ISHG News and Press, iShares S&P/Citigroup 1-3 Yr Intl Treasury Bond From 07/19/23

2023-07-19 20:55:00 ET Summary Modern Portfolio Theory focuses on assembling the optimal group of assets to achieve the best return per unit of risk. Diversification works well because it blends short and long duration instruments thereby reducing the overall average duration. ...

2023-07-03 22:27:00 ET Summary Central banks are finding it hard to finish the long journey toward inflation normalization, but we believe that policy rates are likely at or near their peaks - and could be maintained at elevated levels for some time. With roughly 500 basis points ...

2023-04-10 04:59:00 ET Summary The historically low correlation between equity and government bond returns is a cornerstone of modern investment strategy and the traditional 60%/40% model portfolio, based on the theory this split provides diversification benefits that can improve risk...

Summary Markets may be underestimating the stickiness of inflation and central banks’ determination to beat it - and what that means for growth and corporate earnings potential. We favor fixed income and credit over equities, and investment grade over high yield. Should infla...

Summary A historic 2022 taught us to widen the lens of possible scenarios, factor in geopolitical risk and use a new playbook for more frequent portfolio changes. Global stocks ended the year down 18%, while bonds fell 16%. This marked the biggest market storm in decades amid inflation ...

Summary Amid the crosscurrents, two themes have prevailed during the post-pandemic years, which lend some perspective to the macroeconomic roadmap ahead: namely, the bipolar swings in macro policy and the forces of economic normalization. After one of the worst years for fixed income as...

Summary Rate hikes and tighter financial conditions drove fixed-income returns lower in 2022. The broad repricing of bonds and the higher starting yields we have now can help insulate investors from further losses. If we look at international bonds, this is probably the first ...

Summary Year-to-date, allocations to floating rate notes have resulted in a more than 20% performance differential compared to U.S. 10-Year notes. Rising rates explain why owning the same securities as the Agg but reducing the maturity profile (1–5 years) led to losses that...

Summary The Great Financial Crisis taught us about the extraordinary capacity of central bank balance sheets and fiscal authorities to absorb financial shocks and mitigate the effect of massive deleveraging. The politicians and monetary policymakers have become too used to their s...

Summary With inflation dominating the global landscape, asset-class diversification has been fleeting. It’s tempting for US investors to focus on their home-field yield advantage and forego opportunities abroad. We believe that by expanding the fixed-income opportunity ...