JSD News and Press, Nuveen Short Duration Credit Opportunities Fund of Beneficial Interest From 07/06/22

The revised long-term outlook projects an annualized return of 4.9%. The current risk premium forecast for GMI suggests that multi-asset-class strategies overall will generate lower returns relative to results posted in recent years. Combining forecasts via several models may prov...

The expected risk premium continued sliding in April for the Global Markets Index (GMI). Tuesday’s revision reflects a drop to a 5.4% annualized increase for the long term – a relatively large cut of 40 basis points from last month’s estimate. The forecast ref...

The expected risk premium for the Global Market Index ticked slightly higher in March to an annualized 5.8% pace, fractionally above last month’s estimate. Using short-term momentum and medium-term mean-reversion market factors (defined below) to adjust the forecast trims GMI&#...

As the world reels from the crisis, the blowback is rippling across the world economy and markets. The current risk premia analysis implicitly recommends managing expectations down for GMI and other global multi-asset-class portfolios. The mean reversion factor is estimated as the...

We highlight FFC - a strong performer in the preferreds sector that has just moved out to an attractive valuation. We also use FFC as a case study of how the Fed's rate hiking trajectory will raise most fund leverage costs and reduce CEF net income levels. And discuss strategies f...

Interest rates have risen sharply since the start of the year, causing some pain in the markets and a significant rise in the VIX. With the VIX up sharply, we risk seeing discounts widen from here given how tight they are. But with interest rates rising across the curve, discounts...

As we enter the first quarter of 2022, we are inching closer to the eventual rate hikes from the Fed. The 10-Year Treasury has already been on the move, heading higher while we are only a few weeks into the new year. This has put jitters in the market; notably, "long duration" ass...

The expected risk premium for the Global Market Index edged down in January from the previous month’s estimate. Using short-term momentum and medium-term mean-reversion market factors to adjust the forecast reduces GMI’s ex-ante risk premium to an annualized 5.4%. Th...

The expected risk premium for the Global Market Index (GMI) ticked lower in November but remains elevated relative to recent history. Adjusting the forecast with short-term momentum and medium-term mean-reversion market factors (defined below) reduces - substantially - GMI’s ex...

The recent run higher in the Sharpe ratio for the Global Market Index finally reversed in October. Risk-adjusted performance has slipped, but GMI's rebound in October lifted it to a new record high. GMI is useful as a baseline to begin research on asset allocation and portfolio de...