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With the price plunge which started in early October, the P/E ratio of the S&P 500 (using Bloomberg's measure, which is based on 12-month trailing earnings from continuing operations) has fallen from a high of 23.3 last January to 16.48 currently. To put this into perspective, consider tha...
By Matthew Minnetian, Susan Hutman, Gershon Distenfeld The media and some market observers are bracing for a blizzard of BBB-rated bonds to get downgraded to junk as the credit cycle turns. We expect it will be closer to a flurry. Investors are right to be concerned, of course. US corp...
By Collin Martin Key Points Risks are rising in the corporate fixed income markets and we suggest a more cautious stance heading into 2019. Investors should consider moving up in credit quality. Coupon income will likely be a key driver of total returns in 2019. Risks are...
Western Asset Corporate Loan Fund (NYSE: TLI ) - $0.0530 (Quarterly $0.1590/share in three installments). Western Asset High Income Fund II (NYSE: HIX ) - $0.0455 (Quarterly $0.1365/share in three installments). Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund (NYSE: HIO ) - $0.0265&...
By Andrew Mulliner, CFA, Ryan Myerberg Portfolio Managers Andrew Mulliner and Ryan Myerberg take a candid look at escalating U.S. debt and the implications for bond investors. It's All about Lifting Weights We are not really talking about lending directly to Uncle Sam here, but the she...
There are several points of confluence between financial markets and the real economy. Asset price volatility can produce negative effects on confidence, of course, forcing economic agents to reconsider their own business activities. More than that, in the gigantic bond market, in particular, ...
By Kathy A. Jones Peak expectations The worst may be over for the bond bear market. After more than two years of steadily rising bond yields (and falling bond prices, which move inversely to yields), our research suggests that 10-year Treasury bond yields may have peaked for this tighten...
Junk investors pulled cash from U.S. high-yield funds for three straight weeks and seven of the last 12 weeks, with Lipper reporting an outflow of $828M last week. More news on: iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Bond ETF, Credit Suisse H...
While the current cycle of declining interest rates has been running for at least 25 years, the most recent iteration of the period has been exceptionally benign. Since the end of the global financial crisis, corporate and, to a greater extent government, borrowing costs have run at the levels...
JPMorgan Chase sees the pessimism in equity and high-yield bond markets as overdone, as it sees only a 20% to 30% chance of a recession in 2019, with an increased probability in 2020, Bloomberg reports. More news on: iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, SPDR Bloomberg Barclays ...
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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...