Discover how negative convexity affects bond prices, key risks, and how to calculate it. Learn why mortgage and callable ...
When companies and governments issue bonds, they do so with a specific maturity date attached to the bond. For example, a five-year corporate bond will pay interest for five years before it’s ...
Callable bonds are a type of bond that the issuer can “call” or redeem before the maturity date. The specifics vary from bond to bond, but callable bonds always have one thing in common — the issuer ...
New ETF delivers access to short-duration investment-grade municipal bonds near call dates, offering federally tax-exempt income with lower duration risk. WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- F/m Investments ...
New ETF delivers access to short-duration investment-grade municipal bonds near call dates, offering federally tax-exempt income with lower duration risk. Traditionally, investors seeking tax-free ...
In November, my colleague Eric Jacobson published a Fund Spy article entitled "Bond Duration: An Art, Not a Science." In it, Jacobson listed the imperfections of duration as the predictor of how a ...
New ETF delivers access to short-duration investment-grade municipal bonds near call dates, offering federally tax-exempt income with lower duration risk. F/m Investments (“F/m”), an $18 billion ...
Bond convexity measures price sensitivity to interest rate changes in the secondary market. Positive convexity increases bond value as interest rates fall; negative does the opposite. Understanding ...
The BlackRock Low Duration Bond Fund outperformed its benchmark in Q1 2025, driven by duration and yield-curve positioning, plus allocations to ABS, agency mortgages, and CMBS. We maintained an ...