KIO News and Press, KKR Income Opportunities Fund From 06/13/19

Jeffrey Gundlach's DoubleLine plans to launch a fund that will invest in mortgage-backed securities, other asset-backed securities, and collateralized loan obligations, according to a recent SEC filing. More news on: iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, SPDR Bloomberg Barclays ...

The two US dollar proxies followed regularly are the Invesco DB USD Bullish ETF (UUP) and the DXY. The UUP is a tradeable ETF, but it generates a K-1, therefore I stopped buying it for clients. Both the DXY and the UUP have identical currency weightings: Euro: 58% Yen: 14% ...

We were waiting for new tariffs on China and instead got new tariffs on Mexico, a country that has agreed to a new trade deal to replace the old NAFTA. Clearly, using tariffs to resolve immigration issues is an innovative tool, but does it really solve anything? Many of the immigrants Presid...

Welcome to my May update for my Green Dot Portfolio, a small self-directed retirement portfolio created in a Roth IRA trading account. May was the seventh month of my second year for my portfolio, and it was another month of cash income above that needed to make my annual goal. This year my ...

One of the lessons of the past few decades' boom/bust cycles is that each financial bubble emerges in a different asset class. In the 1970s it was precious metals, in the 1980s junk bonds, in the 1990s tech stocks and in the 2000s mortgage-backed bonds. Today, the only one of these with a re...

I recently discussed one of the biggest potential "flash points" for the financial markets today - corporate debt. What I find most fascinating is how quickly many dismiss the issue of corporate debt with the simple assumption of "it's not the subprime mortgage market." Correct, it's...

The nerves fueling the recent equity-market selloff is rubbing off on the U.S. junk bond market. BlackRock's iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF ( HYG +0.2% ) saw its largest one-day withdrawal of the year on Wednesday, according to Bloomberg data. More news on: iShares iBoxx $...

We see income, or carry, reasserting itself as the key driver of bond market returns. Scott explains. Coupon income historically has contributed the lion's share of total returns across global fixed income markets. Yet declining yields this year elevated the role of capital appreciation in...

Introduction The closed-end funds from the high-yield sector significantly increased their prices over the past four months. Currently, most of them are traded at positive Z-scores, which is an indication that they have lost most of their statistical edge. Still, they are traded at high di...

By Seth Meyer, CFA Portfolio Manager Seth Meyer discusses the current state of the high-yield market, which he views as fairly priced, given a strong technical tailwind and constructive fundamentals. We believe investors can find attractive opportunities in B-rated bonds issued by companie...