Sentences with phrase «as bonds have»

Time also is a factor in the secondary market, as bonds have fixed maturity dates.

Interest rate risk is virtually non-existent as these bonds have very low durations.

But remember, the bank FDs score over tax - free bonds in terms of liquidity as these bonds have longer maturity tenure.

As bonds have much lower volatility than stocks, it is likely that bond investors are hurt by greed rather than panic.

This is not very good tax-wise, as bonds have much worse taxes than stocks.

As Wolf Richter pointed out for Wolf Street earlier this month: «Since mid-December 2016, the Fed has hiked rates four times, in total by 1 percentage point, but over the same period, junk bond yields rated CCC or below have declined 1.5 percentage points as the bonds have rallied.»

Craig's tenure as Bond has been characterized by emphasis upon physicality and psychology over gadgetry and flippancy.

Daniel Craig as James Bond: If his previous movies as Bond hadn't already confirmed it, Craig has the perfect balance to embody this character, able to take on all of this character's distinct traits that previous actors had only been able to focus on individually.

Given that IRAs are tax deferred, you may think investments such as bonds would be the best choice because they pay regular dividends (which would normally be taxable).

As long as an I Bond has a fixed rate greater than zero, an I Bond will always increase in real value before taxes.

Not exact matches

Investors should have some of the portfolio hedged — a hedge on half could make sense, as that would essentially be a neutral call on currency, he says — but whether an entire basket of bonds is hedged is up to the manager.

This kind of debt has equity - like properties, so it should be treated as a hybrid investment and not simply as another bond, he explains.

In his subsequent press conference, Draghi avoided answering directly whether the ECB would go from $ 30 billion to zero, saying «we don't stop suddenly,» but also stressing that the ECB will continue buying new bonds as its old holdings mature.

The two most northern countries of North America have had a unique economic bond for as long as anyone can remember.

Some in the market have attributed the sharp market swings seen during the downturns in October and December as indicating structural problems with liquidity in the market — and some fingers have been pointed at the proliferation of bond funds.

It is not as if Ontario is having problem finding takers for its debt and yields on the province's bonds are competitive with other provinces.

The dollar has rallied through much of the past week as concerns over the U.S. - China trade dispute receded, and as the U.S. 10 - year bond yield shot past 3 percent for the first time in four years.

That relationship has played out this year — as interest rates have risen since January, the HYG high yield corporate bond ETF has come under pressure.

Earlier this year, the Bank of Canada revealed it has also been studying Ethereum, and UBS has been considering it as a way of issuing bonds.

Markets around the globe have been keeping a close eye on the U.S. bond market as rising Treasury yields put investors on edge.

As the business sector accumulates more surplus cash, it has the effect of driving down interest rates because there's less demand for corporate bonds and other forms of business lending.

That's exactly what has happened over the last month, as shown in this graph of the yield on the 10 year US treasury bond for the last year (keep in mind that yields going up means prices going down):

This increased demand has been met with an equally large increase in supply as corporate bond issuance has roughly doubled since 2008.

As oil prices have fallen, defaults in the sector have risen — about a quarter of all corporate bond defaults in 2015 were energy related, according to Moody's — and that's made traders even more reluctant to buy.

When bond rates rise, which they have this year, these stocks tend to fall in price as fixed - income products, which are safer to begin with, become more attractive.

When rates rise, as they have done, so - called bond proxies such as consumer staples typically fall.

Stock markets were routed around the globe on Monday and bond yields rose as resurgent U.S. inflation raised the possibility central banks would tighten policy more aggressively than had been expected.

Sure enough, the yield on a Canadian 10 - year bond has risen in tandem with its U.S. counterpart since the start of the year, even as Poloz has signaled caution ahead.

They get preoccupied with all sorts of things — elections, central bank policies, the weather — but nothing has dominated investor thinking as much lately as bond rates and income stocks.

More specifically, investors have sought the potential for higher returns from riskier assets like private company stocks, as safer investments like T - bills and bonds pay out next to nothing.

«If they do target aggressively the 2 percent inflation target, and undertake a significant amount of QE, that may have an impact on underlying JGB (Japanese government bond) yields as investors become concerned over Japan's debt,» he said.

Inflation is a concern within Germany as it's still haunted by the hyperinflation of the 1920s and top economists — like Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann — have been noticeably cautious on too much bond buying from the ECB.

However, recently, the economic recovery seen in Portugal since the sovereign debt crisis has indeed begun affecting the way agencies such as Moody's and Standard & Poor's see the economy, indicating that in the near future more investors could be considering buying Portuguese bonds.

The Greek government seems ready to tap the bond markets again as early as next week, a source close to the situation told CNBC on Tuesday, which would mark the first time since 2014 that the country has borrowed from the capital markets.

Antonetti's solution has been to interact constantly with current and prospective customers, forming a bond that she perceives as intensely personal.

But some observers expect Russia's strongest efforts may be reserved for Serbia, which has close cultural and religious bonds with Moscow — and whose membership in NATO or the European Union would be seen by the Kremlin as a severe blow.

Finance Minister and former premier Taro Aso - who some suspect of dreaming of a come - back of his own - said on Tuesday Japan had no plan to buy foreign currency - denominated bonds as part of a monetary easing program.

Among individual banking stocks, Bankia, Credit Agricole, ING and Banco Santander are «buy» - rated names, according to Deutsche Bank, as they all have a high positive correlation to U.S. bond yields.

The interest rate on 10 - year bonds was 1.79 % at the end of 2014 — about half as much as the federal government had to offer to get investors to buy its debt a decade ago.

It's important to make your customers feel special and to create a bond, just as you would in a romantic relationship.

The gap between the 10 - year French and German government bond yields has widened to a five - day high as political uncertainty returned to France.

According to the insurer's 2017 annual report, it had just under $ 5 billion of net par exposure to Puerto Rico paper, including $ 1.5 billion to the island's General Obligation bonds, as of Dec. 31, 2017.

Prices of the riskiest portions of collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) have fallen 50 % as of the end mid-December since mid-year, and are now trading at $ 0.25 for every dollar that investors have put in the structured bonds.

Portugal has been profiting from lower bond yields, but as the ECB is expected to gradually lower its government bonds purchases, yields and spreads are expected to rise, which could hamper the improvement in government finances.

Second, the YPG has even tighter bonds with the radical Turkish militia known as the PKK, which the Turkish government regards as a terrorist organization.

The Fed's low interest rate policy has driven more and more money into bond funds as investors search for higher yields.

Global bonds went on a wild rollercoaster ride last week, with the price swings being particularly abrupt in the U.S. and German markets, which have long been viewed as the safest and most liquid in the world.

«We would characterize this bond selloff as made in Europe.

Bond yields rose to the highs of the day as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell laid out a case where the Fed could raise rates more than it has forecast.

The bond market sell - off since late last week stemmed from inflation worries caused by rising commodity prices and growing Treasury supply, as well as bets the Federal Reserve would further raise key borrowing costs, analysts said.