KIO News and Press, KKR Income Opportunities Fund From 03/05/21

The loan space continues to see inflows which should be supportive of NAVs. As NAVs increase, they can increase leverage supporting distributions. Loan funds remain one of the cheapest asset classes in the CEF spectrum with five-year z-scores that are barely positive. We like KIO ...

The high-yield CEF sector has done well though not as well as other sectors in terms of discount returns in the last month (+1.3%). The sector as a whole is near its long-term fair value with a discount of -5%. But with spreads near the pre-COVID tightest levels, there isn't much upsi...

Why the run-up in rates has troubled equity markets more than credit, and why we think that is poised to continue. Since the start of the fourth quarter of 2020, the U.S. 10-year yield has risen by more than 80 basis points while the spread of the ICE Bank of America U.S. Corporate BB...

The recent rise in Treasury yields has spooked the equity markets. This is obvious from the recent performance of the bond markets as compared to the stock markets. Inflation is not the cause of this rise, but rather a combination of the stimulus measures, a rebounding economy, our CO...

The Income Factory® philosophy has gained wide acceptance here on Seeking Alpha and elsewhere, but there was lots of resistance when I first introduced the concept about a decade ago. The idea that "income drives wealth" is one that goes back centuries in economics and literature...

These are two options in the high-yield sector that look at least semi attractive at these levels for various reasons. These funds are more hybrid funds like ARDC with some allocation to leveraged loans helping to diversify the portfolio. The high-yield space, as I've noted severa...

Global recovery optimism, especially in the US, is leading to speculation over when the Fed might take its foot off the accelerator and buy fewer Treasuries and Agencies. Increasingly, parallels are being drawn to similar events in 2013. In this Q&A, we look at when such a sha...

Economic growth is returning to almost every country in the world, and almost all commodity prices are rising. The thing to worry about is the direction of fiscal policy, which will almost certainly bring us higher taxes, increased regulatory burdens, and more expensive energy. Fo...

KKR Income Opportunities Fund (KIO) Q4 2020 Earnings Conference Call February 16, 2021 01:00 PM ET Company Participants Aaron Dalrymple - Director, Client and Partner Group Jeremiah Lane - Partner and Portfolio Manager Presentation Operator Good day, and welcome to the KIO Q4 Investor Call. T...

It is my opinion, when considering both the inflation component and the credit risk component, that most bonds are not providing any real value currently. One strategy that should be considered is not buying any more bonds at present. The second is to take a careful look at your portf...