Sentences with phrase «corporate junk bond yields»

Corporate junk bond yields have risen as mutual funds have seen outflows.

U.S. Municipal Bonds: (Data as of May 16,2013) Corporate junk bond yields have risen as mutual funds have seen outflows.

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In the short - term, however, this increased leverage may actually be bullish for junk bonds, corporate bonds, emerging market debt and mortgage - backed securities as it brings higher prices and lower yields, he said.

Serge Pepin, the head of BMO Investments, says people should consider corporate or high - yield bonds — also known as junk bonds — which pay higher yields than federal issues.

High - yield bonds, aka junk bonds, as measured by iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) are down, too, though by a little yield bonds, aka junk bonds, as measured by iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) are down, too, though by a little Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) are down, too, though by a little less.

Most of the capital provided to these companies comes from high - yield («junk») corporate bond sales, preferred share offerings, and debt.

Traders have pulled more than $ 1.8 billion from two junk - focused ETFs just in the past week: the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond -LRB-- $ 1.06 billion, most of any ETF) and the SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond -LRB--765.4 million, the second most), while also redeeming $ 577.4 million (the fourth most) from the iShares iBoxx Investment Grade Bond ETF, according to FactSet and ETF.com.

Van Eck adds another yield - generating ETF, this one focused on emerging market corporate junk bonds.

There are various ways to participate in the Junk Bond rally that is just underway - from purchasing individual corporate bonds to diversifying risk with double - digit yielding Bond ETFs, Mutual Funds and individual corporate paper.

He lost money because a lot of other funds have made money gambling on corporate junk bonds that are yielding about 6.5 % now.

By assets, the most popular junk bond ETF is the $ 14 billion iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG B - bond ETF is the $ 14 billion iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG B - Bond ETF (HYG B - 68).

These floating rate bonds are a good alternative to high yield corporate and junk bonds when interest rates are rising.

The S&P 500 High Yield Corporate Bond Index tracks the junk bonds of issuers of the S&P 500 and as the yields indicate, on average, they tend to be better quality than the bonds in the broader index.

The yield for HYG, a high - yield (i.e. junk) corporate bond ETF, is currently 5.72 % versus 3.56 % for LQD, an investment - grade corporate bond ETF.

Starting in 2008 and into 2009, high yield corporate bonds (otherwise known as junk bonds) saw huge drops in price under the premise the America was going to see a massive wave of corporate defaults, the likes of which we hadn't seen since the Great Depression.

We are even less enthusiastic about high yield ETF investments in high - yield («junk») corporate bonds.

The BMO Monthly Income ETF (ZMI) is a portfolio of 10 other high - yield exchange - traded funds, covering real estate investment trusts (REITs), corporate bonds (both investment grade and junk), emerging market bonds, and dividend - paying stocks.

When risk - free and AAA - rated corporate bonds yield less than 4 %, 3.5 % yield on utilities and 6 % yields from junk ETFs are difficult to pass up.

Even corporate junk bonds aren't so high - yield these days, with those securities yielding 6.36 percent on Friday, after hitting a record low of 5.98 percent last week.

High yield municipal bonds tracked in the S&P Municipal Bond High Yield Index have continued to outperform their corporate junk bond counterparts by returning 9.67 % year to yield municipal bonds tracked in the S&P Municipal Bond High Yield Index have continued to outperform their corporate junk bond counterparts by returning 9.67 % year to dBond High Yield Index have continued to outperform their corporate junk bond counterparts by returning 9.67 % year to Yield Index have continued to outperform their corporate junk bond counterparts by returning 9.67 % year to dbond counterparts by returning 9.67 % year to date.

This specifically leaves out things like high yield corporate (junk) bonds and similar higher risk bonds for reasons described in Article 7.2.

Indeed, the rest of the world's central banks are purchasing assets (e.g., government debt, investment grade corporate bonds, higher - yielding junk corporates, stocks, etc.) with QE «funny money» in the hopes that it will boost economic growth.

Average yields on investment - grade corporate bonds have risen just 2 basis points this month to 96 basis points more than Treasuries, while junk bond yields are up just 7 basis points to 253 basis points over Treasuries, according to Merrill Lynch data.

Junk corporate bonds tracked in the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index returnecorporate bonds tracked in the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index returneCorporate Bond Index returned 2.65 %.

Even as junk bond yields fell into the 6 % range, investor demand for bonds held up well, and the SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond ETF (NYSEMKT: JNK) and iShares iBoxx HY Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEMKT: HYG) were among the best - performing funds with returns of around 11 % to 1bond yields fell into the 6 % range, investor demand for bonds held up well, and the SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond ETF (NYSEMKT: JNK) and iShares iBoxx HY Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEMKT: HYG) were among the best - performing funds with returns of around 11 % to 1Bond ETF (NYSEMKT: JNK) and iShares iBoxx HY Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEMKT: HYG) were among the best - performing funds with returns of around 11 % to 1Bond ETF (NYSEMKT: HYG) were among the best - performing funds with returns of around 11 % to 12 %.

High yield bond funds or junk bond funds invest in corporate bonds that are below investment grade.

Corporate bonds that are investment grade are higher, and at the top of the risk level are high - yield junk bonds.

Vanguard's high - yield corporate bond fund, which invests in low - quality «junk» bonds, made money in 2013, returning 4.5 %.

While the High Yield US Corporate Bond ETF appears to be a slightly interesting unique product for an investor looking into junk bonds, it is hard to get excited about the rest of BMO's new ETFs — iShares CDN Short Bond Index ETF (XSB) already provides exposure to short - term bonds and Claymore has the sector ETFs covered.

That said, research also shows that investment - grade bonds as a group, which includes not just Treasuries but government agency issues and high - quality corporates (though not high - yield, or junk, bonds), can also provide solid diversification during periods of stock market turbulence.

Edit in response to comment: Corporate bond correlation with stocks is positive but generally not very strong (except for high - yield junk bonds) so while they don't offset stock volatility (negative correlation) they do help diversify a stock portfolio.

: 1.56 % Intermediate - / Long - Term / U.S. Bond Index (Barclays & S&P US Aggregate Bond): 7.84 % High - Yield (junk) Bond Index (Barclays High - Yield Corporate Bond): 4.98 % Int» l (not global) Bond Index (Citi WGBI Non-USD Bond): 5.17 % Emerging Markets Bond (Citi EMBI Capped Brady): -13.96 % Large - cap Value Index (Russell 1000 Value): 0.39 % Large - cap Growth Index (Russell 1000 Growth): 2.64 % Mid-cap Index (Russell Mid-cap): -1.55 % Small - cap Index (Russell 2000): -4.18 % Technology (DJ US Technology Trust USD): 0.16 % Biotech / Health Care Index (DJ Healthcare): 11.75 % Micro-cap Index (Bridgeway Ultra-Small Company Market): -7.86 % Internet Index (First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index): -5.82 % Int» l All - cap Index (MSCI EAFE USD): -12.14 % Int» l Small - cap Index (MSCI EAFE Small - cap NR USD): -15.94 % Emerging Markets Index (MSCI EM USD): -18.42 % Real Estate Index (FTSE NAREIT All REITs): 7.28 % Tangibles Index (Goldman Sachs Natural Resources): -7.35 %

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