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By Gershon Distenfeld Transcript: Risk assets, be it high-yield bonds, equity markets worldwide, are not pricing in all that much bad news. The rates markets worldwide are. One of them is wrong. I see time and time again that people say we're later in the cycle, I don't want to ow...
By Brian L. Kloss, JD, CPA Using the proverbial American baseball analogy, the U.S. credit cycle is in the late innings of the game, but there are still some good plays left. Managing these later stages requires skill, and it becomes a game of careful security selection in certain asset cl...
Western Asset High Income Fund II (NYSE: HIX ) declares $0.047/share monthly dividend , 1.1% increase from prior dividend of $0.0465. More news on: Western Asset High Income Fund II, Dividend News, Read more ...
Western Asset High Income Fund II Inc. (NYSE:HIX) today announced the financial position of the Fund as of July 31, 2019. 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 borro...
As the drums of the U.S.-China trade war beat louder, one has to keep in the back of one's mind where the point of no return is. It is probably not a specific "point," but a gray area that is a moving target, depending on how badly the U.S. and other global economies get hurt. For example, hur...
Introduction The closed-end funds from the high-yield sector significantly increased their prices over the past months. Currently, most of them are traded at positive Z-scores, which is an indication that they have lost most of their statistical edge. Still, they are traded at high discoun...
Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC announced today that certain closed end funds have declared their distributions for the months of September, October and November 2019. The following dates apply to the distribution schedule below: a The Fund has increased its distributions to a...
Originally published August 5, 2019 By Edward Altman What Is a Benign Credit Cycle?* By my definition, benign credit cycles are periods when most if not all four aspects of the market are incentivizing major growth in the supply and demand for credit. That means three or more of the ...
By Seth Meyer, CFA In a period of falling interest rates, yield is dear, and high yield therefore remains an attractive asset class. However, with increased interest rate volatility and uncertainty around economic growth, Portfolio Manager Seth Meyer says a cautious approach and a focus o...
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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...