Bubble Up: The Everything, Everywhere Bubble

Home Market Outlook Economy Analysis Bubble Up: The Everything, Everywhere Bubble. Investors face a challenging landscape with fiscal dominance pushing bond yields and inflation. Rising interest rates aim to curb inflation but can hurt stock valuations and bond prices. We are in the euphoria phase of an AI bubble.

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Fixed Income Investment Outlook Q2 2024: A Winding, Downward Path

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Global Market Perspectives Q2 2024: What's Not To Like?

Home Market Outlook Today's Market Perspectives Q2 2024: What's Not To Like? U.S. Economy continues to grow, overshadowing other major global economies of 2023. With most other global economies still struggling, the U.s. Will remain the strongest global performer.

Fixed Income Perspectives - Looking Ahead At Q2 2024: A Pause Before A Pivot

Fixed Income: No Time To Yield

Home Investing Strategy Fixed Income Analysis Fixed Income: No Time To Yield. Bond yields are higher today than they were 20 years ago. Investors are moving back into bonds in record numbers with 2023 global bond ETF inflows of $333 billion. Steve Laipply, Global co-head of iShares’ fixed income ETFs joins Oscar Pulido on The Bid.

IShares Spring 2024 Investment Directions

Home Investing Strategy Portfolio Strategy IShares Spring 2024 Investment Directions. The U.S. Economy has evolved largely as we anticipated in our 2024 Year Ahead Outlook. BlackRock believes the Fed will deliver three rate cuts in 2024. Inflation is still stubbornly above the Fed’s target while economic growth is slowing.

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Brookfield Real Assets: 10% Yield And A Large Discount Are Not Enough

Brookfield Real Assets Income Fund Inc. Has a massive yield and is trading at a discount to NAV. The fund is in essence a junk bond fund with a lot of non-investment grade rated bonds. The distribution has been cut once in the past. The closed-end fund has generated just 3% annual returns over the last 5 years.

Fixed-Income Outlook: Don't Miss The Forest For The Trees

Bond investors who are overly focused on individual data points may lose sight of the bigger opportunity picture. Central bank rate cuts are coming, and with them a major opportunity for bond investors. The first quarter of 2024 has been a bumpy ride for investors. More than $6 trillion in money-market funds is sitting on the sidelines.

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Floating-Rate And Junk Bonds Lead Fixed Income So Far In 2024

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Credit Maturity Wall: Not As Difficult A Climb As It May Seem

Most companies are in a good position to climb the debt maturity wall relatively unscathed. A record number of bonds issued during the pandemic at very low interest rates are set to mature over the next six years. A quarter of all U.S. High-yield debt will need to be refinanced at higher rates in the next three years.

Junk Bond Default Surge Continues In 2024

Corporate bond defaults were up massively in 2023, especially for high-risk junk debt. The trend is continuing this year at a pace not seen since the 2008 global financial crisis. Companies selling low-rated junk debt are being hit the worst. High-interest rates and high inflation make it hard for companies to make good on their obligations.

Weekly Market Pulse: An Economic Overview

Home Market Outlook Economy Analysis Weekly Market Pulse: An Economic Overview. Joseph Calhoun: The evolution of the US economy has been driven by a return to "normal" The distortions of the response to COVID have had a profound impact on the economy. Real incomes have been rising robustly over the last year.

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SJNK: Short-Term High-Yield Bond ETF, Strong 7.3% Yield, Good Performance

Where The Looming Credit Maturity Wall And The Economy Collide