IHYV News and Press, Invesco Corporate Income Value ETF Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust From 04/03/20

As a professional bond manager glued to a screen watching prices every day, it's hard to fathom that just a few weeks ago when March began corporate bond spreads were below historical averages¹. Flash forward, through what seemed like an eternity at the desk (or home office!), and those s...

“Convince me why I shouldn’t buy junk bonds.” It wasn’t a challenge. My colleague Kyle was looking at some of the juicy yields on offer in high-yield bonds and was legitimately wondering why he shouldn’t load up his IRA with them. I’m not saying ...

The credit market will be pivotal during the current crisis. In 2008, we had a problem in the credit market (Subprime mortgages), which made financial institutions move into credit tightening mode. Soon, that start cascading into the real economy. The current environment inverts that relation...

By Tajinder Dhillon Brent oil has entered into a bear market, as prices have fallen almost $30 a barrel since the beginning of the year. Initial worries over COVID-19 caused the largest weekly decline in Brent oil prices since January 2016, having declined 13.6% during the week of February...

Here's that iceberg that is drifting toward our economy's Titanic... and no, it ain't a virus, but it is our choice: Via: @Schuldensuehner Years of easy credit, easy money. The pile of debt from Baa to lower ratings is the real threat here, for its sustainability is heavily contingent on t...

By Ansh Chaudhary The ETF Deathwatch decreased in size in February. Four exchange-traded products ("ETPs") were added to the list, and 35 funds were removed. Twelve of those funds were removed due to increased health and 23 were due to asset managers closing their funds. The major U.S. equ...

Stubbornly low interest rates still have many investors reaching far and wide for yield. But for others, high-yield corporate bonds are a bridge too far. Are they too risky? Do they hold up in volatile markets? Do they represent too much of an unknown? In fact, high-yield bonds have historic...

By Robert Christian, Co-Head of Research and Investment Management, K2 Advisors; Brooks Ritchey, Co-Head of Investment Research and Management K2 Advisors Pricing dislocations in Europe, performance dispersion across the credit spectrum and shifts in the political landscape should likely ...

Credit markets have rallied significantly over the past few years, with spreads over Treasuries in the U.S., for example, dwindling to very tight levels alongside decreasing yields. At the same time, many investors have raised concerns over credit market volatility, liquidity, potential overva...

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...