MBS went through an interesting Employment Friday. I know it’s hard to remember back after a long weekend (especially for N.E. fans), but the bond market sold off pretty substantially on Friday after ...

When you make a trade, there will be trading costs, but what’s the best way to measure those costs? The basic principle in TCA is to compare your achieved execution price to some observed benchmark, ...

This month I’d like to discuss the importance of considering relative performance when valuing a bond and deciding whether or not to buy or sell it. Understanding a bond’s relative performance to a ...

Year-to-date, the return spread between the market-cap-weighted S&P 500 and its equal-weight counterpart is 10%. Some market participants view the outperformance of large caps as a sign of market ...

Subscribe to Merryn Talks Money on Apple Podcasts Subscribe to Merryn Talks Money on Spotify On this week’s episode of Merryn Talks Money, host Merryn Somerset Webb speaks about absolute returns with ...

John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund focuses on the financial industry with a portfolio of 177 stocks, primarily regional banks. The BTO closed-end fund has demonstrated strong relative ...