LQD News and Press, iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond From 04/23/23

2023-04-23 04:52:00 ET Summary The first quarter of 2023 was marked by heightened volatility during the banking crisis in March, although the preceding two months were fairly tame. We saw a very volatile first quarter in fixed income, with much speculation into U.S. Federal Reserv...

2023-04-22 04:15:00 ET Summary Recent outperformance by large-cap growth stocks may reflect a rotation into long-duration assets as the economy weakens and the turn in the rates cycle approaches. We remain cautious on equities in general, however, given uncertainty about the laggi...

2023-04-20 14:07:00 ET Summary Our entire financial system revolves around credit. This includes the ability to access credit for new loans, and more importantly, the refinancing of existing loans. At the center of any credit contraction are the banks, for it is they who are the p...

2023-04-20 02:54:00 ET Summary Managers have become less bearish on credit spreads with ~40% expecting spreads to be range-bound in the next 12 months. Inflation and the prospect of recession are the major concerns among managers. At the time of the survey close on Feb. 15, pa...

2023-04-19 07:34:21 ET Money managers are the most Overweight bonds compared to equities since the Financial Crisis, according to the latest survey from BofA Securities. The April Fund Manager Survey of 286 panelists with $728B in assets under management was the "most bearish" of t...

2023-04-19 03:09:00 ET Summary Aggressive monetary pressure finally saw meaningful impact in the first quarter, in the form of a bank liquidity crisis that required swift intervention by regulators to limit contagion. Markets reacted with volatility and, in anticipation of tighter...

2023-04-17 05:15:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method.  This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...

2023-04-17 04:08:00 ET Summary As we head into the second quarter, we believe it’s very likely that economic data will moderate which would be welcome news for the Fed, supportive of their effort to achieve a soft landing and combat inflation. Global fixed income markets ex...

2023-04-14 14:22:04 ET Summary The iShares Government/Credit Bond ETF is composed of Treasuries, Agency MBSs, and Investment Grade corporate bonds, with a 62% allocation to AAA assets. The exchange-traded fund has a very similar composition and risk metrics as the much better-know...

2023-04-14 09:01:58 ET For the seventh consecutive trading week financial participants found themselves to be net buyers of fund assets which included both exchange traded funds and conventional funds as they added $28.1B to the space. Once again, the largest influx of cash went to mone...