Newfleethttps://www.virtus.com/advisors/commentary/blogdetail.aspx?section=320Newfleeten-us2013-06-19T12:24:01.8570696-04:002013-06-19T12:24:01.8570696-04:00acsysinteractive SiteManagerNewfleetAssetManagementhttp://feedburner.google.comMay Yields Spike, Now What?https://www.virtus.com/advisors/commentary/blogdetail.aspx?story=9600&section=320Yields on the 10-year U.S. Treasury spiked 54 basis points during the month of May. Today (June 3), the 10-year sits at approximately 2.18%.2013-06-04T00:00:00-04:00Emerging Markets Debt Remains Attractive https://www.virtus.com/advisors/commentary/blogdetail.aspx?story=9227&section=320The emerging markets (“EM”) debt asset class is an approximately $2.5 trillion market – twice the size that it was in 2008, and twice the size of the U.S. high yield market today.2013-03-04T00:00:00-05:00Mispricing of Interest Rate Risk Adds to Bank Loan Sector’s Yield Appeal https://www.virtus.com/advisors/commentary/blogdetail.aspx?story=8999&section=320In our view, interest rate risk deserves as much attention as credit risk when investing in fixed income markets. Investor demand for yield and, in the case of investment grade corporate bonds and Treasuries, “safety” has driven bond prices to all-time highs and yields to corresponding lows. 2013-01-04T00:00:00-05:00Leveraged Loanshttps://www.virtus.com/advisors/commentary/blogdetail.aspx?story=8901&section=320Leveraged loans to finance dividends have doubled this year. 2012-12-03T00:00:00-05:00Barclays US Treasury Indexhttps://www.virtus.com/advisors/commentary/blogdetail.aspx?story=8807&section=320Barclays US Treasury Index is yielding 0.91% with duration of 5.5 years.2012-11-07T00:00:00-05:00Focus On QE3 https://www.virtus.com/advisors/commentary/blogdetail.aspx?story=8590&section=320What is QE3?2012-09-19T00:00:00-04:00How the Fed’s Rate Announcement Relates to Senior Floating Rate Bank Loanshttps://www.virtus.com/advisors/commentary/blogdetail.aspx?story=8562&section=320The Fed expects to keep short term rates near zero until at least mid-2015. 2012-09-13T00:00:00-04:00Fixed Income Q&A with Newfleet’s CIOhttps://www.virtus.com/advisors/commentary/blogdetail.aspx?story=8399&section=3202012-07-17T00:00:00-04:00Finding Value in Fixed Income – Part IIhttps://www.virtus.com/advisors/commentary/blogdetail.aspx?story=8391&section=320As multi-sector fixed income investors, we have a large team of sector specialists whose job is to uncover opportunities in their sectors.2012-07-10T00:00:00-04:00Finding Value in Fixed Income – Part I https://www.virtus.com/advisors/commentary/blogdetail.aspx?story=8357&section=320As deep value investors, we look for opportunity across all 14 sectors of the bond market, which, in aggregate, adds up to about $22 trillion – five times the size of the equity markets.2012-06-25T00:00:00-04:00Outlook positive for bank loans https://www.virtus.com/advisors/commentary/blogdetail.aspx?story=8283&section=320Bloomberg recently reported that investors poured $729 million into U.S. floating rate bank loan funds in April, based on preliminary data from research firm EPFR Global – the largest inflows to the sector in 11 months. 2012-05-29T00:00:00-04:00