LQD News and Press, iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond From 04/09/24

2024-04-09 14:25:00 ET Summary Bond yields are higher today than they were 20 years ago. With inflation indicators falling around the globe, the time of elevated cash rates may be drawn to a close. Yet, as global central banks appear at or near the end of a tightening cycle de...

2024-04-08 09:00:00 ET Summary Looking forward, our base case is that the Fed engineers a soft landing and starts to normalize policy rates in the second half of the year. In recent quarters, large-cap technology has outperformed in both higher and lower rate regimes. The weig...

2024-04-04 03:10:00 ET Summary From Jan. 2000 through March 2024, the annual return for the S&P 500 is 7.40%. High-yield credit has done well in the last year in terms of absolute returns. Small- and mid-cap had a decent 2021 and 2022, but large-cap and growth re-asserted ...

2024-04-03 04:15:00 ET Summary Implied volatilities fell across asset classes last week in a holiday-shortened week, with the notable exception of gold. The extreme bullishness in gold, insofar as it reflects optimism over inflation and Fed policy, contrasts with what we're seeing...

2024-04-03 03:20:00 ET Summary After a sharp decline in yield during Q4 2023, Treasury yields rose during Q1 2024. We experienced significant increases in 10- and 30-year Treasuries, as they rose 31 bps to 4.19% and 30.6 bps to 4.336%, respectively. Spreads on investment-grade...

2024-04-02 07:36:00 ET Summary Markets continue to experience heightened volatility as participants pay close attention to every new economic data point, trying to divine the timing of the first central bank rate cuts. But investors who are overly focused on data surprises may los...

2024-04-01 22:02:06 ET Summary Different bonds have different characteristics, including credit quality, maturities, duration, and others. Maturities are of particular importance when interest rates are in flux, as they currently are. An analysis and comparison of short-term a...

2024-04-01 13:00:26 ET More on iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF LQD ETF: Unlock Asymmetrical Duration Exposure LQD: As The Cycle Tightens, High-Grade Corporates Remain Attractive Investors inject capital into the fund market for the third week in f...

2024-04-01 08:25:22 ET More on Markets IVV: S&P 500 Dashboard For April 2024 Biggest stock movers today: LI, MMM, and more China opposes revised US chip export rules - report My Current View Of The Market: April 2024 Edition (Technical Analysis) N...

2024-04-01 08:00:00 ET Summary Energy stocks were the leaders as oil prices rose strongly in the quarter, lower crude oil demand being another consensus opinion taken out behind the woodshed during the first three months of the year. Digging down to the industry level, homebuilder...