IGBH News and Press, iShares Interest Rate Hedged Long-Term Corporate Bond From 07/19/23

2023-07-19 20:25:00 ET Summary After arguably the worst year on modern record in 2022, it was our belief that this year was set up to be a potential positive experience for the bond investor. Despite continued rate hikes from the Federal Reserve and other global central banks, fix...

2023-07-13 00:52:00 ET Summary The bond market offers potential for equity-like returns with less volatility and downside risk compared to the stock market, making it valuable for building resilient portfolios. We expect to see policy tightening and bank challenges begin to impact...

2023-07-12 03:30:00 ET Summary The high-yield sector offers attractive absolute and relative return prospects due to resilient corporate fundamentals. Consumers and labor market conditions remain on solid footing. Spreads have mostly widened from the end of 2022 through the en...

2023-07-07 19:30:00 ET Summary Look around, look almost anywhere, and the economic data is getting painful. You can start with the monthly ADP report. The ADP report stated that 497,000 new jobs were created in June. This was far past expectations, with the consensus view being ar...

2023-07-05 12:46:37 ET iShares Interest Rate Hedged Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF ( NYSEARCA: IGBH ) - $0.1278 . 30-Day SEC Yield of 4.09% as of June 30. Payable Jul 11; for shareholders of record Jul 06; ex-div Jul 05. For further details see: iShares Interes...

2023-07-03 22:55:00 ET Summary Elevated yields and negative correlations are good news for bond investors. We share strategies for making the most of today’s opportunities. With the tug of war between inflation and growth likely to continue as the year progresses, policy ra...

2023-07-03 10:38:00 ET Summary Despite hawkish policymakers and very mixed economic data, the approaching plateau in rates brings more clarity and conviction to our fixed income views. The peak in rates will come as a relief for some, but if they stay at high levels it will keep t...

2023-06-30 21:30:00 ET Summary Treasury yields continued to be extremely volatile during the second quarter as market participants digested economic data and tried to time the end of the Fed hiking cycle. The net result of interest rate movements during the quarter was higher yiel...

2023-06-20 09:30:00 ET Summary The data has been coming in strong enough that the Fed could have delivered a rate hike in Wednesday’s meeting, but they chose not to. In the last couple of weeks, jobless claims have not just been higher than expected claims, but we're seeing...

2023-06-19 03:40:00 ET Summary On March 31st, 2023, the S&P 500 was priced to return 2.41%/year over the next ten years. I don’t think AI will permanently increase productivity. The system should adjust and things should remain mostly the same. The estimated rate of...