HYMB News and Press, SPDR Nuveen S&P High Yield Municipal Bond From 03/04/22

Russian debt, both hard currency and local currency, is largely shut down for trading. Prices for Russian government securities are pricing in a default scenario. The markets have dramatically repriced central bank expectations. For further details see: Russia Sanctions ...

SPDR Nuveen S&P High Yield Municipal Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:HYMB) - $0.1552. 30-Day SEC Yield of 2.76% as of Feb. 25. Payable Mar 07; for shareholders of record Mar 02; ex-div Mar 01. For further details see: SPDR Nuveen S&P High Yield Municipal Bond ETF declares monthly distributio...

The peak of central bank tightening expectations has likely passed. Major economies will continue to experience positive growth. Biggest sectoral impacts will likely be in commodity markets. For further details see: Russia's Invasion: 3 Implications For Fixed Income

Events have moved quickly since our update on February 22. It’s unclear whether this is the shock and awe phase of a limited incursion or the beginning of a full-scale invasion that seeks regime change in Kyiv. USD/RUB touched 90 overnight before fading back to the mid-80s ...

Investors who think they have no macro exposure quite often are just unaware of what macro risks they are running. One complaint I have seen multiple times that people were annoyed that macro analysts were opining on the topic, despite a lack of qualifications in international relatio...

Non-U.S. markets, including EM, DM, and Asia, are outperforming the U.S. markets after underperforming last year. After slightly underperforming growth last year, value is where the money is flowing. With the economy still in growth mode, cyclical stocks should do better than defe...

For most of the past decade, government bonds have contributed positive returns and a note of stability to multi-asset portfolios. The volatility of US Treasuries has been well above normal. In multi-asset investing, portfolio allocations can’t stand still when navigating a...

Short-duration high yield bonds and senior floating rate loans offer diversified yield opportunities with limited interest rate risk. With regard to the overall health of the market, we continue to see high yield and loan issuers stabilize margins and improve their balance sheets. ...

The short-term high yield and floating rate loan markets may provide opportunities as interest rates rise. The composition of the high-yield market has moved toward higher credit quality with opportunities for ratings upgrades. Floating rate loans (bank loans) provide investors hi...

The Federal Reserve (Fed) announced its widely anticipated taper in the first week of November. The Fed is once again getting out of the volatility suppression business. Within U.S. high yield, the greatest impact has been in the highest-rated BB tier. For further details se...