IGLB News and Press, Shares Long-Term Corporate Bond From 06/21/21

A more hawkish Fed may not lift Treasury or investment grade credit yields, and that raises important questions for fixed income investors and asset allocators. The central bank raised its inflation forecast for 2022. Should last week’s change of tone put some of those infl...

Over the past year, a surge of investors drove high-yield bond prices back to pre-pandemic levels. The potential for a double-dip should increase insurance companies’ appetite for juicier high-yield offerings. While high yield improved its lot through the pandemic, some inv...

The Global Market Index’s (GMI) expected risk premium held steady at 5.9% annualized in May, matching the previous month’s estimate. The framework for estimating equilibrium returns was initially outlined in a 1974 paper by Professor Bill Sharpe. Keep in mind, too, t...

The major asset classes delivered across-the-board gains for a second month in a row in May. Everything apart from cash was up last month, led by a sizzling rally in foreign inflation-linked government bonds. The FTSE Russell World Inflation Index ex-US surged 4.0% last month, the...

iShares 10+ Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (IGLB) - $0.1849.30-Day SEC Yield of 3.36% as of May 27.Payable Jun 07; for shareholders of record Jun 02; ex-div Jun 01. For further details see: iShares 10+ Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF declares monthly distribution of $...

1Q21 earnings season for investment grade issuers was strong and better than expected. Key themes from earnings calls included optimism around the post-pandemic recovery in the U.S., but also more mixed global trends. Going forward, potential headwinds will need to be monitored as...

The investment communities largest credit exchange traded fund, iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD), has hit the highest levels of short interest in the ETFs history. Per Bloomberg, investors currently hold net short positions representing 21.5% of all the shares of...

Diversification remains key. Flexible strategies can also take advantage of a more uncertain yield and spread environment. We continue to find reasonable opportunity in both public and private credit markets. We find value in non-agency mortgages and prefer cyclicals to growth sto...

iShares 10+ Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (IGLB) - $0.1900.30-Day SEC Yield of 3.34% as of April 30.Payable May 07; for shareholders of record May 04; ex-div May 03. For further details see: iShares 10+ Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF declares monthly distribution of...

The bond market is partying like it's 1999, and there is no end in sight. Despite wide spreads and tight spreads, bonds still need to be bought by insurance companies, money managers, university endowments and other institutions that have ratings partially based upon their bond positi...