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By Matthew Sheridan The era of low yields and the investment challenges they bring isn't likely to end soon. Ongoing geopolitical tensions and slowing global growth will contribute to persistently low and negative yields in 2020 . A global slowdown could leave the world even more vulnerab...

Unlike the days of the gold standard, it is impossible for the Federal Reserve to go bankrupt; it holds the legal monopoly of counterfeiting (of creating money out of thin air) in the entire country. - Murray Rothbard First it was a game, a wonderful game, but just a game. Then, as fic...

Although risk-free yields have nudged up a bit after seven years of Fed ZIRP (zero interest rate policy) from 2008 to 2015, the desirability of investment grade or bank insured yield vehicles remains muted. Indeed, with the 10-year Treasury continuing to sit sub-two percent and the Fed easing ...

ATLANTA , Dec. 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Invesco (NYSE: IVZ), one of the world's leading global investment managers, today announced changes to its US exchange-traded fund (ETF) and mutual fund product lines. The fund rationalization is intended to integrate the fund ranges o...

In 2008, CDOs were the news of the day hitting a peak of $800 billion. Collateralized Debt Obligations are derivatives based on cash flow generating assets that are turned into investment products. These CDOs were mostly mortgage based in 2008 and went sour when housing prices and mortgage p...

An interesting dynamic has emerged in high yield ((HY)) markets following the overall rally in bond yields year to date. On the one hand, the presumed "margin of safety" that yield provides against future defaults has declined, thereby shifting the potential distribution of future returns more...

By Gershon Distenfeld, Noelle Chiang It's easy to get spooked in late-cycle markets. But we think there's a way to de-risk your portfolio and still generate a decent level of income - no magic spells necessary. Investors often do one of the following things when markets are in the later ...

Investors love anything claiming to be high yield . For taxable investors, headline yields are an illusion and this post shows after-tax returns for popular high yield ETFs. High Yield Bonds Let’s start with the poster child for high yield ETF investing: iShares iBoxx $ High Yiel...

By Matthew Sheridan As economic cycles enter their later stages, investors sometimes find that they're taking too much risk to generate income. There's a strategy that can help - and we think now is the time to use it. Pairing high-yield corporate bonds and other credit assets with high-...

By Robin Marshall, director, fixed income research at FTSE Russell When US investment-grade bonds are downgraded and cross the ratings threshold into high yield territory, they join the sector known as "fallen angels." And while they're technically categorized as high yield ((HY)) bonds...