LQDH News and Press, iShares Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond From 06/24/22

Federal Reserve wants to hit the brakes, a 180-degree reversal from the recent two-year effort to turbo-stimulate the U.S. economy. USD's strength since early last year has defied a widening trade deficit, historic negative real interest rates, and growing anxiety that weaponizing the...

Growth is slowing, but it’s slowing to trend at this point. So not to zero, not to negative, but something like the trend that we’ve experienced over the last couple of decades. So, if you’re looking for a great way to play inflation, look to the small cap asset c...

Success in investing over the long term isn’t just about picking winners. By adopting a balanced diversified approach, your portfolio stands a better chance of achieving a stable return over time. In a rapid rising environment for equity markets, we expect fixed income to u...

When money is virtually free for borrowers and near-nil yielding for investors, many people do dumb stuff with money. But when rates rise sharply, the riskiest bets blow up, and investors get reminded that capital options are far from equal. Return of principal matters most in the...

The year-over-year change in core CPI peaked in March and is coming down, albeit slower than we’d all like to see. The economy is slowing in some areas and inflation is still high but probably peaking. Bond yields are starting to look pretty attractive relative to stock div...

The auto industry illustrates the difficulty of finding a perfectly sustainable private sector investment. No automaker is perfect from a sustainability perspective. Companies regularly need fresh injections of capital. For further details see: Responsible Lending: The M...

It certainly has been an extraordinary period of weakness for the bond market with the most rapid rising yields that we’ve seen in decades. But the other side of the coin is that now that yields are at these higher levels, bonds represent a much more interesting investment oppo...

The search for value is on, particularly in short to medium duration. We believe yield translates into return potential, and it’s an opportune time to assess current yields in the context of the durability (or lack thereof) of the Fed’s recently aggressive monetary polic...

Investors are shifting their focus from runaway inflation to slowing global growth as central banks hike rates to tame price pressures. Today’s corporate bond issuers are in much better shape financially than issuers entering past recessions. Companies have been focused on ...

Global sovereign bonds caught a bid during the back half of May after a sentiment washout and classic contrarian bottoming signal. Hot Eurozone inflation and buoying policies in China are not enough to offset apparent major global growth risks. All eyes are back on the Fed with ea...