PCF News and Press, High Income Securities Fund From 03/17/19

Posted by Michael Kelley, Head of Global High Yield Research, Samira Sattarzadeh, Senior Analyst on March 14, 2019, in Fixed Income Earlier this year, our investment grade colleagues discussed the potential implications of the growing BBB segment of the US investment grade market...

allen Angel Watch: A Coming Wave of Downgrades? WILLIAM SOKOL: After several years of strong returns in a relatively benign environment, how can high yield investors position their portfolios for a possible turn in the credit cycle? I'm Bill Sokol. I'm here today with Fran Rodilosso t...

December offered credit investors a taste of what a real cyclical downturn might look like in a post-GFC (global financial crisis) world. Unsurprisingly, most did not enjoy the flavor. In concert with other risk assets, corporate credit saw considerable volatility and losses late in the year...

Even with Kim pulling off a switcheroo on President Trump in Hanoi last week, the stock market had very little negative reaction. A failed nuclear summit that had a lot of potential to ratchet down tensions on the Korean peninsula is disappointing, but the stock market took it like a champ. ...

By Jeremy Schwartz, CFA On the last "Behind the Markets" podcast, Liqian Ren and I hosted two recurring guests. Bill Stone, CIO of Avalon Advisors, discussed joining Avalon and his global market outlook. Martin Fridson, CIO of Lehmann Livian Fridson Advisors, joined for the second half of ...

The US high-yield bond market has an impressive record when it comes to recovering drawdowns quickly . But how much can an investor who stays put reasonably expect to earn? Today's yield should give them a pretty good idea. History has shown that the yield you start with is a remarkably r...

"Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it." - Mark Twain Looking at the continuation of the rally seen in January, with markets being more oblivious to macro data given the return of the central banking support narrative, when it came to selecting ...

High yield funds (including both mutual funds and ETFs) took in $728 million in net new money for the fund-flows trading week ended Wednesday, February 13. This was the fifth net inflow in the last six weeks for the group during which time its total intake has been +$9.4 billion, this includes...

The US high-yield market has suffered ten peak-to-trough losses greater than 5% in the last 20 years. On average, investors recovered their losses in only four months - and sometimes as few as two. Following the longest and largest drawdown of -35%, which lasted 19 months, investors who stay...

By Collin Martin The investment-grade corporate bond market has gotten riskier. BBB rated corporate bonds now make up more than half of the investment-grade corporate bond market,¹ and the share keeps rising. We suggest investors play defense with their investment-grade corporate bo...