PHYL News and Press, PGIM Active High Yield Bond From 02/21/22

Non-U.S. markets, including EM, DM, and Asia, are outperforming the U.S. markets after underperforming last year. After slightly underperforming growth last year, value is where the money is flowing. With the economy still in growth mode, cyclical stocks should do better than defe...

For most of the past decade, government bonds have contributed positive returns and a note of stability to multi-asset portfolios. The volatility of US Treasuries has been well above normal. In multi-asset investing, portfolio allocations can’t stand still when navigating a...

Short-duration high yield bonds and senior floating rate loans offer diversified yield opportunities with limited interest rate risk. With regard to the overall health of the market, we continue to see high yield and loan issuers stabilize margins and improve their balance sheets. ...

The short-term high yield and floating rate loan markets may provide opportunities as interest rates rise. The composition of the high-yield market has moved toward higher credit quality with opportunities for ratings upgrades. Floating rate loans (bank loans) provide investors hi...

The Federal Reserve (Fed) announced its widely anticipated taper in the first week of November. The Fed is once again getting out of the volatility suppression business. Within U.S. high yield, the greatest impact has been in the highest-rated BB tier. For further details se...

The stock market can get a little crazy sometimes - out of control. The bond market is more in tune with the economy and takes a longer-term approach. The action in the bond market is telling us that there is trouble on the horizon. Credit spreads have increased, and the high yiel...

Inflation and the pressure that it’s putting on central banks to normalize policy frame the outlook for 2022. Businesses have benefited as economies have re-opened after the first waves of the pandemic. Two sectors — consumer cyclical and integrated energy — h...

The flattening Treasury curve likely has more to do with the market's failure to recognize growing structural inflationary forces. Exceptionally high inflation has turned the U.S. Federal Reserve notably hawkish. Commodity prices continue to climb, with oil touching $90 per barrel...

For investors who want to earn a reasonable return without taking excessive risks, diversification still works, and we think you’re going to need more of it this year. The weighing of the high-flyers is not over. Commodities had another good week, and the 1-year return is getti...

With the rise of quantitative credit trading, investors are looking for novel data to better understand their investment risks and drive investment decisions through statistical models. A sub-market that investors frequently look to in search of yield is the high-yield corporate bond ...