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Before the last January '18, February '18 plunge in the equity markets, the S&P 500 peaked on January 26, 2018, at 2,872 - 2,873. With Friday night's close at 2,945, the total gain for the S&P 500 (excluding dividends) is 2.5% from that January '18 peak. That is a paltry return for t...
You read the headlines, "The Markets are going to Hell," and "The Markets will be down 30% by Year-End" and "We are entering a Recession" and all of the rest of the dribble that comes floating along in the Press. Every time I see this stuff my eyes bob up and down and I stare at the ceiling. N...
Bank of America narrows its year-end target for U.S. investment grade bond spreads to 120 basis points from 145 bps on the ICEBofAML US Corporate Index, according to a note by Hans Mikkelsen, head of high-grade credit strategy. More news on: iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ...
When you have mastered numbers, you will in fact no longer be reading numbers, any more than you read words, when reading books. You will be reading meanings. - W. E. B. Du Bois Each day, every day, we see some "legend," some "guru," some "pundit," quoted in the Press. We are either go...
By Collin Martin The investment-grade corporate bond market has gotten riskier. BBB rated corporate bonds now make up more than half of the investment-grade corporate bond market,¹ and the share keeps rising. We suggest investors play defense with their investment-grade corporate bo...
By Kevin Flanagan, Senior Fixed Income Strategist A bit over a month into the new year, and the two asset classes whose performance stands out are U.S. investment grade ((IG)) and high-yield ((HY)) bonds. This recent turn of events is certainly a noteworthy reversal of fortune from how 201...
We’re not in the hyperbolic, click-baiting business of labeling markets bubbles. That said, certain market components can absolutely look and behave like bubbles. Hedgeye CEO Keith McCullough recently posed this question in regard to bubbles: “Why do you have the biggest bubbl...
By Paul English, CFA®, Head of US Investment Grade Research, and Matt Brill, CFA®, Senior Portfolio Manager, Invesco Fixed Income , on Jan 31, 2019, in Fixed Income The strong economy and market pressure may drive companies to pay down debt. Recent market stress surroundin...
SPDR Bloomberg Barclays 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF (NYSEARCA: BIL ) - $0.1792 . 30-Day SEC Yield of 2.19%. SPDR Bloomberg Barclays International Treasury Bond ETF (NYSEARCA: BWX ) - $0.0271 . 30-Day SEC Yield of 0.96%. SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Short Term International Treasury Bond ETF (NYSEA...
There were no major U.S. Federal Bank speeches this week, so let's dive into the market overall, starting with corporates. CCC yields (in blue) widened sharply between 10/18 and 12/18, rising about 425 basis points (left scale). Spreads have tightened a bit since then, coming down to about 1...
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State Street Global Advisors, the asset management business of State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT), today announced the addition of seven rebranded SPDR ETFs to the SPDR Portfolio suite. Introduced in 2017 and attracting $34.4 billion in new assets in just two years, 1 the SPDR Portfolio off...