SPBO News and Press, SPDR® Portfolio Corporate Bond ETF From 06/15/22

When money is virtually free for borrowers and near-nil yielding for investors, many people do dumb stuff with money. But when rates rise sharply, the riskiest bets blow up, and investors get reminded that capital options are far from equal. Return of principal matters most in the...

The year-over-year change in core CPI peaked in March and is coming down, albeit slower than we’d all like to see. The economy is slowing in some areas and inflation is still high but probably peaking. Bond yields are starting to look pretty attractive relative to stock div...

The auto industry illustrates the difficulty of finding a perfectly sustainable private sector investment. No automaker is perfect from a sustainability perspective. Companies regularly need fresh injections of capital. For further details see: Responsible Lending: The M...

It certainly has been an extraordinary period of weakness for the bond market with the most rapid rising yields that we’ve seen in decades. But the other side of the coin is that now that yields are at these higher levels, bonds represent a much more interesting investment oppo...

The search for value is on, particularly in short to medium duration. We believe yield translates into return potential, and it’s an opportune time to assess current yields in the context of the durability (or lack thereof) of the Fed’s recently aggressive monetary polic...

Investors are shifting their focus from runaway inflation to slowing global growth as central banks hike rates to tame price pressures. Today’s corporate bond issuers are in much better shape financially than issuers entering past recessions. Companies have been focused on ...

Global sovereign bonds caught a bid during the back half of May after a sentiment washout and classic contrarian bottoming signal. Hot Eurozone inflation and buoying policies in China are not enough to offset apparent major global growth risks. All eyes are back on the Fed with ea...

SPDR Portfolio Corporate Bond ETF (SPBO) - $0.0740. 30-Day SEC Yield of 4.28% as of May 27. Payable Jun 07; for shareholders of record Jun 02; ex-div Jun 01. For further details see: SPDR Portfolio Corporate Bond ETF declares monthly distribution of $0.0740

Each time a more substantial market correction occurred, Central Banks acted to provide the “neutral stimulus.”. Investors have been under a tremendous amount of pressure this year. The Fed doesn’t mind a “disinflation” in asset prices to reduce ...

With passive investments, investors can seek to quickly and efficiently gain exposure to credit assets when markets are down and withdraw after they have risen. One could potentially get a spread pickup of over 150 basis points for one BBB senior bond versus another with a similar dur...