Western Asset Premier Bond Fund Short Interest Up 17.9 percent in January

About 715827949 percent of Western Asset's investors are aggressively looking to sell. The analysis of the overall prospects from investing in Western Asset Premier suggests that a very large number of traders are, at the present time, panicking. The current market sentiment, together with Western Asset's historical and current headlines, can help investors time the market. In addition, many technical investors use Western Asset Premier etf news signals to limit their universe of possible portfolio assets.
  
Western Asset Premier Bond Fund was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 12,500 shares, an increase of 17.9 percent from the January 15th total of 10,600 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 41,600 shares, the days-to-cover

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Western Asset Fundamental Analysis

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Number Of Shares Shorted

Number Of Shares Shorted Comparative Analysis

Western Asset is currently under evaluation in number of shares shorted as compared to similar ETFs. Number of Shares Shorted is the total amount of shares that are currently sold short by investors. When a stock is sold short, the short seller assumes the responsibility of repurchasing the stock at a lower price. The speculator will make money if the stock goes down in price or will experience a loss if the stock price goes up.

Western Asset Premier Potential Pair-trading

One of the popular trading techniques among algorithmic traders is to use market-neutral strategies where every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if one position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Below are some of the equities that can be combined with Western Asset etf to make a market-neutral strategy. Peer analysis of Western Asset could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Western Asset by comparing valuation metrics with similar companies.

Peers

Western Asset Related Equities

BGXBlackstone Gso   0.69   
0%
33.0%
DLYDoubleline Yield   0.61   
0%
29.0%
MSDMorgan Stanley   0.40   
0%
19.0%
EFREaton Vance   0.38   
0%
18.0%
FCTFirst Trust   0.29   
0%
14.0%
PNFPimco New   0.26   
0%
12.0%
CPZCalamos LongShort   0.20   
0%
9.0%
VBFInvesco Van   0.13   
0%
6.0%
DFPFlaherty   0.1   
0%
4.0%
PGZPrincipal Real   0.09   
4.0%
0%
FFCFlaherty Crumrine   0.19   
9.0%
0%
DSLDoubleline Income   0.23   
11.0%
0%
PAIPlatinum Asia   0.32   
15.0%
0%
PFOFlaherty Crumrine   0.33   
16.0%
0%
DMOWestern Asset   0.41   
20.0%
0%
IGIWestern Asset   0.42   
20.0%
0%
PFDFlaherty Crumrine   0.43   
20.0%
0%
GAMGeneral American   0.52   
25.0%
0%
HPFJohn Hancock   0.53   
25.0%
0%
VPVInvesco Pennsylvania   1.27   
61.0%
0%
MHNBlackrock Muniholdings   1.29   
62.0%
0%
CXHMFS Investment   2.05   
100.0%
0%

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