 2015 when the Fed Funds rate lifted off from zero percent. The Fed then rolled out a rote program to reduce the lega...

Markets typically reflect political and economic events around the world. The trade dispute between the United States and China has captured the market's attention over the past year. The economic slowdown has caused Chinese GDP to grow by the lowest rate in recorded history at 6.2% in Q2. At ...

It is somewhat hard to believe that it is once again the first Friday of the month. This means that it is time for yet another jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In this case, the report was rather disappointing as job creation numbers greatly missed the expectations of analyst...