KIO News and Press, KKR Income Opportunities Fund From 01/19/19

After screaming higher towards the end of 2018 right up through the first couple of days of 2019, high yield spreads have come crashing back down to earth in the last two weeks, falling from a high of 544 basis points (bps) on 1/3 to 440 bps through Thursday. At their highs two weeks ago, spre...

According to Bloomberg, junk bonds have already returned 3.45% this month, which would be the best January in several years. Drilling down further, CCC paper has returned 4.575%, the finest performer in fixed income. More news on: iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, SPDR Bloombe...

We've discussed leveraged loans (also called floating rate or senior loans) quite a bit on this site. At the end of the third quarter, floating rate was the best asset class in the fixed income space with a mid-single-digit gain. However, by the end of the fourth quarter, aided by some media-i...

In this three-part series, Matt Tucker overturns some commonly held assumptions about the relationship between interest rates and bond returns. Here, he examines what 30 years of falling rates actually meant for bond investors. One comment you often hear these days is how lucky bond market...

By Matthew Sheridan Bond strategies that balance interest-rate and credit risk struggled in 2018. Is this time-tested approach past its prime? Hardly. We think investors will need to blend exposure to both to generate income and limit risk in 2019. Pairing high-yield corporate bonds and ...

By Cooper J. Howard There's an old joke in the bond market: "What's the difference between a high-yield bond and a junk bond?" "It's high yield when you buy it, but junk when you sell it!" Since high-yield munis - those that are rated below Baa3/BBB-, or not rated at all - were one of the ...

Mike Lanier, who has spent over 35 years in the trenches of the bond market, told me a while back that junk bonds “read like a bond but trade like a stock.” As the most volatile sector of the bond market, they offer significant opportunities to either make or lose a lot of mone...

Introduction The opportunities in closed-end funds over the last few months caught the eye of many investors. Most of these products are designed to provide a steady stream of income, usually on a monthly or quarterly basis, as opposed to the biannual payments provided by individual bonds....

"I decided that there was only one place to make money in the mutual fund business, as there is only one place for a temperate man to be in a saloon: behind the bar and not in front of it." - Paul Samuelson Looking with interest at the strong rebound in high beta in credit markets in conju...

KKR Income Opportunities Fund (NYSE: KIO ) declares $0.125/share monthly dividend , in line with previous. More news on: KKR Income Opportunities Fund, Dividend News, , Read more ...