KIO News and Press, KKR Income Opportunities Fund From 11/17/19

In 2008, CDOs were the news of the day hitting a peak of $800 billion. Collateralized Debt Obligations are derivatives based on cash flow generating assets that are turned into investment products. These CDOs were mostly mortgage based in 2008 and went sour when housing prices and mortgage p...

An interesting dynamic has emerged in high yield ((HY)) markets following the overall rally in bond yields year to date. On the one hand, the presumed "margin of safety" that yield provides against future defaults has declined, thereby shifting the potential distribution of future returns more...

Note: This report was released to members 1 month ago. Please check latest data before making investment decisions. Chemist's "High-High-Low" Closed-End Fund Report Quantitative screens help to rapidly narrow down attractive candidates from the database of 500+ closed-end funds [CEFs] fo...

By Gershon Distenfeld, Noelle Chiang It's easy to get spooked in late-cycle markets. But we think there's a way to de-risk your portfolio and still generate a decent level of income - no magic spells necessary. Investors often do one of the following things when markets are in the later ...

Junk-bond yields hit a two-year low of 5.43% as returns advanced to a 2019 peak of 12.049%, their best showing since 2016, according to Bloomberg Barclays index data. More news on: iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Bond ETF, BlackRock Corpora...

Note: This report was initially released to members 1 month ago. Chemist's "Quality" Closed-End Fund Report Quantitative screens help to rapidly narrow down attractive candidates from the database of 500-plus closed-end funds [CEFs] for further due diligence and investigation. Based on...

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair. We ha...

Last week, Howard Marks delivered his latest memo. In what he describes as a break with precedent, he chose the topic based not on "a series of events [that] can be interestingly juxtaposed," but on "a request." According to Marks, a colleague (Ian Schapiro, who leads Oaktree’s Power ...

Investors love anything claiming to be high yield . For taxable investors, headline yields are an illusion and this post shows after-tax returns for popular high yield ETFs. High Yield Bonds Let’s start with the poster child for high yield ETF investing: iShares iBoxx $ High Yiel...

Spanning the Gap Florence is my town, and it always will be. It is a town dominated by its cathedral and its dome: a great colossus, named “Cupolone” (“Big Dome”) by the Florentines. Cupolone remains the biggest brick dome in the world, with 463 spiraling —...