Sentences with phrase «credit bond assets»

iShares Intermediate Credit Bond Assets: $ 6.3 billion Expense ratio: 0.20 percent 1 - month return though 8/20: 0.30 percent

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Our team of credit professionals deliver sales and trading capabilities across a wide range of fixed income asset classes including high yield, distressed and investment grade bonds, convertible bonds, public and private corporate securities, leveraged loans and emerging market debt.

The NAV (net asset value) of a bond fund will move up or down based on a number of factors such as changes in interest rates, credit quality, and currency values (for international bonds) for the different bond holdings in the fund.

The fund may invest in asset - backed («ABS») and mortgage - backed securities («MBS») which are subject to credit, prepayment and extension risk, and react differently to changes in interest rates than other bonds.

«Liquidity,» in fact, is THE watchword now in bond trading — ironic, considering that the U.S. central bank's primary intention has been to boost the flow of cash through financial markets, drive a push toward riskier assets like stocks and corporate credit, and thus generate a wealth effect that would spread through the economy.

An array of measures is selected from the overall credit supply (or what is the same thing, debt securities) to represent «money,» which then is correlated with changes in goods and service prices, but not with prices for capital assets — bonds, stocks and real estate.

Fears of similar upsets appear to be holding back investment flows into government bonds, while thirst for income has boosted other fixed income assets such as credit.

Speculative credit from U.S., Japanese and British banks to buy bonds, stocks and currencies in the BRIC and Third World countries is a self - feeding expansion, pushing up their currencies as well as their asset prices.

There were six charts — credit spreads in overseas bond markets, credit to GDP, credit growth, house prices, banks» impaired assets and risk - weighted capital ratios.

Former Fed Governor Stein highlighted that Federal Reserve's monetary policy transmission mechanism works through the «recruitment channel,» in such way that investors are «enlisted» to achieve central bank objectives by taking higher credit risks, or to rebalance portfolio by buying longer - term bonds (thus taking on higher duration risk) to seek higher yield when faced with diminished returns from safe assets.

Also, stocks are volatile and generally the riskiest assets, with the possible exception of credit default swaps, high - yield «junk» bonds, and other similar assets.

The Barclays U.S. Credit Index is the credit component of the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, which is a broad - based bond index comprised of government, corporate, mortgage and asset - backed issues, rated investment grade or higher, and having at least one year to matCredit Index is the credit component of the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, which is a broad - based bond index comprised of government, corporate, mortgage and asset - backed issues, rated investment grade or higher, and having at least one year to matcredit component of the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, which is a broad - based bond index comprised of government, corporate, mortgage and asset - backed issues, rated investment grade or higher, and having at least one year to maturBond Index, which is a broad - based bond index comprised of government, corporate, mortgage and asset - backed issues, rated investment grade or higher, and having at least one year to maturbond index comprised of government, corporate, mortgage and asset - backed issues, rated investment grade or higher, and having at least one year to maturity.

Central bank intervention in global bond markets has «crowded out» many traditional fixed income investors, driving them to seek yield and income from non-traditional and riskier asset classes such as high yield, emerging markets debt, leveraged loans and private credit.

Asset - backed securities are bonds or notes backed by financial assets such as non-mortgage loans including credit card receivables, auto loans, manufactured - housing contracts, and home - equity loans.

Today, Mortgage Choice helps customers source car loans, personal loans, credit cards, commercial loans, asset finance, deposit bonds, and risk and general insurance.

We provide brokerage services in a wide range of credit instruments, including credit derivatives, asset - backed securities, hybrid securities, preferred securities, distressed securities, convertible bonds, corporate bonds, credit derivatives and high yield bonds.

So while low and negative interest rates across the globe has inspired flows into stocks, emerging market bonds and corporate credit in search of higher yields, keep in mind the high correlations of these assets to oil prices and the advantages of holding actual diversifiers in your portfolio to smooth the ride.

Now that over $ 5 trillion of sovereign debt (with credit risk rising, not falling) trades with a negative yield, we can fairly overlook bonds as an investible asset class.

Fund Size: $ 316.7 B Asset Mix: 55.4 % Equity; 21.5 % Fixed Income; 23.1 % Real Assets Canadian Equity: 3.3 % US / EAFE Equity: 27.9 % Emerging Equity: 5.7 % Private Equity: 18.5 % Fixed / Plus / Global Bonds / Mortgages / Credit: 21.5 % Real Estate: 12.6 % Looks good to me!!

Core Taxable Bonds are measured by the Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index, composed of securities from the Bloomberg Barclays Government / Credit Bond Index, Mortgage - Backed Securities Index, Asset - Backed Securities Index, and Commercial Mortgage - Backed Securities Index.

We believe investors should consider a broader diversification approach than a traditional bond / equity mix, including adding factor exposures and asset classes such as private credit and real estate.

In their February 2015 paper entitled «Credit Risk Premium: Its Existence and Implications for Asset Allocation», Attakrit Asvanunt and Scott Richardson measure and explore the predictability and diversification power of the credit (or default) risk premium associated with corporate Credit Risk Premium: Its Existence and Implications for Asset Allocation», Attakrit Asvanunt and Scott Richardson measure and explore the predictability and diversification power of the credit (or default) risk premium associated with corporate credit (or default) risk premium associated with corporate bonds.

Some sort of redress is required — a capital or asset credit, financed by a council bond, should be applied to those whose long - term benefit has, in effect, subsidised council receipts.

The fund may invest in asset - backed («ABS») and mortgage - backed securities («MBS») which are subject to credit, prepayment and extension risk, and react differently to changes in interest rates than other bonds.

The Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index is composed of securities from the Barclays Government / Credit Bond Index, Mortgage - Backed Securities Index, Asset - Backed Securities Index, and Commercial Mortgage - Backed Securities Index.

Typically, these bonds are issued by companies with less than stellar credit and are often tied to specific pieces of capital equipment or assets.

Investors and fund managers search for yield, extend maturities, reach for lower credit quality and shift assets from short term floating rate money market funds to bonds, bond funds and similar investments.

Core Taxable Bonds are measured by the Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index, composed of securities from the Bloomberg Barclays Government / Credit Bond Index, Mortgage - Backed Securities Index, Asset - Backed Securities Index, and Commercial Mortgage - Backed Securities Index.

Moving on to non-traditional bond funds, this type of alternative asset class invests in debt holdings but seeks to hedge duration and / or credit risk.

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The asset side is various credit default swaps, in this case, «referencing» mainly subprime bonds, the BBB tranches.

Investors have been able to turn a profit from debt - related investments like asset - backed securities and bonds for decades and borrowers have had access to personal loans and credit for even longer.

Next we'll look at junk bond ETFs, which include Horizons Active High Yield Bond ETF, iShares U.S. High Yield Bond ETF, and First Asset Active Credit bond ETFs, which include Horizons Active High Yield Bond ETF, iShares U.S. High Yield Bond ETF, and First Asset Active Credit Bond ETF, iShares U.S. High Yield Bond ETF, and First Asset Active Credit Bond ETF, and First Asset Active Credit ETF.

No information about salary history, religion, ethnicity, personal history, medical records, stocks, bonds, personal assets or checking / savings account becomes a part of your credit report.

I sounded an early alarm to reduce riskier asset exposure on December 18, 2014 when the Federal Reserve settled its last money creating, credit - fueling bond purchase (a.k.a. «QE3»).

Yet a bulk of the explosion in credit made its way into total return assets like stocks, junk bonds and real estate.

At first, only four iShares bond ETFs were available, with just a small amount of assets and access limited to Treasuries and U.S. investment grade credit.

Start with the asset mix of stocks, bonds, and cash and differentiate among company size, style, credit quality or several other criteria within these classes.

In their view, credit fundamentals are improving for many municipal bond issuers and taxable equivalent yields are attractive relative to other fixed income asset classes.

«Emerging markets high - yield bonds are thus an attractive asset class for the long - term, offering a similarly high yield to US high - yield bonds, but with a lower duration and better credit rating.»

Bonds can certainly go down in price, in fact I believe credit to be the most overpriced asset currently, but with a bond you have the option of holding the security until maturity... and receiving your predetermined interest payments along the way and your principle.

High - yield bonds are an equity - like asset class, whose returns are overwhelmingly driven by credit spreads and credit losses, not rates and duration.

Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Fixed - Rate Asset - Backed Securities (ABS) Index covers fixed - rate ABS with the following collateral types: credit cards, autos, home equity loans and stranded - cost utility (rate reduction bonds).

I would add in other asset classes as well: credit default, emerging markets, junk bonds, low - quality stocks, the toxic waste of Asset - and Mortgage - backed securities, and private eqasset classes as well: credit default, emerging markets, junk bonds, low - quality stocks, the toxic waste of Asset - and Mortgage - backed securities, and private eqAsset - and Mortgage - backed securities, and private equity.

Not unlike your individual credit score, the organizations that rate bonds look at an issuer's assets, debts, income, expenses and broad financial history.

In the credit markets, U.S. municipal bonds tracked in the S&P Municipal Bond Index have returned over 1.5 % in June as the diversity, yield, historical stability and quality of the municipal bond market has made it a «risk off» destination asset clBond Index have returned over 1.5 % in June as the diversity, yield, historical stability and quality of the municipal bond market has made it a «risk off» destination asset clbond market has made it a «risk off» destination asset class.

Of all of the mortgage bond categories, only CMBS offered assets with a ten - years or more duration, with minimal credit risk.

Ford's situation, if judged by the asset markets (stock, bond and credit - default swaps), has worsened relative to GM.

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The fund seeks to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation by investing at least 80 % of its net assets in bonds and investments that provide exposure to bonds, including global debt obligations of any credit quality, maturity or duration, and derivatives.