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The artificial intelligence boom has spent three years as a stock market story. This year it became a bond market problem.
At this market stage, risk-reward dynamics are unfavorable for new risk exposure. This means that growth-biased equities and aggressive credit risk positions might not be the areas where to put prudent capital. In this article, I share two 9%+ monthly-yield picks that have become quite attractive in the current market setting.
Hunter Hayes of Intrepid Capital described an “incredibly healthy” market for high-yield bonds and a conservative approach to investing in the space.
The Bank of Japan should provide a clear roadmap for policy normalisation following an anticipated interest rate increase in June to help stabilise the government bond market, according to Arihiro Nagata, global markets chief at Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group. Speaking to Reuters, Nagata said he expects the BOJ to raise interest rates at its June 15-16 policy meeting and stressed that the central bank's communication regarding future policy moves will be closely watched by financial markets.
The price data already shows the pressure building. WTI crude closed at $112.25 per barrel on May 18, 2026, up 30.7% over the prior month and sitting at the 98.4th percentile of its 12-month range.
@CharlesSchwab's Collin Martin breaks down the state of treasury yields and the U.S.-Iran War's impact on them. He says for the most part, stagflation doesn't appear to a huge issue for the economy even though all eyes are on the inflationary front given the rising cost of oil and gas.
A carousel of leaders has taken its toll, driving up borrowing costs and dragging down investment.
Gold drops as rates rise on Thursday, as we continue to see higher yields work against the value of gold. At this point, we are seeing a lot of overhead pressures, but still have a longer-term bullish run possible.
CPI Inflation recently accelerated to a three-year high due to elevated energy prices tied to the U.S-Iran conflict. Treasury bond yields have risen sharply due to expectations that the Federal Reserve will pivot to interest rate hikes.
Kevin Warsh was sworn in as Federal Reserve Chairman this week, and the most striking thing about his arrival is how little Wall Street seems to care.
Joumanna Bercetche, Tom Mackenzie and Ven Ram break down today's key themes for analysts and investors on "Bloomberg: The Opening Trade." Chapters: 00:00:00 - MLIV 00:00:03 - Potential Iran Deal, JGBs 00:01:17 - Bond Market Selloff 00:01:54 - USD-Japanese Yen -------- More on Bloomberg Television and Markets Like this video?
Reid L'anson breaks down how the war in Iran is impacting the energy market. He says coming into the year thinking we'd be short on oil helped coming into geopolitical conflict, but every day the Strait of Hormuz stays closed we lose profit.
The usual advice is to hold only 60% of your assets in stock. If you're wealthy, a 90/10 split is far better.
For most of the past two years, investors have focused on the stock market's resilience.
The 10-year Treasury yield is now close to 4.7%, threatening higher borrowing costs.
Income-focused investors are in a real dilemma as government bond yields surge amid the rising inflation rate in the United States. Do they invest in the blue-chip Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD) or invest in the higher-yielding JPMorgan Premium Income ETF (JEPI).
Anna Edwards, Guy Johnson, Tom Mackenzie and Mark Cudmore break down today's key themes for analysts and investors on "Bloomberg: The Opening Trade." Chapters: 00:00:00 - MLIV 00:00:01 - Japanese Bonds, US Treasuries 00:01:30 - Stock Performance if Yields Increase 00:02:40 - Buy the Dip in Semiconductor Stocks?
The amount of inflation priced into 10-year Treasury yields is a little hard to square with what the market is saying about price rises in the near term. Either inflation is going to be high for a long time, and this is something that has changed in the past week or two, or 10-year yields have gone a little too far.
Bonds are buckling around the world, propelling borrowing costs to multi-year highs. Ruth Carson explains why.
A new concentration risk is building inside the corporate bond market, and it mirrors what investors are already experiencing with the Magnificent Seven in the S&P 500 index.
Bitcoin's ( CRYPTO: BTC ) latest rally attempt is running into an unexpected wall; the U.S.
Longer-dated Treasury yields climbed to their highest levels since May 2025 on Friday, as a spike in oil prices stoked fears that ongoing energy disruptions in the Middle East could further fuel inflation — which data this week showed had already surged in April.
Back-to-back inflation reports out of the US along with heightened energy prices and mounting political uncertainty have seen investors flee global bond markets as benchmark interest rates to the highest levels in nearly a year. The Opening Trade spoke with leading market voices and economists for their analysis.
Every investor eventually faces the same question: when does the certainty of a bond beat the upside of a stock?
Key Takeaways The April FOMC meeting's four dissents and resistance to maintaining an easing bias signal a higher bar for rate cuts under incoming Chair Warsh, suggesting investors may favor Treasury floating-rate strategies to navigate a prolonged “higher-for-longer” environment.
AI-driven electricity demand is forcing a decade of infrastructure spending into five years. The municipal bond market is becoming a primary financing channel for that buildout, creating income opportunity.
It's not just inflation concerns that have been pushing U.K. yields to multi-decade highs
SUMMARY “Yield Matters” but investors cannot ignore real yields. Real yields are attractive near 2% despite rising inflation, in our opinion.
High-yield bond investors spent much of late March 2026 watching the VIX spike to almost 31 and bracing for a credit selloff that never quite arrived.
The FlexShares High Yield Value-Scored Bond ETF (HYGV) made its debut on 07/17/2018, and is a smart beta exchange traded fund that provides broad exposure to the High-Yield/Junk Bond ETFs category of the market.
With the Justice Department dropping its investigation into the Fed's building renovation, political uncertainty around the succession has faded, paving the way for Kevin Warsh's nomination as the next Fed chair. Warsh's recent remarks lay out how he views monetary policy and the implications for the bond market during his tenure.
Investors may be better off looking outside the world's core bond markets right now, Brij Khurana writes in a guest commentary.
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:HYG) pays investors monthly income by holding a basket of U.S. dollar-denominated corporate bonds rated below investment grade. These bonds carry more credit risk than blue-chip borrowers, which is why they pay higher interest rates. HYG collects those interest payments and passes them through to shareholders as... HYG Investors Collect 10% Gains Plus Stable Dividends This Year
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:HYG) pays investors monthly income by holding a basket of U.S. dollar-denominated corporate bonds rated below investment grade. These bonds carry more credit risk than blue-chip borrowers, which is why they pay higher interest rates. HYG collects those interest payments and passes them through to shareholders as... HYG Investors Collect 10% Gains Plus Stable Dividends This Year
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:HYG) pays investors monthly income by holding a basket of U.S. dollar-denominated corporate bonds rated below investment grade. These bonds carry more credit risk than blue-chip borrowers, which is why they pay higher interest rates. HYG collects those interest payments and passes them through to shareholders as... HYG Investors Collect 10% Gains Plus Stable Dividends This Year
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:HYG) pays investors monthly income by holding a basket of U.S. dollar-denominated corporate bonds rated below investment grade. These bonds carry more credit risk than blue-chip borrowers, which is why they pay higher interest rates. HYG collects those interest payments and passes them through to shareholders as... HYG Investors Collect 10% Gains Plus Stable Dividends This Year
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:HYG) pays investors monthly income by holding a basket of U.S. dollar-denominated corporate bonds rated below investment grade. These bonds carry more credit risk than blue-chip borrowers, which is why they pay higher interest rates. HYG collects those interest payments and passes them through to shareholders as... HYG Investors Collect 10% Gains Plus Stable Dividends This Year
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:HYG) pays investors monthly income by holding a basket of U.S. dollar-denominated corporate bonds rated below investment grade. These bonds carry more credit risk than blue-chip borrowers, which is why they pay higher interest rates. HYG collects those interest payments and passes them through to shareholders as... HYG Investors Collect 10% Gains Plus Stable Dividends This Year
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:HYG) pays investors monthly income by holding a basket of U.S. dollar-denominated corporate bonds rated below investment grade. These bonds carry more credit risk than blue-chip borrowers, which is why they pay higher interest rates. HYG collects those interest payments and passes them through to shareholders as... HYG Investors Collect 10% Gains Plus Stable Dividends This Year
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:HYG) pays investors monthly income by holding a basket of U.S.
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. lessened its holdings in shares of iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:HYG) by 68.1% in the undefined quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 20,870 shares of the exchange traded fund's stock after selling 44,626 shares during the
Monthly income from a bond ETF that has never missed a payment in 19 years sounds straightforward.
Most retirees are forced to choose between yield and safety — discover two rare investments that deliver 8%+ income without forcing that painful tradeoff. One is a bond ETF that actually grows its dividend (something almost no bond fund can claim), and the other is a cash-flow machine with 12.5% guided distribution growth. In a volatile market where most high yields are getting crushed, these two holdings have the balance sheet strength, inflation protection, and structural advantages to keep paying and growing.
Most income investors are unknowingly missing two of the best-performing sectors of the past decade. These two investments fill that gap while still paying 10–13% yields. They also benefit from superior tax efficiency and skilled management teams.
Two popular BDCs offer sky-high yields and deep discounts to NAV after the recent sector-wide sell-off. One is a very attractive "Buy," while I am avoiding the other one. I detail how to sort the wheat from the chaff when analyzing deep value BDC opportunities like GBDC and FSK.
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:HYG - Get Free Report) saw unusually large options trading on Friday. Stock investors purchased 793,750 put options on the company. This represents an increase of 50% compared to the average volume of 528,810 put options. iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF Trading Down 0.9%
Discover the essential 'two qualifiers' that determine if a high-yield strategy is the right fit for your retirement goals. Learn the four-pillar framework for identifying sustainable dividends and avoiding common yield traps that lead to capital loss. Explore a diversified selection of high-income opportunities across numerous sectors of individual stocks, ETFs, and CEFs to bolster your monthly cash flow.
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:HYG - Get Free Report) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 27th, there was short interest totaling 101,815,053 shares, an increase of 15.5% from the February 12th total of 88,134,011 shares. Based on an average
In a challenging 2026 market, defense has come back in vogue. It is also the right environment to prioritize durable NAV and stable cash flows, focusing on income over price appreciation. Stepping into a double digit yield zone is probably not the smartest idea.
