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The Global Market Index’s (GMI) expected risk premium held steady at 5.9% annualized in May, matching the previous month’s estimate. The framework for estimating equilibrium returns was initially outlined in a 1974 paper by Professor Bill Sharpe. Keep in mind, too, t...
The major asset classes delivered across-the-board gains for a second month in a row in May. Everything apart from cash was up last month, led by a sizzling rally in foreign inflation-linked government bonds. The FTSE Russell World Inflation Index ex-US surged 4.0% last month, the...
Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC announced today that certain closed end funds have declared their distributions for the months of June, July, and August 2021. The following dates apply to the distribution schedule below: This press release is not for tax reporting purposes...
While many yields are at, or near, their historic lows, opportunity remains in select segments of emerging-market debt, triple B-rated corporate bonds and certain areas of the mortgage-securities market. A good way to approach value stocks has been to find those that are attractively ...
Today's post rolls out the inaugural Risk Review column for the major asset classes, a monthly update that's the companion piece to the monthly performance report and risk-premia estimates. Risk analysis is a broad and deep subject and so this monthly update will be no one's idea of a...
Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc. (NYSE:HIO) traded today at a new 52-week high of $5.39. This new high was reached on below average trading volume as 81,000 shares traded hands, while the average 30-day volume is approximately 211,000 shares. Western Asset High Income Oppo...
Shares of Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc. (NYSE:HIO) traded at a new 52-week high today of $5.18. Approximately 70,000 shares have changed hands today, as compared to an average 30-day volume of 209,000 shares. Western Asset High Income Oppor Fd Inc is a diversified close...
While most people are aware there was a financial crisis in 2008, they will surely fail to link it with the next one. There are four debt categories: government, financial, non-financial corporate and consumer. Banks act as the intermediary between central banks and the non-financ...
Annuities are another option for a place to put your hard-earned money and can be almost guaranteed for fixed annuities. They offer monthly cash flow in the distribution phase of their life and this can be immediate or deferred. Closed-end funds are also an excellent way to produc...
HIO looks attractively valued for unleveraged high-yield exposure. HIO yields 7.77% with 94% coverage, -7.89% discount. Note that the fund is not purely invested in high-yield bonds. For further details see: HIO Looks Appealing For Unleveraged High-Yield Exposure
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Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc. (the “Fund”) (NYSE: HIO) announced today the results of the votes cast at the Fund’s annual meeting of stockholders held April 12, 2024. Paolo M. Cucchi and Jane E. Trust were elected as Class II Directors of the Fund by hol...
2024-03-07 05:00:28 ET Closed-end funds sometimes give us hard choices … like do we want high dividends or really high dividends? Okay, so maybe I’m being a little flippant here—but not much! A reader got me thinking about this recently, with a quest...
Effective March 1, 2024, the named portfolio management team responsible for the day-to-day oversight of the Fund is as follows: Michael Buchanan Walter Kilcullen Christopher Kilpatrick Data and commentary provided in this press release are for informational purposes only. Fra...