SLQD News and Press, iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond E From 05/04/22

The expected risk premium continued sliding in April for the Global Markets Index (GMI). Tuesday’s revision reflects a drop to a 5.4% annualized increase for the long term – a relatively large cut of 40 basis points from last month’s estimate. The forecast ref...

iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (SLQD) - $0.0615. 30-Day SEC Yield of 3.11% as of Apr. 28. Payable May 06; for shareholders of record May 03; ex-div May 02. For further details see: iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF declares monthly distribution o...

We continue to believe that ICSH is one of the better places to park cash to get some return without taking much risk. Unfortunately it has recently delivered negative total returns due to the quick rise in interest rate expectations, but going forward we believe it can return to deli...

Yield-curve flattening and the credit sell-off have created value opportunities. Although off their wides, short duration corporate bonds still look compelling, in our view. We think the underperformance in financials is due to technical factors that should abate in the near term ...

If China were to continue to pursue a Zero Covid policy amidst rising case counts, supply chains originating in Asia could get shut down again. On the food front, wheat is particularly vulnerable to a prolonged conflict, which has been reflected in the performance of wheat futures. ...

Investors in short duration corporate bonds can capture 80% of the yield of the corporate Index while taking less than 25% of the interest rate risk. Generic two-year and three-year Treasury notes have risen 176 basis points year-to-date, compared to 127bps and 91bps, respectively, fo...

The expected risk premium for the Global Market Index ticked slightly higher in March to an annualized 5.8% pace, fractionally above last month’s estimate. Using short-term momentum and medium-term mean-reversion market factors (defined below) to adjust the forecast trims GMI&#...

iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (SLQD) - $0.0589. 30-Day SEC Yield of 2.62% as of March. 30. Payable Apr 07; for shareholders of record Apr 04; ex-div Apr 01. For further details see: iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF declares monthly distribution...

As the world reels from the crisis, the blowback is rippling across the world economy and markets. The current risk premia analysis implicitly recommends managing expectations down for GMI and other global multi-asset-class portfolios. The mean reversion factor is estimated as the...

iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SLQD) - $0.0629. 30-Day SEC Yield of 1.97% as of Feb. 25. Payable Mar 07; for shareholders of record Mar 02; ex-div Mar 01. For further details see: iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF declares monthly distrib...