Sentences with phrase «changes in the interest rate environment»

Changes in the interest rate environment have had a very large impact on bond returns over the long run.

Bonds can be traded on the open market and their principal value can fluctuate in large part due to changes in the interest rate environment or in the financial stability of the issuer.

Since the late 1970s, changes in the interest rate environment have become the greatest single determinant of bond returns, and managing interest rate risk has become the most critical variable in the management of bond portfolios.

One of these factors is the public REITs» cost of capital, which had risen earlier in 2016, improved midway through the year and then increased again in large measure as a result of actual or perceived changes in the interest rate environment.

Not exact matches

Trump's plans to increase fiscal spending has boosted bond yields — a change that would support higher revenue for banks currently languishing in a low - interest rate environment.

Rivkin adds that assets that have had strong returns in the past might not going forward due to the changing interest rate environment.

The changes have come in response to the prolonged low - interest rate environment, and the pressure that has put on carriers» ability to support product guarantees and related features, according to a wide variety of annuity watchers...

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One of the oldest tricks in the game is to offer a high current yield, where the yield can get curtailed through early prepayment (typically in low interest rate environments), or some negative event that forces the security to change its form, such as when a stock price falls with reverse convertibles.

But some things haven't changed — investors are still challenged by the seemingly never - ending search for yield in an environment of potential rising interest rates.

The market value of an investment in bonds will change according to the prevailing interest rate environment and the perceived credit worthiness of the borrower.

And they don't understand why because the media keeps talking about the fact that we're still in this low interest rate environment and the Bank of Canada rate hasn't changed so why is the bank's rate changing?

Let's look at what happened to the change in the CAPE valuation multiple and its contribution to total returns in the 1960s, which was an environment of low interest rates to start with which moved higher over the decade.

Given that we're in a rate climate that hasn't exactly been favorable for savers (it's been a low interest environment for a while now, with no signs of a change in the trends), the «raise your rate» feature may offer a bit of insurance.

She offers examples of how active investors can respond to changing markets: «If interest rates rise, active fixed - income investors could invest in short - term bonds, which tend to remain fairly stable in rising rate environments, or floating rate funds, which are more insulated from the negative impact of rising rates.

Bonds have done well in an environment marked by high demand, low interest rates and low levels of defaults, but we know that markets change.

Also, since rates are subject to change, exact figures may have changed over time (your results should actually improve in a low interest rate environment).

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25 SEP 2017 - Paul Russo, co-COO of the Equities Franchise in the Goldman Sachs Securities Division, explains how technological change and regulatory reform helped develop a growing class of institutional investors - systematic traders - and what a rising interest rate environment could mean for the equity markets.

The global regime change in favour of a rising interest rate environment, coupled with the success of populist leaders around the world such as Donald Trump, is creating a lot of dispersion in financial markets.

Because it is price based on 1983 interest rates and mortality rates (1983 was the last time it was changed), delaying Social Security is much more efficient over the long run than any QLAC can ever hope to be in the current low - interest rate environment.

Universal life plans will perform better in a higher interest rate environment and rates of return on the cash value will change on a yearly basis.

Today, however, developers are seeing traditional lenders tighten their financing terms and conditions, driven by changes in the regulatory environment coupled with an uptick in interest rates.

With pricing reaching an all - time high in a deal - drought environment, coupled with global market volatility, investors and developers are skittish in where to put their dry powder, pushing private equity professionals to new, niche areas of real estate that haven't previously been explored.As the industry emerges from a low interest rate environment, and into a rapidly changing landscape with lower taxes, less regulations, higher rates and higher inflation, what does this mean for private equity real estate?