HIX News and Press, Western Asset High Income Fund II Inc. From 12/10/19

By Tracy Chen, CFA, CAIA In part one , we provided an in-depth analysis of CLO tranches, including the factors driving their spreads. While each tranche has been influenced by varying forces, we noted the fundamentals for the overall market have deteriorated, particularly relative to high...

Foreword Any collection of stocks is more clearly understood when subjected to yield-based (dog catcher) analysis. These dividend-boosted batches are perfect for the Arnold dog catcher process. Here is your November 25 data from Barron's for 43 dividend paying stocks supplemented by dog ca...

Western Asset High Income Fund II (NYSE: HIX ) declares $0.0485/share monthly dividend , 3.2% increase from prior dividend of $0.047 (Quarterly $0.1455/share in three installments). Forward yield 8.84% Payable Dec. 31; for shareholders of record Dec. 20; ex-div Dec. 19. Paya...

Introduction The closed-end funds from the high-yield sector significantly increased their prices over the past months. Currently, most of them are traded at positive Z-scores, which is an indication that they have lost most of their statistical edge. Still, they are traded at high discoun...

Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC announced today that certain closed end funds have declared their distributions for the months of December 2019, January and February 2020. The following dates apply to the distribution schedule below: (a) Western Asset Investment Grade Defined ...

In 2008, CDOs were the news of the day hitting a peak of $800 billion. Collateralized Debt Obligations are derivatives based on cash flow generating assets that are turned into investment products. These CDOs were mostly mortgage based in 2008 and went sour when housing prices and mortgage p...

An interesting dynamic has emerged in high yield ((HY)) markets following the overall rally in bond yields year to date. On the one hand, the presumed "margin of safety" that yield provides against future defaults has declined, thereby shifting the potential distribution of future returns more...

Stockholders Re-Elect Carol L. Colman, CFA, William R. Hutchinson and Jane E. Trust, CFA to the Board Western Asset High Income Fund II Inc. (NYSE: HIX) (“the Fund”) today announced that, based on certified voting results from the Fund’s 2019 Annual Meeting of Stoc...

By Gershon Distenfeld, Noelle Chiang It's easy to get spooked in late-cycle markets. But we think there's a way to de-risk your portfolio and still generate a decent level of income - no magic spells necessary. Investors often do one of the following things when markets are in the later ...

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair. We ha...