LDSF News and Press, First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF From 12/03/20

The government is throwing money at the pandemic. The Fed is helping wholeheartedly. And inflation and yields are confounding the experts. For further details see: Yields And Inflation - Soaring? Not So Fast

First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF (LDSF) declares $0.041/share monthly dividend, 0.7% increase from prior dividend of $0.0407.Forward yield 2.4%Payable Nov. 30; for shareholders of record Nov. 25; ex-div Nov. 24.See LDSF Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. For...

First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF (LDSF) declares $0.0407/share monthly dividend, 12.1% increase from prior dividend of $0.0363.Forward yield 2.4%Payable Oct. 30; for shareholders of record Oct. 22; ex-div Oct. 21.See LDSF Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. F...

First Trust Advisors L.P. ("FTA") announces the declaration of the monthly distributions for certain exchange-traded funds advised by FTA. The following dates apply to today's distribution declarations: *The Payable Date for First Trust Low Duration Opportunities ETF (LMBS) will...

AB has been a longstanding proponent of investing globally within the bond markets. We advocate going global on a currency-hedged basis. In our view, US investors should remain in global bond markets because those negative non-US yields can be turned into an opportunity, thanks to...

First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF (NASDAQ: LDSF ) declares $0.0363/share monthly dividend , -10.4% decrease from prior dividend of $0.0405. Forward yield 2.13% Payable Aug 31; for shareholders of record Aug 24; ex-div Aug 21. See LDSF Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart...

Overview Through the great inflation period of the late 1970s and for about thirty years prior all bonds taken broadly as an asset class were widely considered to be “certificates of confiscation” The portfolio losses were persistent and seemingly endless. But near the end ...

Investment-grade corporate bonds had a stellar year, rising more than 17% throughout 2019, based on the total return of Corporate Bond ETF ( LQD ). Investment-grade corporate bonds certainly have a spot in a balanced portfolio, in addition to less risky Treasury bonds. Historically, when ec...

The visceral reaction to a bond with a yield of 2% makes sense. It has become common for investment strategists to ridicule bonds as an investment due to the low "yield," without consideration for the regime of economic growth (accelerating or decelerating), or the myriad of portfolio benefit...

How much higher can bond yields go before equities are knocked off their perch? That's a question that's likely to be on the lips of many market participants in the weeks ahead assuming all signs continue to point to an interim trade agreement between the world's two largest economies. Ov...