LQDH News and Press, iShares Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond From 06/12/23

2023-06-12 03:22:00 ET Summary Considering the March banking crisis, non-financial debt growth was tepid for the second straight quarter. With its AAA rating and attractive liquidity profile, GSE obligations are the perfect asset for money market funds. A spike in yields would...

2023-06-05 13:20:00 ET Summary We see the market’s focus returning to higher-for-longer rates and sticky inflation after a U.S. debt ceiling deal. We prefer an up-in-quality portfolio. U.S. stocks hit 2023 highs after the debt ceiling deal. Yields rose amid the specter of r...

2023-06-05 06:30:00 ET Summary Nvidia increased their revenue guidance for the July ’23 quarter. Data center revenue and EPS guidance for the fiscal Q2 for NVDA saw sell-side analysts boost the fiscal ’24 EPS estimate by 69% and the revenue estimate by 41%. High-grad...

2023-06-03 04:00:00 ET Summary Five months into 2023 and investors are still questioning the Federal Reserve’s position on how high they will bring interest rates to fight persistent inflation. The Fed meeting was the beginning of a volatile month as indices fell after the ...

2023-05-30 11:35:00 ET Summary Inflation has proven sticky, even as growth weakens. Markets are realizing that policy rates are set to stay higher for longer. We like quality in stocks and bonds. Tech stocks surged further last week even as debt ceiling talks spurred bouts of vola...

2023-05-24 10:07:00 ET Summary Corporate bonds offer better opportunities than government bonds, in our view, as central banks wind down their monetary tightening cycles. The health of regional banks and the debt ceiling are concerns, but we see selective opportunities in the bank...

2023-05-24 04:00:00 ET Summary Breakeven inflation has come down quite significantly at this point. It would really be stress within banking that I think would move the Fed's hand this year. Non-bank financials will really benefit from what's going on in the banking sector. ...

2023-05-24 02:25:00 ET Summary The financial markets are giving off mixed signals of late, and credit investors may wonder whether to be downbeat or optimistic. At first blush, corporate fundamentals appear to be softening, with top-line growth and earnings showing signs of slowin...

2023-05-23 23:16:00 ET Summary The idea of bunting (“small ball”) in baseball is that you can, somewhat counterintuitively, build a game-winning strategy through conservative positioning. Since the GFC, financial markets had fallen into a dynamic whereby if economic ...

2023-05-18 23:51:00 ET Summary The Fed remains the straw that stirs the drink. When it stirs this vigorously, stuff happens. For the first time in 15 years, investors are offered 5% returns on near-cash instruments, such as money market funds. By increasing holdings of (nearly...