LQD News and Press, iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond From 01/02/24

2024-01-02 00:30:00 ET Summary The tide has turned for bonds. Here’s what we think is in store for 2024. Key central bank rates and bond yields remain high globally and are likely to remain elevated well into 2024 before retreating. Despite Treasuries’ recent ral...

2024-01-01 09:02:00 ET With 2022 now in the books, exactly what do the books show? Here's a look at investments related to the financial, real estate and crypto segments. Not surprisingly, bitcoin ( BTC-USD ) surged the most in the past year, more than doubling (+156%), when compari...

2023-12-28 07:42:15 ET More on the markets 2024 Analyst Outlook: Lawrence Fuller On An Economic Soft Landing Scenario SSO: Time To Reduce Leverage As Market Risk Grows S&P 500 Prediction For 2024: 6,000 By Year End Investors are net sellers of fund assets...

2023-12-28 05:45:00 ET Summary As investors prepare their portfolios for 2024, our investment professionals share insights on what to expect in their respective asset classes. Gold prices should continue to have a meaningful impact on our outlook for the miners through the end of ...

2023-12-28 04:00:34 ET Summary My 2024 fixed income portfolio aims to achieve current income in the 6-8% p.a. range and has specific allocations for alternatives, non-US credit, and below-investment grade credit. I am investing along three key themes: The Fed's pivot, credit risk ...

2023-12-27 03:59:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 has made a new all-time-high on a total return basis, but it needs to break out decisively. Corporate defaults seem very well-contained, but corporate credit spreads are your “early warning” indicator for a deeper recess...

2023-12-25 07:00:00 ET Summary Fed signals more rate cuts for 2024, leading to a melt-up in risk assets and new all-time highs for Dow Jones. Inflation remains steady, with producer prices rising at the slowest pace in three years and core inflation running at 2.0% for the year. ...

2023-12-25 02:48:22 ET Summary Wall Street alchemists worked overtime to create sophisticated structures that intermediated increasingly high-risk mortgage debt into enticing securitizations and derivative instruments. Inflating home prices ensured only more speculative interest a...

2023-12-18 14:58:06 ET Summary The Virtus Convertible & Income Fund II aims to provide income-focused investors with the potential for capital appreciation through a combination of convertible securities and junk bonds. The fund has underperformed the S&P 500 Index over th...

2023-12-16 13:42:07 ET More on iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF LQD: After A Strong Gain, Time To Limit Expectations (Rating Downgrade) LQD: Investors Should Start Accumulating Top 10 exchange traded fund outflow leaders in 2023 iShares iBo...