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Investors who are looking for fixed-income investments that offer higher returns than traditional bonds often turn to convertible bonds. These types of bonds offer the potential for higher returns ...

There are a wide range of strategies and securities available for advisors to manage the risk/return potential of their portfolios, but perhaps the least understood are preferred stocks and ...

Historical performance indications and financial market scenarios are not reliable indicators of current or future performance. 24-month total return comparison for five indices post Fed hike cycle.

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Convertible bonds last year were faced with no choice but to deleverage their portfolios with the ban of short selling, and the seizing up of the credit markets cutting off their supply of debt ...

Convertible securities are having a strong 2025, topping most other major U.S. asset classes, helped by strength in materials, technology, and an assorted group of growth companies that are ...

As we can see, even the convertible bond index fund is only yielding 2.12%, with both global and domestic equity indices yielding less than that. As such, the Virtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund ...