HYZD News and Press, WisdomTree Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond Fund From 04/04/22

The expected risk premium for the Global Market Index ticked slightly higher in March to an annualized 5.8% pace, fractionally above last month’s estimate. Using short-term momentum and medium-term mean-reversion market factors (defined below) to adjust the forecast trims GMI&#...

As the world reels from the crisis, the blowback is rippling across the world economy and markets. The current risk premia analysis implicitly recommends managing expectations down for GMI and other global multi-asset-class portfolios. The mean reversion factor is estimated as the...

When commenting on the bond market, the tendency is to focus just on U.S. Treasury securities. The trend here in the U.S. is one that is also occurring all around the globe - higher yields. While spread comparisons would seem to still benefit Treasuries on an absolute basis, it se...

The expected risk premium for the Global Market Index edged down in January from the previous month’s estimate. Using short-term momentum and medium-term mean-reversion market factors to adjust the forecast reduces GMI’s ex-ante risk premium to an annualized 5.4%. Th...

WisdomTree Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond Fund (NASDAQ:HYZD) - $0.0700. 30-Day SEC Yield of 3.85% as of December 27. Payable Dec 30; for shareholders of record Dec 28; ex-div Dec 27. For further details see: WisdomTree Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond Fund declares monthly dis...

The expected risk premium for the Global Market Index (GMI) ticked lower in November but remains elevated relative to recent history. Adjusting the forecast with short-term momentum and medium-term mean-reversion market factors (defined below) reduces - substantially - GMI’s ex...

The recent run higher in the Sharpe ratio for the Global Market Index finally reversed in October. Risk-adjusted performance has slipped, but GMI's rebound in October lifted it to a new record high. GMI is useful as a baseline to begin research on asset allocation and portfolio de...

The long-run risk premium forecast for the Global Market Index (GMI) rebounded in October, edging up to 6.1%, based on revised numbers through last month. The new estimate is calculated in terms of the projected return over the “risk-free” rate, according to a risk-based...

US real estate investment trusts (REITs) and stocks posted the strongest returns for the major asset classes in October - by wide margins. US REITs surged 7.7% last month, reversing September’s sharp decline. The recovery puts American property shares in the lead for 2021 with ...

One of our main themes for fixed income investors has been to consider a rate hedging strategy for bond portfolios. Rising rates were on full display from August of last year through the end of March 2021. So now you need to ask yourself the question: is your bond portfolio prepar...