JNK News and Press, SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Bond From 04/22/24

2024-04-22 08:35:00 ET Summary Investors face a challenging landscape with fiscal dominance pushing bond yields and inflation, while geopolitical turmoil disrupts markets. Rising interest rates aim to curb inflation but can hurt stock valuations and bond prices. In my opinion,...

2024-04-18 18:07:35 ET Summary Pioneer High Income Fund, Inc. offers a reasonably attractive yield of 8.96% at the current price. The PHT closed-end fund's share price has appreciated by 6.74% since August 2023, outperforming domestic bond indices. The fund primarily invests i...

2024-04-15 08:20:00 ET Summary Investors continue to wait for clear signals as to the timing and extent of interest rate cuts. After last year’s significant progress on prices, inflation remains elevated and slow in its path toward target levels. Although the timing rem...

2024-04-13 09:14:10 ET Summary The BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund invests in non-investment grade bonds as an actively managed closed-end fund. Climbing interest rates at a time when credit spreads are at a historically low level highlight key risks to consider. We expect...

2024-04-12 08:05:00 ET Summary U.S. growth is downshifting somewhat as lower income households pull back, and corporates face higher refinancing costs. However, with most other global economies still struggling, the U.S. will remain the strongest global performer. After having mad...

2024-04-10 12:00:00 ET Summary Owners’ equivalent rent has been noisy over 1Q, however, other leading inflation indicators suggest there’s OER improvement to come in 2Q. This is supportive of a continued downward trend in inflation. Unemployment claims remain low by ...

2024-04-09 14:25:00 ET Summary Bond yields are higher today than they were 20 years ago. With inflation indicators falling around the globe, the time of elevated cash rates may be drawn to a close. Yet, as global central banks appear at or near the end of a tightening cycle de...

2024-04-08 09:00:00 ET Summary Looking forward, our base case is that the Fed engineers a soft landing and starts to normalize policy rates in the second half of the year. In recent quarters, large-cap technology has outperformed in both higher and lower rate regimes. The weig...

2024-04-04 11:00:00 ET Summary What is clear is that a number of broad-brush commodity funds are rebounding in 2024 after a down year for the asset class in 2023. In contrast with market-cap-weighted index funds for stocks, a much deeper dive is required for understanding and choo...

2024-04-02 10:30:00 ET Summary The long-run performance estimate for the Global Market Index ticked up again in March vs. the previous month. Today’s revised forecast (based on three models defined below) indicates a 6.9% annualized return for the unmanaged benchmark, which...