PTBD News and Press, Pacer Trendpilot US Bond ETF From 06/19/23

2023-06-19 07:05:00 ET Summary Last week, the Fed announced that it was not going to raise interest rates. The media and pundits proclaimed that this would send a false signal of a new bull market. We saw a substantial increase in trading volume compared to the rather low transact...

2023-06-07 06:20:00 ET Summary The yield of the U.S. high yield market, as measured by the ICE BofA U.S. High Yield Index, has been in the 8-9% range for much of the last year, and was close to 9% as of May 31, 2023. A number of sophisticated investors understand that the potentia...

2023-06-05 06:30:00 ET Summary Nvidia increased their revenue guidance for the July ’23 quarter. Data center revenue and EPS guidance for the fiscal Q2 for NVDA saw sell-side analysts boost the fiscal ’24 EPS estimate by 69% and the revenue estimate by 41%. High-grad...

2023-05-24 04:00:00 ET Summary Breakeven inflation has come down quite significantly at this point. It would really be stress within banking that I think would move the Fed's hand this year. Non-bank financials will really benefit from what's going on in the banking sector. ...

2023-05-19 10:20:00 ET Summary Valuations have a strong predictive relationship with future returns of risky assets like equities and high yields. We analyze this relationship for both US equity and US high yield credit, at the index level. US equities and US high yield credits ar...

2023-05-19 02:20:00 ET Summary Parking your fixed-income assets in cash may seem like a safe choice in today’s volatile investing environment, but it’s actually a risky proposition. The odds of meeting your investment goals over any reasonable horizon are much poorer...

2023-05-16 03:30:00 ET Summary Historically low interest rates in recent years made it difficult for investors who seek yield from their investment portfolios. Rising rates in today's fixed income markets have led to more attractive bond prices and higher yields, alleviating some ...

2023-05-16 01:30:00 ET Summary If the US economy enters and remains in a low-growth phase, the high-yield sector isn't at great risk of a downturn. High-yield bonds supply an income stream that few other assets can match. Equities have taken longer to recover from drawdowns. ...

2023-05-07 04:56:00 ET Summary Higher central bank policy rates have increased the cost of capital for corporations and other issuers of debt. Issuers of bank loans, the very large majority of whom are below-investment grade rated companies, are now facing all-in interest expenses...

2023-05-05 02:45:00 ET Summary As bond yields rose in 2022, investors sought refuge in high-yield bank loans, whose floating coupons are often heralded as an antidote to rising rates. But with conditions shaping up differently in 2023, bank loans may face challenges. We think ...