Bonds - Spark Newswire

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Investors Abandoning Healthy Companies At Fastest Past In History: Is The Fed To Blame?

November 30, 3:04 PM

The iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NYSE: LQD) experienced a record $3 billion in outflows on Monday, the largest single-day exodus since the fund was launched

LQD

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Carnival Corp Announced Pricing Late Tuesday of Convertible Notes; Shares of Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Fell on Offering Announcement

By Charles Gross

November 16, 6:22 AM

Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) today announced that Carnival Corporation (the "Company") has priced a private offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of its 5.75% convertible senior notes due 2027 (the "Convertible Notes") as part of the Company's 2024 refinancing plan.

CCL

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Here Are 3 Reasons Why Rising Interest Rates Complicate Trying To Time The Market

By AJ Fabino

November 6, 4:06 PM

Since the 1960s, the idea that financial markets accurately reflect the underlying value of traded stocks has been widely recognized.

SPY

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This Lawmaker Trades Bonds Over Stocks And Just Bought 2 Municipal Bonds With Great Yields

By Robert Kuczmarski

November 2, 12:08 PM

Democratic Congresswoman Suzan DelBene has made more than 180 trades over the past three years and they are typically in municipal bonds.

MSFT

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How The 60/40 Portfolio Stacks Up With The S&P 500

By AJ Fabino

November 1, 12:09 PM

A portfolio consisting of 60% stocks and 40% bonds had a golden age from the 1980s — until recently.The combination offers investors risk-adjusted returns that are frequently on par with, or greater to, those of the benchmark S&P 500 Index.

SPY

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The Party Is On: Investors Are Piling Into Risk Assets And Saying No To Treasuries

By AJ Fabino

October 27, 2:03 PM

Stocks have been due for a rally, and coinciding with the historically strong month of October, the broad market S&P 500 has climbed nearly 5% over the last month, after falling 9% in September. Is bullish sentiment back? ETF flows over the past week suggest the answer is yes.

GOOG

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Long-Term Vs. Short-Term: Which Of These Monthly-Paying Corporate Bond ETFs Is Right For You?

By Robert Kuczmarski

October 20, 12:31 PM

Unlike government bonds, corporate bonds have one major advantage: they offer strong returns.

ICSH

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This US Senator Just Dumped His Shares Of Intel And Bought These Two Treasury Bond ETFs

By Robert Kuczmarski

October 12, 9:40 AM

Senator John Boozman (R-AR) has made six trades in the past 30 days, and typically trades bonds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

IEF

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The Bank of England Signaled Privately to Bankers That It Could Extend Its Emergency Bond-buying Program Beyond Friday Deadline

By Charles Gross

October 12, 5:08 AM

-Reuters Citing FT https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/boe-signals-lenders-it-is-prepared-extend-bond-purchases-ft-2022-10-12/

EWU

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Bank of England Steps In Again To Provide Some Cushion To Dysfunctional Government Bond Market

By Vandana Singh

October 11, 11:20 AM

The Bank of England said it would buy more government bonds to help keep its price stable and prevent investors from selling them, which could put some pension funds at risk of collapse.

EWU