HYT News and Press, Blackrock Corporate High Yield Fund Inc. From 01/24/21

Junk bond sales are poised to break records for January, with month-to-date sales at ~$1.2B below the current January record of $37B.There's still a week to go in the month and plenty of deals in the offing.Yields on CCC debt, the riskiest level of high-yield bonds, touched an all-time low on...

The price of risk is what investors demand as a premium, an extra return over and above what they can make on a guaranteed investment (risk free), to invest in a risky asset. Corporate bonds are traded, and as a consequence, and you can use traded prices to estimate default spreads in...

HYT is a high-yield CEF, with a majority of its debt in the lower rungs of the credit ladder. As a result, this product is not for everyone. For those with more risk tolerance, it could be a smart play. Despite my concern over macroeconomic conditions, HYT alleviates some of this risk...

Investors appear almost universally to be pricing for an early-cycle mix of low interest rates and ongoing support from both monetary and fiscal policy, combined with the release of pent-up demand from consumers and manufacturers. Short-term stumbling blocks are not confined to the on...

The stock market made an all-time high in its first week of 2021, shrugging off the violence, and the Treasury market recaptured 1% on the 10-year note, closing the week at 1.12%. Furthermore, there is no pressure in the junk bond market, which, rightly or wrongly, assumes that with t...

Credit markets have staged an epic rebound from the depths of March 2020. But in a low-growth, low-yield world, we believe there may be more room to run in 2021. For investors, we believe a nimble, selective approach will be especially important to grasp the opportunities presente...

Ultra-low interest rates make it difficult for investors to earn yields in excess of inflation. High-yield bonds can be a source of income in today’s market. iShares has numerous bond ETFs that can help investors target different segments of the high yield bond market, depe...

The new Administration's tax proposals, in year one, total some $3.9 trillion, according to Moody's Analytics estimates. Yields on munis sank to 1.14%, which is their lowest since 1979. Also, the municipal bond spread to Treasuries is near historic lows. Yields have gone up somewh...

How to construct a portfolio using Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). Using Asset Allocation principles as the fundamental building blocks. Filling in asset class gaps with factor-oriented ETFs. Using the Kipling spreadsheet as the management tool. Controlling systematic risk u...

Helped by fiscal and monetary policy support, bankruptcy filings in December 2020 of 34,304 hit the lowest monthly total since January 2006, according to data from legal services firm Epiq.For the year 2020, filings fell to 529,068, the lowest since 1986, indicating that federal measures to s...