LQDH News and Press, iShares Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond From 09/05/23

2023-09-05 11:30:00 ET Summary We up short-term sovereign bonds on attractive yields and downgrade credit in the long run. We stay cautious on long-term bonds even with the surge in yields. U.S. stocks recovered last week as 10-year yields slid from 16-year highs. Jobs data showed...

2023-08-31 00:35:00 ET Summary Record QT and big rate hikes no problem: Corporate Bond Market Distress Index drops to lowest level since before the Fed started tightening. The New York Fed’s update on Wednesday of its weekly Corporate Bond Market Distress Index (CMDI) shows...

2023-08-11 05:28:00 ET Summary Fund flows show investors still favouring fixed income. Money Market and high interest savings instruments proving popular. New buffer and accelerator ETFs also gaining investor interest. Despite the recent run in stocks, fund flows s...

2023-08-06 04:30:00 ET Summary Short-term investment-grade corporate bonds offer compelling income potential and lower interest-rate risk than longer-term bonds and safe-haven assets. The short-duration investment-grade universe provides exposure to high-quality companies with sol...

2023-08-06 03:41:00 ET Summary The US economy continued to move forward in July, although some portions, especially manufacturing, are stumbling. While job growth remained solid in June, nonfarm payrolls rose by 209,000 for June, the smallest increase since the end of the Covid re...

2023-08-06 03:35:00 ET Summary The two-year versus 10-year Treasury spread narrowed 20 bps this week, the largest narrowing since the banking crisis week of March 17th. The market's probability for a 25 bps rate increase at the Fed’s September 20th meeting dropped from 19% ...

2023-08-03 14:05:47 ET iShares Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond ETF ( NYSEARCA: LQDH ) - $0.5877 . 30-Day SEC Yield of 3.69% as of July 31. Payable Aug 08; for shareholders of record Aug 03; ex-div Aug 02. For further details see: iShares Interest Rate Hed...

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...

2023-07-25 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...