HIX News and Press, Western Asset High Income Fund II Inc. From 02/28/20

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There is virtually no yield left. None. I have pointed out Closed-End Funds as the only sector left with some yield and the complexities of this market, and I have pointed out that they trade as listed equities and this has not changed. However, if you are an insurance company, pension fund, u...

Western Asset High Income Fund II (NYSE: HIX ) declares $0.049/share monthly dividend , 1% increase from prior dividend of $0.049. Forward yield 8.27% Payable April 1; for shareholders of record March 24; ex-div March 23. Payable May 1; for shareholders of record April 23; ex-div...

Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC announced today that certain closed end funds have declared their distributions for the months of March, April and May 2020. The following dates apply to the distribution schedule below: (a) Included in the March distribution is approximately $0...

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Investors who are in the red zone for retirement, ages 55 to 75, need to consider several important risks that they are facing along with answering a few important questions. One of those questions is what are reasonable return assumptions for our portfolios? Both Merrill Lynch (BofA) and ...

Stubbornly low interest rates still have many investors reaching far and wide for yield. But for others, high-yield corporate bonds are a bridge too far. Are they too risky? Do they hold up in volatile markets? Do they represent too much of an unknown? In fact, high-yield bonds have historic...

Investment returns will likely come down to a few big, unpredictable issues this year. We look at how they might upend market expectations. After a year of outsized returns for both equity and fixed-income markets, expectations for 2020 returns have settled closer to their long-run average...

By Robert Christian, Co-Head of Research and Investment Management, K2 Advisors; Brooks Ritchey, Co-Head of Investment Research and Management K2 Advisors Pricing dislocations in Europe, performance dispersion across the credit spectrum and shifts in the political landscape should likely ...

Introduction The past week was very interesting in every aspect. The prices of the main benchmark of the high-yield bonds and the closed-end funds which invest in high-yield bonds were very volatile compared to their usual behavior. The week started with a sell-off after coronavirus fears ...