Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Companies can raise money to run their businesses in many ways. Sometimes a company will raise equity. When they raise equity, they sell a portion of the business to a new partner or issue shares to ...

Understand conversions in options trading as a strategy of exchanging assets like bonds or shares at set prices by specific ...

Many investors need growth in their portfolios but are wary of stocks because of their volatility – and memories of last year’s losses. With rising interest rates they may be pleased with the current ...

One popular way for high-growth companies to raise money is by issuing convertible bonds. Convertible bonds allow holders to convert their bonds into stock at a specified price, thus participating in ...

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 ...

Slowdowns in US IPO, high yield and syndicated loan markets have revived US convertible bond issuance as borrowers seek out cheaper debt due to rising interest rates US borrowers have turned to ...

As we can immediately see, the only fund with a higher yield than the Virtus Convertible & Income Fund II is the Advent Convertible & Income Fund. In isolation, this is something that will likely ...

ICVT follows the convertible bond market, but it seems it cannot benefit from its main advantages. It does not optimize convexity or asset selection, two elements, in my opinion, essential for this ...