IGLB News and Press, Shares Long-Term Corporate Bond From 05/16/22

I-Bonds are currently offering a very attractive yield of nearly 10% beginning in May! The principal remains super safe even with the big increase in yield. What is there not to like? The high yield and super-safe principal combine to provide a very good inflation hedge. For...

The Federal Reserve is maintaining its new policy rate of interest, which is 50 basis points above the previous level: The effective Federal Funds rate is now at 0.83 percent. Since March 16, the date the last rate move took place, "excess reserves" in the banking system have declined...

Declining interest rates since 2008 have increased the challenges substantially for bond investors. Bonds, like any other asset class, are subject to cyclicality and should be treated as such. Alternative assets offer a good rotation into higher returns but lack of liquidity and t...

The expected risk premium continued sliding in April for the Global Markets Index (GMI). Tuesday’s revision reflects a drop to a 5.4% annualized increase for the long term – a relatively large cut of 40 basis points from last month’s estimate. The forecast ref...

iShares 10+ Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (IGLB) - $0.1919. 30-Day SEC Yield of 4.69% as of April. 28. Payable May 06; for shareholders of record May 03; ex-div May 02. For further details see: iShares 10+ Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF declares monthly distribution...

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&#...

iShares 10+ Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (IGLB) - $0.2140. 30-Day SEC Yield of 4.10% as of March. 30. Payable Apr 07; for shareholders of record Apr 04; ex-div Apr 01. For further details see: iShares 10+ Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF declares monthly distribution...

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...

iShares 10+ Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:IGLB) - $0.1867. 30-Day SEC Yield of 3.86% as of Feb. 25. Payable Mar 07; for shareholders of record Mar 02; ex-div Mar 01. For further details see: iShares 10+ Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF declares monthly distr...

The US Federal Reserve has yet to take any actions to raise rates, but we all know it will come at some point. After a brief move higher, to levels near the $147 to $155 level, TLT has moved decidedly lower over the past 6+ months. I think the current premise and price trend in TL...