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- 12y agoFLTRTHHYTMEMAGTMHYEM+4New Money Market Fund Rules May Change How Investors View a Broad Range of Short-Term Instruments, Says Market Vectors’ Fran RodilossoBusiness WireNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The new money market fund rules recently announced by the SEC may lead investors to change how they view a broad range of short-term instruments, including what has been thought of as their “lowest risk” investments, according to Fran Rodilosso, fixed income portfolio manager for Market Vectors ETFs.
- 12y agoFLTRTHHYTMEMAGTMHYEM+4June Federal Reserve’s Notes Show an Ongoing Struggle to Find an “Exit Strategy” from Period of Unprecedented Monetary Easing, Says Market Vectors’ RodilossoBusiness WireNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The most recent notes released following the June meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) show members continuing to struggle to find an “elegant exit” from a period of extraordinary monetary easing, says Fran Rodilosso, fixed income portfolio manager for Market Vectors ETFs.
- 12y agoFLTRTHHYTMEMAGTMHYEM+4Some Institutional Investors Have Looked to Add Emerging Markets Debt Exposure While Retail Investors Have Reduced, Says Market Vectors’ Fran RodilossoBusiness WireNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Some institutional investors are starting to wade back into emerging market debt. At the same time, retail investors appear to have reduced their allocations over the past 12 months, and still seem to be generally avoiding the asset class, according to Fran Rodilosso, fixed income portfolio manager for Market Vectors ETFs.
- 12y agoFLTRTHHYTMEMAGTMHYEM+4First Quarter Performance of Treasuries Unlikely to Be Repeated, Says Market Vectors’ Fran RodilossoBusiness WireNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--U.S. Treasury debt was something of a surprise performance winner in the first three-and-a-half months of 2014, beating U.S. equities, a performance investors should not necessarily count on being repeated, according to Fran Rodilosso, fixed income portfolio manager for Market Vectors ETFs.
- 12y agoFLTRTHHYTMEMAGTMHYEM+4Market Vectors’ Fran Rodilosso: Unnatural Forces Still Holding Interest Rates Down, Next 12-24 Months Will Be about How These Forces Are WithdrawnBusiness WireNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Interest rates continue to be held down by “unnatural forces” – the policies of the Federal Reserve (Fed) – with the bond market focusing closely on how those forces will be withdrawn over the next 12-24 months, according to Fran Rodilosso, fixed income portfolio manager for Market Vectors ETFs.
- 12y agoFLTRTHHYTMEMAGTMHYEM+4Bargain Hunters Starting to Take a Close Look at Emerging Market Debt, Says Market Vectors’ Fran RodilossoBusiness WireNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bargain hunters are slowly moving back into emerging market (EM) debt, with local currency funds recently seeing their first net inflows in more than nine months, says Fran Rodilosso, fixed income portfolio manager for Market Vectors ETFs.
- 12y agoFLTRTHHYTMEMAGTMHYEM+4Market Vectors’ Fran Rodilosso: Yellen’s Comments Rattled the Markets, but the Fed’s Plans Should Come as No SurpriseBusiness WireNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--While we may see further clarification from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen or her colleagues in the coming days, her statement yesterday that there would likely be a six-month window between the end of the Fed’s Quantitative Easing program (QE) and the start of rate hikes was not all that surprising, according to Fran Rodilosso, fixed income portfolio manager for Mar ...
- 12y agoCHLCTHHYFLTREMLC+4China Sees More Currency Volatility as Central Bank Seeks to Discourage Idea That Yuan is a “One-Way Trade,” Says Market Vectors’ RodilossoBusiness WireNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Faced with the task of cooling off its credit markets and discouraging excessive foreign currency flows, China has recently demonstrated a willingness to let the value of its currency decline, contrary to the long-held belief that buying the renminbi was effectively a “one-way trade,” according to Fran Rodilosso, fixed income portfolio manager for Market Vectors ETFs.
- 12y agoANGLEMAGTMHYEMEMLC+4J. C. Penney: Fallen Angel or Just Fallen? Market Vectors’ Fran Rodilosso Weighs InBusiness WireNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Though retailer J. C. Penney (JCP) has undergone multiple management changes and significant volatility in the price of its equity and debt over the last few years, the company nonetheless retains some of the qualities of the classic “fallen angel,” according to Fran Rodilosso, fixed income portfolio manager at Market Vectors ETFs. Fallen angels are generally large, well ...
- 12y agoTHHYFLTREMLCEMAGTM+4Market Vectors’ Fran Rodilosso: With Tapering Set to Continue under Yellen, Investors May Look Again at Duration and Credit RiskBusiness WireNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s six-hour testimony before the House Financial Services Committee earlier this week provided confirmation that the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) plans to continue tapering at its current pace, and that there would need to be a strong indication of change of direction in the economy for that process to stop, according to Fran Rod ...
- 12y agoFLTREMLCHYEMIHY+4U.S. Treasury Adds Floating Rate Notes (FRNs) to Fixed Income Mix; Investment Grade Corporate FRNs Continue to Offer Higher Yielding AlternativeBusiness WireNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With the sale of its first tranche of two-year floating rate notes (FRNs), the U.S. Treasury introduced a new debt instrument into a market already grappling with the Federal Reserve tapering and emerging market volatility. While these new notes may represent an ultimate in a low-risk investment, they offer little in the way of return for yield-hungry investors, accordin ...
- 12y agoEMLCHYEMFLTRIHY+4Market Vectors’ Fran Rodilosso: As the Emerging Market Sell-off Continues, Pockets of Value May Remain in EM Sovereign and Hard Currency DebtBusiness WireNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--After a year of largely negative returns, fixed income asset classes appear to already be facing significant headwinds in 2014. But according to Fran Rodilosso, fixed income portfolio manager with Market Vectors ETFs, some high yield-oriented asset classes, and selected emerging market (EM) debt in particular, may be getting unduly punished.
- 12y agoTHHYTMEMLCHYEMFLTR+4Market Vectors’ Fran Rodilosso on the Case for Hedged High Yield Bonds vs. Bank Loans in a Rising Rate EnvironmentBusiness WireNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Both hedged high yield bond and bank loan strategies can help limit risks associated with a rising interest rate environment, according to Fran Rodilosso, fixed income portfolio manager with Market Vectors ETFs. However, hedged high yield bond strategies outperformed bank loan strategies during 2013’s rising interest rate environment1, spurred on by the summer’s “taper”- ...