IGBH News and Press, iShares Interest Rate Hedged Long-Term Corporate Bond From 08/06/23

2023-08-06 04:30:00 ET Summary Short-term investment-grade corporate bonds offer compelling income potential and lower interest-rate risk than longer-term bonds and safe-haven assets. The short-duration investment-grade universe provides exposure to high-quality companies with sol...

2023-08-06 03:35:00 ET Summary The two-year versus 10-year Treasury spread narrowed 20 bps this week, the largest narrowing since the banking crisis week of March 17th. The market's probability for a 25 bps rate increase at the Fed’s September 20th meeting dropped from 19% ...

2023-08-03 14:02:13 ET iShares Interest Rate Hedged Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF ( NYSEARCA: IGBH ) - $0.1818 . 30-Day SEC Yield of 4.10% as of July 31. Payable Aug 08; for shareholders of record Aug 03; ex-div Aug 02. For further details see: iShares Interes...

2023-07-28 22:14:00 ET Summary Investors often reduce allocations to corporate bonds - particularly those on the lower rungs of the ratings ladder - when the economic outlook gets cloudy. Top line growth and earnings among corporate borrowers have lost some momentum - not too surp...

2023-07-25 00:00:00 ET Summary Higher yields for corporate bonds generally correspond to higher credit risk based on an issuer's credit rating. We believe higher yields also offer opportunities for fixed income investors to add additional sources of income return to their portfoli...

2023-07-24 22:24:00 ET Summary Equity and fixed income markets experienced heightened volatility amid the Q2 debt-ceiling saga, while currency and derivatives markets were mostly unaffected. Regional banks struggled in Q2, with deposits and witnessed credit spreads widening by 100...

2023-07-24 21:44:00 ET Summary We believe the five primary economic and market signals that provide perspective on where we go from here are GDP growth, earnings, interest rates, inflation and central bank policy. While some argue that elevated inflation remains a primary concern ...

2023-07-22 05:13:00 ET Summary The Federal Reserve has tightened monetary policy significantly over the first half of this year, with a high likelihood of another 25-basis-point hike in the federal funds rate at the end of July. Until now, market agents have mostly ignored politic...

2023-07-21 07:44:00 ET Summary Most of the past month has been dominated by bond buying, typically long-duration in nature. The same has been seen in corporates, and there has also been a decent bid into high-yield bonds. A glance at total return year-to-date show some impressive ...

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...