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Category: Corporate HighGrade Bonds

Grim Decade for Bonds, but High-Yield Credit Wins in 2024

December 29, 2024 Brian Gilmartin Leave a comment

Here’s a decade-to-date total return chart for both the AGG ETF, and the Barclay’s US benchmark index courtesy of YCharts.…

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Posted in: 10-year Treasury yield, AGG, BASIX (Blackrock Income Fund), Corporate High Yield, Corporate HighGrade Bonds, High-Yield Credit, HYG, JMSIX (JPMorgan Income Fund), Treasuries

2019 Bond Asset Class Returns in the Last “Normal” Easing Cycle

September 11, 2024 Brian Gilmartin Leave a comment

2019 was the last year investors saw what could be called “normal” easing cycle driven by macroeconomic growth concerns and…

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Posted in: 2019 Bond Asset Class Returns, 2019 Sector performance, Corporate High Yield, Corporate HighGrade Bonds, High-Yield Credit

August CPI, High-Yield Credit, and Back to the Yen Carry Trade

September 8, 2024 Brian Gilmartin Leave a comment

Here’s the coming week’s detail on US economic releases, per Briefing.com calendar: The August CPI report is due Wednesday, September…

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Posted in: Corporate High Yield, Corporate HighGrade Bonds, CPI / PPI, CPI Services ex-Shelter, Credit markets, Ed Yardeni, Yen

Jobless Claims and Credit Spreads – An Update

August 7, 2024 Brian Gilmartin Leave a comment

While I thought last week’s jobless claims number of +255,000 was the highest print in the last year (and was…

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Posted in: 10-year Treasury yield, Corporate High Yield, Corporate HighGrade Bonds, Credit markets, jobless claims

More on Bonds: Inflation Expectations data, Crude Oil, High Yield Credit, and Duration Risk

May 11, 2024 Brian Gilmartin Leave a comment

The above is Briefing.com’s weekly economic data table. April ’24 PPI and April ’24 CPI are due out Tuesday, May…

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Posted in: 10-year Treasury yield, Corporate High Yield, Corporate HighGrade Bonds, CPI / PPI

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