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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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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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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When It Comes To Fixed Income, Time Is On Your Side.

With a higher-running yield, spreads now have to widen more and faster for price losses to overcome the large yield advantage that comes from holding credit. Source: Seeking Alpha As a professional bond manager glued to a screen watching prices every day, it’s hard to fathom that just a few weeks ago when March began…

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Index numbers drop but fixed income and ESG show growth

Fixed Income asset class increased the most while global index numbers fall in the third Index Industry Association (IIA) global index survey Source: ETF Express The Index Industry Association (IIA) has announced the results of its third annual global index survey, revealing that the number of indexes globally has decreased year on year by 20…

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Scotiabank Turns to Dollar Market for Its First Green Bond

Start of Green Bond era? Scotiabank set to issue $500 million – 3.5 year Green Bond Source: Bloomberg Bank of Nova Scotia is debuting in the green bond market following other Canadian rivals including Royal Bank of Canada. The Toronto-based lender is set to price $500 million of 3.5-year senior bail-in green bonds at a yield…

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Middle East fixed income proves a safe haven within emerging markets

Middle East fixed income proves a safe haven within emerging markets Source: The National Emerging markets are rarely uneventful, with no shortage of idiosyncratic risks that require constant vigilance. These events can dominate investor thinking, making it easy to neglect the broader opportunity the asset class offers. Indeed, there are parts of the emerging market…

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