PHYL News and Press, PGIM Active High Yield Bond From 03/09/22

With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine into its second week, the economic fallout is gradually coming into focus. In our view, it is highly likely that economic growth will slow in the US and globally, but less so in the U.S. We expect market volatility to remain elevated for an...

The most dramatic and immediate effect of the invasion and subsequent international sanctions is that local market Russian securities are effectively frozen. Emerging markets debt more broadly has traded well this year, in terms of spread, prior to the invasion. We believe the maj...

Emerging Markets are outperforming the rest of the world, due in large part to windfall profits in the commodities-exporting countries of South America and the Middle East. If you want to follow the money, this is a good place to start. Money has been flowing out of tech, consumer dis...

Russian debt, both hard currency and local currency, is largely shut down for trading. Prices for Russian government securities are pricing in a default scenario. The markets have dramatically repriced central bank expectations. For further details see: Russia Sanctions ...

The peak of central bank tightening expectations has likely passed. Major economies will continue to experience positive growth. Biggest sectoral impacts will likely be in commodity markets. For further details see: Russia's Invasion: 3 Implications For Fixed Income

Events have moved quickly since our update on February 22. It’s unclear whether this is the shock and awe phase of a limited incursion or the beginning of a full-scale invasion that seeks regime change in Kyiv. USD/RUB touched 90 overnight before fading back to the mid-80s ...

Investors who think they have no macro exposure quite often are just unaware of what macro risks they are running. One complaint I have seen multiple times that people were annoyed that macro analysts were opining on the topic, despite a lack of qualifications in international relatio...

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. ...