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allen Angel Watch: A Coming Wave of Downgrades? WILLIAM SOKOL: After several years of strong returns in a relatively benign environment, how can high yield investors position their portfolios for a possible turn in the credit cycle? I'm Bill Sokol. I'm here today with Fran Rodilosso t...
Leveraged loans, on a risk-adjusted basis, have outperformed junk bonds by more than 80 basis points, since Goldman Sachs recommended an overweight allocation in mid-January, Goldman strategist Lotfi Karoui wrote in a March 7 note. More news on: iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ET...
U.S. junk bonds' returns turned negative across the risk spectrum yesterday for the first time in almost four weeks. More news on: iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Bond ETF, Credit Suisse High Yield Bond Fund, Financial stocks news, News on ...
Even with Kim pulling off a switcheroo on President Trump in Hanoi last week, the stock market had very little negative reaction. A failed nuclear summit that had a lot of potential to ratchet down tensions on the Korean peninsula is disappointing, but the stock market took it like a champ. ...
The opportunities in closed-end funds over the last few months caught the eye of many investors. Most of these products are designed to provide a steady stream of income, usually on a monthly or quarterly basis, as opposed to the biannual payments provided by individual bonds. And this feature...
By Jeremy Schwartz, CFA On the last "Behind the Markets" podcast, Liqian Ren and I hosted two recurring guests. Bill Stone, CIO of Avalon Advisors, discussed joining Avalon and his global market outlook. Martin Fridson, CIO of Lehmann Livian Fridson Advisors, joined for the second half of ...
The US high-yield bond market has an impressive record when it comes to recovering drawdowns quickly . But how much can an investor who stays put reasonably expect to earn? Today's yield should give them a pretty good idea. History has shown that the yield you start with is a remarkably r...
"Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it." - Mark Twain Looking at the continuation of the rally seen in January, with markets being more oblivious to macro data given the return of the central banking support narrative, when it came to selecting ...
Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC announced today that certain closed end funds have declared their distributions for the months of March, April and May 2019. The following dates apply to the distribution schedule below: This press release is not for tax reporting purposes but is...
High yield funds (including both mutual funds and ETFs) took in $728 million in net new money for the fund-flows trading week ended Wednesday, February 13. This was the fifth net inflow in the last six weeks for the group during which time its total intake has been +$9.4 billion, this includes...
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2024-06-20 09:00:23 ET Western Asset High Income Fund II Inc (HIX) declaring a stock dividend of $0.049 per share on Ex-Date : June 21, 2024. Shareholders on record as of June 21, 2024 are eligible for the dividend. The payment date is scheduled for July 01, 2024, and the declaratio...
2024-05-23 05:00:26 ET It’s finally happening: Management fees on our favorite 8%+ paying assets— closed-end funds (CEFs) —are falling. And some are sending their already soaring dividends even higher, too. Those are key reasons to invest in these high-yield pla...
Western Asset High Income Fund II Inc. (NYSE: HIX) today announced the financial position of the Fund as of January 31, 2024. Footnotes: (a) The difference between total assets and total net assets is due primarily to the Fund’s use of borrowings; total net assets do not include borr...