JNK News and Press, SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Bond From 12/26/23

2023-12-26 05:07:27 ET Summary The Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund offers a 9.97% yield and invests in both stocks and bonds. The fund's performance since its inception has been poor, with shares down 28.90% over the period. The fund is heavily weighted towards bonds, partic...

2023-12-24 08:00:00 ET Summary BKHY is a relatively new junk bond ETF that started in April 2020. It has managed to outperform the big kahuna in the space, SPDR® Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF over the last 3 years. We examine whether this high-yield portfolio with a 7.22%...

2023-12-19 09:44:00 ET Summary It’s been a profitable year for the major asset classes, with a glaring exception: commodities. GCC has lost 3.3% year to date. That’s a mild decline, but it marks a stark contrast against across-the-board gains in 2023 for the major as...

2023-12-19 00:33:00 ET Summary The biggest companies in a passive bond portfolio are those that have issued the most debt. Companies in difficulty often have a bigger impact in a bond portfolio than in an equity portfolio. In high yield, the net-of-fees total return of even th...

2023-12-18 14:58:06 ET Summary The Virtus Convertible & Income Fund II aims to provide income-focused investors with the potential for capital appreciation through a combination of convertible securities and junk bonds. The fund has underperformed the S&P 500 Index over th...

2023-12-18 12:58:36 ET More on SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Bond ETF JNK: Too Much Risk For Too Little Yield JNK: The Fed Supports A Bullish Rating JNK: At The Center Of A Credit Event Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High ...

2023-12-15 09:39:47 ET Summary The Fed intends to leave rates unchanged and focus on letting assets like agency mortgages fall off their books. This is good news for bond investors worried about rate risk. Some credit risk still remains, so I have my eyes on corporate bonds and 7-...

2023-12-15 05:30:00 ET Summary Multi-asset income investors should adapt portfolios for equity defense, credit potential, and duration exposure in 2024. Investors should view equity allocations as the core driver of growth and upside potential within a multi-asset strategy. De...

2023-12-12 04:30:00 ET Summary The US stock market is still leading the field by a wide margin. Meanwhile, commodities are the downside outlier. The general upswing in most markets has lifted the Global Market Index (GMI) this year. Ongoing disinflation and softer economic gro...

2023-12-11 23:14:12 ET Summary Investors poured a record amount of money into high-yield bond ETFs in November, but I remain bearish on the junk bond market. A looming maturity wall and expected rise in defaults create a negative environment for junk bond ETFs. The artificiall...