Highly Rated Corporate Bond ETFs to Gain on Fed Buying

The universe of Investment Grade bond ETFs have been lifted by the Fed’s recent announcement of their corporate bond buying program. As the traffic in these ETFs is sure to increase once the buying begins, use Overbond’s Index NAV pricing to better grasp intraday moves of these baskets. Source: Nasdaq As promised, the Fed started…

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A New Way To Think About Artificial Intelligence With This ETF

Among the myriad thematic exchange traded funds investors have to consider, artificial intelligence products are numerous and some are catching on with investors. This fact creates a remarkable opportunity for investors who understand the scope of the AI revolution, and who take action at a time when AI is disrupting industry as we know it and…

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CASE STUDY: HYDRO ONE TREASURY

“Overbond has helped us aggregate our disparate data sets into a consolidated view. They have layered their comprehensive AI analytics to enable us to make financing decisions with more precision and confidence.”– Ali Suleman, Vice President and Treasurer, Hydro One Source: Overbond Overview Hydro One Limited is an electricity transmission and distribution utility serving the…

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Disruption Drives the Convergence of Emerging Technologies and Innovation

Today’s business leaders are dealing with unprecedented levels of disruption and uncertainty. The increased reliance on mission-critical technology tools and infrastructure focused on keeping businesses running has perhaps given executives a newfound appreciation for information technology (IT) and the people at the forefront of digital-driven change. Source: GARP Today’s business leaders are dealing with unprecedented…

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Fixed income data: How can technology help?

The electronification of the fixed income market has brought along a host of significant data challenges. The necessary data must be acquired from myriad sources, including trading platforms, exchanges, market data aggregators, reference data providers, dealers and alternative data providers. Learn more Overbond’s enhanced data aggregation services for a strong multi-datasource solution. Source: Refinitiv |…

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The Federal Reserve Moves to Buy Corporate Debt

The recent announcement by the Federal Reserve to purchase debt issued by investment grade U.S. companies will also include U.S.-listed ETFs. Explore Overbond’s indexing capabilities, which offers NAV on EOD and intraday basis and screens for most attractive ETFs in this environment.  Source: Forbes There is a total of $10 trillion of corporate debt in America from…

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Investors are buying credit ETFs faster than the bonds can rally

The rapid swing of LQD, one of many credit ETFs, from discount to premium highlights the differences in liquidity between these ETFs and the bonds themselves. Maintain a firm grasp of this ETF liquidity mismatch with Overbond’s indexing capabilities, which offers NAV on EOD and intraday basis.  Source: BNN Bloomberg Some of the biggest credit ETFs…

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Investing in 2020: Exploring AI, Machine Learning, & Alt Data

An overload of information and technology can be just as detrimental as having access to too little information and technology; therefore, less is more: the key to greater success is to act with precision. Explore Overbond’s rigorous data aggregation protocol to pull data from numerous sources and extract clean ML-driven insights.  Source: FINANCE MAGNATES Recent developments…

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Credit-rating agencies are back under the spotlight

As of May 5th, S&P had downgraded or put on negative watch one-fifth of the corporate and sovereign issuers that it rates in response to the virus and a tumbling oil price. Overbond’s COBI models recalibrate with these changing fundamentals, along with a deep history of buyer sentiment and peer benchmarking to predict deteriorating financial…

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How fintech can save us from Covid-19

Financial technology is not being employed to its best effect, while the coronavirus financial relief effort is struggling. Banks need to innovate and work with fintechs if they are to ensure that the most vulnerable do not get left behind. Source: EUROMONEY At the start of the pandemic, banks scrambled to increase remote capacity to…

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