ISD News and Press, PGIM Short Duration High Yield Fund Inc. From 01/19/19

After screaming higher towards the end of 2018 right up through the first couple of days of 2019, high yield spreads have come crashing back down to earth in the last two weeks, falling from a high of 544 basis points (bps) on 1/3 to 440 bps through Thursday. At their highs two weeks ago, spre...

In this three-part series, Matt Tucker overturns some commonly held assumptions about the relationship between interest rates and bond returns. Here, he examines what 30 years of falling rates actually meant for bond investors. One comment you often hear these days is how lucky bond market...

By Cooper J. Howard There's an old joke in the bond market: "What's the difference between a high-yield bond and a junk bond?" "It's high yield when you buy it, but junk when you sell it!" Since high-yield munis - those that are rated below Baa3/BBB-, or not rated at all - were one of the ...

Introduction The opportunities in closed-end funds over the last few months caught the eye of many investors. Most of these products are designed to provide a steady stream of income, usually on a monthly or quarterly basis, as opposed to the biannual payments provided by individual bonds....

"I decided that there was only one place to make money in the mutual fund business, as there is only one place for a temperate man to be in a saloon: behind the bar and not in front of it." - Paul Samuelson Looking with interest at the strong rebound in high beta in credit markets in conju...

I must admit that I don't pay as much attention to fixed-income markets as I do to equity markets, other than to use numbers from the markets as inputs when I value companies or look at equity markets. This year, I decided to look at bond market movements, both in the sovereign bond and corpor...

By Adam Hetts, CFA What is the path forward for diversified fixed-income portfolios? Our Portfolio Construction and Strategy team discusses how the simplest solution for navigating the asset class may be rooted in a goals-based approach. Following an unprecedented peri...

PGIM Short Duration High Yield Fund, Inc. (NYSE:ISD) (the “Fund”), a diversified, closed-end management investment company, announced today its unaudited investment results for the quarter ended November 30, 2018. This financial data is unaudited. Amounts do not reflect a...

Introduction The opportunities in closed-end funds over the last few months caught the eye of many investors. Most of these products are designed to provide a steady stream of income, usually on a monthly or quarterly basis, as opposed to the biannual payments provided by individual bond...

Original Post Crescat Capital December 31, 2018, update to investors below. We are happy to report estimates for Crescat's 2018 performance: Profit Attribution by Theme Investment Outlook Summary September 20, 2018, should mark the closing high for the S&P 500 to end the s...