LQDH News and Press, iShares Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond From 03/28/23

2023-03-28 21:52:00 ET Summary If the recent crisis of confidence was created by bigger concerns about inflation and sharp moves in rates, the focus now is more on Alpha, the issuers in credit markets. Another drag on bank risk comes from the US regional banks. Significant vol...

2023-03-28 04:57:00 ET Summary The iShares Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond ETF is a fixed-income exchange-traded fund. The vehicle seeks to track the investment results of an index designed to mitigate the interest rate risk of a portfolio composed of U.S. dollar-denominated, ...

2023-03-27 11:25:00 ET Summary It makes sense to prepare for the turning point in this cycle - but not by returning to the winners from the last cycle. Growth would slow and unemployment would rise, and while credit defaults would remain low for the time being, a decline in corpor...

2023-03-22 06:28:00 ET Summary Recent uncertainty, instigated by the issues seen across the financial sector, has led to a change in investment flows seen across exchange traded funds. A change in investment flows can be seen over the month of March as equity market volatility has...

2023-03-22 03:20:00 ET Summary An active Fed means that investors may finally get some yield out of front-end fixed income. Inverted curves also mean attractive income with limited duration risk, in our view. We think that elevated inflation will likely keep the Fed hiking rates. ...

2023-03-21 14:05:00 ET Summary Increased uncertainty in the global banking system and violent swings in rates markets have led to weakness in credit. Statistically, spreads are looking cheap, but we argue that risks remain high and market direction is still uncertain. While th...

2023-03-16 05:05:00 ET Summary Over the past week, investors have had to digest U.S. banking failures and the threatened collapse of a major European bank. This stress has finally underscored the tensions between global central banks’ efforts to tame inflation and growing c...

2023-03-15 22:25:00 ET Summary The failure of Silicon Valley Bank, along with Silvergate Bank and the Signature Bank of New York, has created what is possibly an inflection point in the bond markets. The effect on the fixed-income markets has been nothing short of astonishing. ...

2023-03-10 07:47:00 ET Summary Aggressive Fed tightening over the past year or so has devastated the value of bond portfolios because interest rates have risen by more and faster than during any prior bond bear market. The bond market is signaling that the outlook for the economy ...

2023-03-08 00:27:00 ET Summary UK investors have bought into government bonds (particularly US) and have continued to sell down UK equities - of pretty much any flavour, despite a decent relative performance over the past year. Financing conditions are expected to remain tight, an...