IVH News and Press, Ivy High Income Opportunities Fund of Beneficial Interest From 10/27/19

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair. We ha...

Last week, Howard Marks delivered his latest memo. In what he describes as a break with precedent, he chose the topic based not on "a series of events [that] can be interestingly juxtaposed," but on "a request." According to Marks, a colleague (Ian Schapiro, who leads Oaktree’s Power ...

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...

Introduction The closed-end funds from the high-yield sector significantly increased their prices over the past months. Currently, most of them are traded at positive Z-scores, which is an indication that they have lost most of their statistical edge. Still, they are traded at high discoun...

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-...

Introduction The closed-end funds from the high-yield sector significantly increased their prices over the past months. Currently, most of them are traded at positive Z-scores, which is an indication that they have lost most of their statistical edge. Still, they are traded at high discoun...

Based on the original article, which can be found here . There is a potentially big opportunity for the insurance-linked securities (ILS) markets to develop parametric cat bonds that could cover some of the growing risks in Eastern Europe and Western areas of Asia. For a wide range ...

A couple of days ago, I reported on the KKR Income Opportunities Fund ( KIO ). It's pretty standard for me to invite readers for their opinions and takes on a given investment, and there's a good reason for that: often the articles here on SA serve to kick off a substantive conversation on a...

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...

Note: This report was first released to members 1 month ago. The Chemist's "High-High-Low" Report Quantitative screens help to rapidly narrow down attractive candidates from the database of 500+ closed-end funds [CEFs] for further due diligence and investigation. The "High-High-Low" repo...