KORP News and Press, American Century Diversified Corporate Bond From 04/06/20

By Pater Tenebrarum Everything and the Kitchen Sink After the first inter-meeting rate cut in early March, we opined that further rate cuts were a near certainty and that “not-QE” would swiftly morph into “QE, next iteration” (see Rate Cutters Unanimous for ...

By Kevin Flanagan An overarching theme when investing in U.S. corporate bonds the last few years has been the discussion surrounding the credit makeup of the investment grade ((IG)) universe. Specifically, the share of the BBB-rated sector within this universe has risen considerably since ...

Sales of high-grade bonds are expected to total $30B-$35B next week, Bloomberg reports, citing an informal survey of dealers at some of Wall Street's biggest banks. More news on: iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF, PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index ETF, iShares...

A preponderance of data suggests that the economy is headed for one of two outcomes; either economic growth will slow into a recession or will return and stoke the small but growing fire of inflation. With corporate bond spreads at extreme lows, outcome one would likely cause a major rise ...