LQD News and Press, iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond From 08/04/23

2023-08-04 09:46:42 ET Wall Street investors found themselves to be overall net redeemers of fund assets which included both exchange traded funds and conventional funds for the first week in three, as they retracted $6.5B from the marketplace. Taxable bond funds were the only area that...

2023-08-04 07:16:00 ET Summary During LSEG Lipper’s fund-flows week that ended August 2, 2023, investors were overall net redeemers of fund assets (including both conventional funds and ETFs) for the first week in three, removing a net $6.5 billion. Our fund-flows week kick...

2023-08-03 13:22:31 ET iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF ( NYSEARCA: LQD ) - $0.3694 . 30-Day SEC Yield of 5.27% as of July. 31. Payable Aug 07; for shareholders of record Aug 02; ex-div Aug 01. For further details see: iShares iBoxx $ Inves...

2023-08-03 07:10:17 ET Summary Federal Reserve rate hikes have led to higher interest rates across fixed-income markets. The exact impact varies according to the sub-asset class. A look as to how rates have impacted investment-grade corporate bonds, specifically, follows. ...

2023-07-28 22:14:00 ET Summary Investors often reduce allocations to corporate bonds - particularly those on the lower rungs of the ratings ladder - when the economic outlook gets cloudy. Top line growth and earnings among corporate borrowers have lost some momentum - not too surp...

2023-07-28 12:43:59 ET The bond market experienced an overall increase in Treasury yields for the week. This came amid another Federal Reserve rate hike and further data on inflation and the overall economy. Below is a snapshot of moves that took place in the bond market this week: ...

2023-07-25 03:29:00 ET Summary Economic resilience has continued through the first half of 2023, primarily driven by strong household balance sheets, strong wage growth. The leading indicators of coincident and lagging economic data suggest we should see hard data points like indu...

2023-07-25 00:00:00 ET Summary Higher yields for corporate bonds generally correspond to higher credit risk based on an issuer's credit rating. We believe higher yields also offer opportunities for fixed income investors to add additional sources of income return to their portfoli...

2023-07-24 22:24:00 ET Summary Equity and fixed income markets experienced heightened volatility amid the Q2 debt-ceiling saga, while currency and derivatives markets were mostly unaffected. Regional banks struggled in Q2, with deposits and witnessed credit spreads widening by 100...

2023-07-24 21:44:00 ET Summary We believe the five primary economic and market signals that provide perspective on where we go from here are GDP growth, earnings, interest rates, inflation and central bank policy. While some argue that elevated inflation remains a primary concern ...