IVH News and Press, Ivy High Income Opportunities Fund of Beneficial Interest From 02/14/19

This article was first released to subscribers one month ago. Quantitative screens help to rapidly narrow down attractive candidates from the database of 500-plus closed-end funds (CEFs) for further due diligence and investigation. Based on feedback from members, it seems that a very man...

Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame." - Pearl S. Buck Watching with interest the weakening tone in February in credit markets following the stellar month of January, in conjunction with confirmation of a global slowdown, and with no resolutio...

The US high-yield market has suffered ten peak-to-trough losses greater than 5% in the last 20 years. On average, investors recovered their losses in only four months - and sometimes as few as two. Following the longest and largest drawdown of -35%, which lasted 19 months, investors who stay...

By Collin Martin The investment-grade corporate bond market has gotten riskier. BBB rated corporate bonds now make up more than half of the investment-grade corporate bond market,¹ and the share keeps rising. We suggest investors play defense with their investment-grade corporate bo...

By Kevin Flanagan, Senior Fixed Income Strategist A bit over a month into the new year, and the two asset classes whose performance stands out are U.S. investment grade ((IG)) and high-yield ((HY)) bonds. This recent turn of events is certainly a noteworthy reversal of fortune from how 201...

It takes 35 years in the trenches of the junk bond market for an investment professional to come up with a one-liner that summarizes the volatility of low-grade debt: “It reads like a bond, but trades like a stock.” As junk bond spreads were blowing out in January 2016, the ...

Just like the broader market this week, the rally in high yield credit stalled out a bit. Earlier on Friday, we highlighted the fact that the S&P 500 ran into resistance right at its 200-DMA earlier this week and has been pulling back ever since. In the case of the ETF that tracks the hi...

U.S. high-yield funds pulled in $3.86B for the week ended Friday, the largest amount since July of 2016, according to Lipper data. More news on: iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Bond ETF, Credit Suisse High Yield Bond Fund, Financial stocks ...

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 bon...

By Gershon Distenfeld Should you be concerned that high-yield bonds didn't predict last year's equity market selloff? We don't think so. In fact, we think investors should consider adding high-yield exposure to reduce overall risk. High-yield bonds have traditionally been a reliable earl...