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The expected risk premium for the Global Market (GMI) ticked up in August, reaching an annualized 6.1%, slightly above the previous month’s estimate. Despite the comparatively high GMI forecast, the current estimate remains well below the index’s realized risk premium fo...
Why yields have been falling, and whether bond markets are trying to signal to any important trends to investors, particularly in light of the fact that we've seen equities reach new highs. This is a market environment, or a trading environment, that feels like people want to add dura...
The winning streak for American shares rolled on in August. US stocks rose for a seventh straight month and posted the strongest gain for the major asset classes. US bonds also lost ground in August. The Bloomberg Aggregate Bond Index slipped 0.2%, the first monthly decline for the be...
The Western Asset Diversified Income Fund (NYSE: WDI) conference call recording from August 18 is now available. The speakers on the call were Michael Buchanan, Deputy Chief Investment Officer, and Chris Kilpatrick, Portfolio Manager, both from Western Asset Management. This was the fir...
Last year, we were looking at distribution changes due to the COVID pandemic sell-off. CEFs distribute out most of their earnings as distributions, so they pay relatively higher yields. However, relatively higher yields mean that any downturn is likely to cause distribution cuts. ...
Stocks finished the week up nicely with the S&P 500 up nearly 1% and the Nasdaq up just over 1%, for all new record highs. The biggest worry lately in the markets (outside of Covid) has been valuations. But in the last 9 months, the market has actually become cheaper. Taxable ...
Western Asset Diversified Income Fund (NYSE: WDI) will host a conference call today at 1:00 PM EST. The speakers will be Michael Buchanan, Deputy Chief Investment Officer, and Chris Kilpatrick, Portfolio Manager, at Western Asset Management. This is the first conference call since the F...
The unprecedented demand for U.S. Treasuries at last week’s auction - even as the 10-year yield approached its 50-day moving average - speaks volumes. Yields did slip notably last Friday back below 1.3% (the day after the auction), closing below their 200-day moving average. Th...
2 things that always happen at or prior to the start of a boom-to-bust transition for the US economy. One is a clear-cut widening of credit spreads. The other is pronounced weakness in the Industrial Metals Index (GYX) relative to the gold price. There are many different credit-spread...
Western Asset Diversified Income Fund (NYSE: WDI) will host a conference call on August 18, 2021 at 1:00 PM EST. The speaker will be Michael Buchanan, Deputy Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager at Western Asset Management. This is the first conference call since the Fund ...
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2024-07-05 13:16:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method. This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...
2024-05-25 02:38:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method. This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...
Western Asset Diversified Income Fund (NYSE: WDI) today announced the financial position of the Fund as of March 31, 2024. This financial data is unaudited. The Fund files its semi-annual and annual reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), as well as it...