While Markets Were Volatile, High-Yield Was Rock-Solid May 17, 2021
This past week made for a bumpy roller coaster ride as inflation fears took center stage. Yet, while major indices were up and down, the high-yield debt market was solid as a rock.
Fixed income investors could be at ease watching inflationary pressures rise, which could prod the Federal Reserve into eventually raising rates. While the Fed has repeatedly stated its desire to not raise rates, much of the market is prepping for just that scenario.
Inflationary fears racked the markets this week, starting on Tuesday when the S&P 500 took a dive. The index is down 1.6% the last five days.
Bridging the Gap between Money Markets and Long-Term Bonds? May 6, 2021
Fixed income investors can bridge the gap between money market funds and long-term bond funds with ultra-short bonds like the
In today’s low yield environment relative, investors will often snag more yield by taking on risk with volatile assets or assuming more duration risk. This is where ultra-short bonds can strike a balance between money market funds that can’t offer higher yield and short-term bond funds that have higher duration risk.
With its low 0.10% expense ratio, VUSB’s investment objective is to seek to provide current income while maintaining limited price volatility. The fund invests in a diversified portfolio of high-quality and, to a lesser extent, medium-quality fixed income securities. It offers a dollar-weighted average maturity of 0 to 2 years.
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State Street Corp. named
Aman Thind as executive vice president and global chief architect. Thind will report to Brian Franz, global chief information officer, and be responsible for designing the strategy and driving implementation of State Street’s technology transformation and interoperable infrastructure. Thind was previously chief technology officer of State Street’s GlobalLink platform and prior to that role was co-founder and CTO of BestX, a fintech startup acquired by State Street in 2018. He has also worked in Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers, Fidelity and Adobe in various leadership roles.
Trumid, a financial technology company and fixed income electronic trading platform, hired