SKOR Big with This Indexed Corporate Bond ETF from FlexShares February 18, 2021
Corporate bonds are one of the largest segments of the already vast fixed income landscape. That expansive nature tends to highlight the advantages of index-based approaches such as the
SKOR tracks the Northern Trust Credit-Scored US Corporate Bond Index, which focuses on issues from companies with quality characteristics such as strength in management efficiency, profitability, and solvency, according to FlexShares.
“Exchange-traded funds tracking indexes that are representative of the broad investment-grade corporate bond market are a solid option for exposure to this asset class,” writes Morningstar analyst Neal Kosciulek.” Portfolios that mimic the contours of this opportunity set and boast low fees have been difficult for active managers to beat. Over the 10 years through June 2020, just 40% of actively managed funds in the corporate bond Morningstar Category managed to survive and outpe
Gilat CEO explains 250% jump in company s share price
Adi Sfadia discusses the remarkable change of fortunes at the Israeli satellite communications company since the sale to Comtech was cancelled.
When Adi Sfadia became Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILT; TASE: GILT) CEO last July, the Israeli company was in crisis. Revenue had been hit hard by the Covid-19 crisis and Comtech, which had agreed to buy the company for $577 million, was showing signs of regret.
Ultimately, the acquisition was cancelled and Gilat s financial results in the first nine months of 2020 were not very encouraging. But now Gilat s position has undergone a transformation, at least in terms of the capital market. The company s share price has risen 256%, to a level not seen in more than a decade, and its market cap has reached $1.2 billion.
WisdomTree Jumping into Japan as the Nikkei 225 Hits 30,000 February 17, 2021
U.S. markets were closed Monday, and while many Americans enjoyed a day off, Japanese equities extended recent bullishness, with the Nikkei 225 touching 30,000.
Advisors can allocate to that trend with WisdomTree’s Developed International Model Portfolio.
“This model portfolio is designed for investors with a long-term horizon looking for exposure to a broad universe of Developed International equities primarily using factor focused ETFs. The selected ETFs provide certain factor tilts that have the potential to generate excess return relative to comparable cap-weighted benchmarks over longer-term holding periods. The strategies may use both WisdomTree and non-WisdomTree ETFs,” according to WisdomTree.
February 17, 2021
Capital keeps on flowing into emerging markets as more investors embrace a growing risk-on sentiment. These flows are helping core EM funds like the
IEMG seeks to track the investment results of the MSCI Emerging Markets Investable Market Index. The index is designed to measure large-, mid-, and small-cap equity market performance in the global emerging markets.
“The iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEMG) is the younger, cheaper variation on BlackRock’s flagship iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM),” the fund’s ETF Database profile noted. “IEMG debuted in 2012 as part of the new ultra-low-cost iShares Core series, which was designed to attract buy-and-hold investors.”
Here’s another knock against putting all of your retirement-income eggs in the bond market basket. This week is ushering in record low yields of less than 4% for high-yield corporate debt.