ISHARES IBOXX $ HIGH YIELD EX OIL & GAS ETF News

HYG, iShares High-yield ETF is down 9.71% YTD, and you can't help but wonder how much is due to the Energy sector, with Diamond Offshore filing for bankruptcy t

The Fed’s backstop helped bring down credit spreads, both investment grade and high yield. Banks appear positioned to make it through the Corona Crash according

We have the crippling global pandemic that we're all struggling with, and second, a concurrent collapse in oil prices. The result of this has been a swift and b

Stocks were never as cheap during this crisis as they were in 2008 and 2009, and are unlikely to quickly charge to new highs with earnings falling. After anothe

The IMF said it expects the global economy to contract by 3% in 2020 and negative earnings pre-announcements have been issued by major companies, yet markets co

The bond markets are integral to our Capital Markets and way larger than the equity markets. Bonds in normal times were buy and hold entities so they didn't ell

When the stock market crash started, money initially continued to flow into investment grade corporate bonds. But that didn’t last. The recent interventions by

The immutable power of time - with an assist from the U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed) - is what investors can expect to restore order to the corporate bond marke

Junk bond yields really do look ripe for the picking here. But that’s probably not the best use of capital at the moment. Given the dividend yields on offer acr

In 2008, we had a problem in the credit market (subprime mortgages), which made financial institutions move into credit tightening mode. Soon, that start cascad

If one is not attempting to be a hero forecaster, one key thing to look for is a resumption in corporate bond issuance. Although the corporate debt market is ex

Brent oil has entered into a bear market, as prices have fallen almost $30 a barrel since the beginning of the year. With such large differences in exposure, we

The spread of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) has increased the downside risks to the fundamental picture for the US HY market. Compounding the situation is th

As crude prices plummet, 'HYXE' offers high yield bond exposure free from the debt of energy companies.

Stubbornly low interest rates still have many investors reaching far and wide for yield. High-yield bonds provide a consistent income stream that few other asse