ULST News and Press, SPDR SSgA Ultra Short Term Bond From 03/05/21

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...

SPDR SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF (ULST) - $0.0199.30-Day SEC Yield of 0.31% as of Feb 26.Payable Mar 05; for shareholders of record Mar 02; ex-div Mar 01. For further details see: SPDR SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF declares monthly distribution of $0.0199

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...

SPDR SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF (ULST) - $0.0247.30-Day SEC Yield of 0.39% as of Jan 29.Payable Feb 05; for shareholders of record Feb 02; ex-div Feb 01. For further details see: SPDR SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF declares monthly distribution of $0.0247

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. ...

SPDR SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF (ULST) - $0.0269.30-Day SEC Yield of 0.47% as of Dec. 17.Payable Dec 24; for shareholders of record Dec 21; ex-div Dec 18. For further details see: SPDR SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF declares monthly distribution of $0.0269

The concept of a "demographic dividend" is well-established in academic research. But the flip side of a demographic dividend is what the United States and virtually all other developed nations are beginning to experience. Unfortunately, COVID-19 probably made the situation worse ...

The last ice age lasted a very long time and caused a significant regression in the biological advance of life on earth. I think we are on the verge of entering into a new kind of ice age — an economic one — around the world today. Massive debt loads weigh down the e...

I've written on multiple occasions about how deficit spending ultimately hampers GDP growth by crowding out private investment. It can also weigh on GDP growth when inflows of foreign dollars go toward funding the fiscal deficit instead of buying US goods or being invested in US asset...

SPDR SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF (ULST) - $0.0272.30-Day SEC Yield of 0.52% as of Nov. 27.Payable Dec 07; for shareholders of record Dec 02; ex-div Dec 01. For further details see: SPDR SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF declares monthly distribution of $0.0272