JNK News and Press, SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Bond From 05/01/24

2024-05-01 12:00:00 ET Summary Stronger-than-anticipated economic data released during the first quarter led to a significant downward shift in market expectations for 2024 rate cuts. While equity markets were mostly unfazed by this change in expectations, fixed income markets exp...

2024-04-30 04:30:00 ET Summary After strong performance since the fourth quarter of last year, U.S. high yield spreads remain tight. Credit spreads are about 30 or 35 basis points wider than their tights in early March. Interest rate volatility is less of an issue for high yie...

2024-04-29 11:00:00 ET Summary PIMCO High Income Fund offers a current yield of 12.03%, but other closed-end peer funds have higher yields. The fund's share price performance has been volatile but has outperformed domestic bond indices in recent months. The fund's leverage rat...

2024-04-29 10:00:00 ET Summary Interest rates are now at their highest levels since the early 2000s, helping to make bonds more attractive to investors who had been sitting on the sidelines the past couple of years as bonds endured significant volatility. Even with ongoing volatil...

2024-04-29 05:52:56 ET More on the markets SPY: The 'Value' From Equities Is Historically Low SPY: The Setup Looks Extremely Bearish Be Greedy When Others Are Fearful, Even If They Are Fearful For A Good Reason Stocks aren't getting the usual post-earnings po...

2024-04-26 08:59:42 ET Market participants found themselves to be overall net buyers of fund assets, which included both conventional funds and exchange traded funds, for the first week in three as the investment community injected $5.5B into the fund space.... Read the full article o...

2024-04-26 03:15:00 ET Summary The average 12-month trailing yield for the major asset classes has ticked up so far this year. The average trailing yield for risk assets is currently 3.89%, according to data from Morningstar.com. The highest-yielding risk asset is the US junk ...

2024-04-23 10:25:15 ET Summary The DoubleLine Income Solutions Fund offers income-focused investors a respectable level of income with a 10.90% yield. The fund's yield is lower than its peers, but its performance has been consistent and it has outperformed certain bond indices ove...

2024-04-23 08:40:00 ET Summary Most of the major asset classes are in the red so far this year. A widely followed marker in the commodities rally is this year’s rise in gold. Keep in mind that while commodities are the year’s big winner, there’s still room...

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,...