PULS News and Press, PGIM Ultra Short Bond From 08/28/21

Yields are not created equal and most financial website mischaracterize short duration bond ETF yields. A higher yield does not equate a better short duration ETF. Risk/reward ratios matter. When buying short duration bond ETFs investors look for preservation of capital - metr...

The U.S. has experienced three months in a row of elevated - and rising - consumer inflation rates. Monetary policy has broken down and is scarcely able to translate central bank actions into the Main Street economy. Fiscal policy is more unproductive than productive, and the more...

Pulsenmore has completed an IPO on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange; raising NIS 137 million (USD 42 million) Pulsenmore develops revolutionary home ultrasound devices for pregnant women PR Newswire OMER, Israel , June 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --&...

Since offshoring contributed to the long-term disinflationary trend, it would seem to make sense that reshoring would contribute to an inflationary trend. The "reshoring will lead to higher inflation" argument revolves around differences in labor costs, which are much higher in the US...

As the U.S. birth rate fell to a new low in 2020, it appears that COVID-19 and associated economic weakness/uncertainty has accelerated a preexisting trend of falling American fertility. If 2008-level fertility rates had persisted through 2020, 5.8 million more babies would have been ...

PGIM launched SDHY in the latter part of November of 2020. The sponsor only has a few CEFs, SDHY is just their third fund. Though they don't have a big presence in the CEF space, they have a long track record being founded back in 1875. For further details see: SDHY: New...

The three major market events or themes of 2021's first quarter all shared a common theme - short-term thinking overwhelming valuations. While the GameStop and Viacom moves were more isolated, they reflect similar dynamics to the reopening trade. For individual investors, knowing ...

As COVID-19 has spread across the globe, wreaking havoc, a financial pandemic has likewise proliferated around the world. Zombie companies, weak firms persistently unable to cover their fixed expenses with operating profits, massively increased in number in 2020. But zombie compan...

Money supply growth has soared in the last year, but that doesn't mean the trillions of dollars dumped onto consumers was used for consumption. Just like in short-term UBI experiments, the stimulus checks largely didn't alter people's spending habits but rather bolstered their savings...

With interest rates hovering just above zero, it's questionable whether bonds will continue to play their traditional role as income generators and portfolio stabilizers going forward. My preference is to lower one's allocation to bonds, and to stick only to ultra-short term bonds. ...