First Trust High Yield Long/Short ETF News

The fund takes a factor-based approach to bond investing.

Performance in the high yield market hasn't been quite as strong as the S&P 500. While total return levels in the high yield market are important to track, spreads in high yield debt relative to treas

The sudden stop to markets induced by COVID-19 caused a substantial repricing of credit risk globally, and central banks, treasuries, and ministries of finance around the world responded unequivocally

We downgrade investment grade credit to neutral and increase our overweight in high yield as we see volatility rising after a rally in risk assets.

As the mid-March 2020 market volatility affected USD corporate bond prices, it also compromised their liquidity.

The sharp rebound of global stocks and investment-grade bonds in the second quarter left higher-income assets behind.

The name of the bond market game since COVID-19 hit, if it can be summarized in one sentence, is that credit spread assets continue to make sense.

Low yields plus rising defaults seemingly leave little ground for bond investors seeking safety or income - or both.

High-yield bonds have a reputation for volatility. Yet US high-yield bonds have performed predictably, even through rough markets. High-yield bonds may experien

We examine the effects of the crisis on the year-to-date liquidity of USD corporate bonds, as measured by the price liquidity ratio. The price liquidity ratio c

This is a weekly series focused on analyzing the previous week’s economic data releases. The objective is to concentrate on leading indicators of economic activ

The U.S. policy response has been the most remarkable of the developed markets, not least because of the explicit marriage of monetary and fiscal policy for the

The lack of issuance and supply over the last almost year or so, that's what makes the TIC data so fascinating. And relevant, if for other reasons, too. CLO iss

A note on Grantham's comments about emerging market securities and how they offer better value than ludicrously priced US corporate securities today. In this en

The corporate bond market has typically been an institutional market that the largest mutual fund firms and sell-side firms like Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanle