Sentences with phrase «for investment grade corporate»

At ING, he was the head of investment grade corporate credit, responsible for investment grade corporate credit as well as collaterized loan obligation and synthetic collateralized debt obligation investment portfolios.

Unfortunately, losses tend to come in heaps for investment grade corporate debt.

For investment grade corporate bonds two indices tracking these markets have very Read more -LSB-...]

Another way is to boost yield is to relax credit quality a little by opting for investment grade corporate bonds instead of triple - A government treasuries.

Same for investment grade corporates, except less so.

Not exact matches

In the credit markets, both investment - grade and high - yield corporate bonds had negative returns for the first time in eight quarters, with down - in - quality subsectors in each unconventionally outperforming higher quality ones.

The index covers the U.S. investment grade fixed rate bond market, with index components for government and corporate securities, mortgage pass - through securities, and asset - backed securities.

Moody's also recently evaluated the level of interest expense to EBITDA for 18 corporate sectors across investment grade and high - yield.

For people looking for ways to boost the income of a portfolio, that has often meant casting a wider net than the traditional core holdings of U.S. Treasuries and investment grade corporate bonFor people looking for ways to boost the income of a portfolio, that has often meant casting a wider net than the traditional core holdings of U.S. Treasuries and investment grade corporate bonfor ways to boost the income of a portfolio, that has often meant casting a wider net than the traditional core holdings of U.S. Treasuries and investment grade corporate bonds.

The average bid / ask spread was 29 cents (per $ 100 par value) for both investment - grade and high - yield bonds, and the average daily trading volume was $ 2.2 million ($ 2.5 million) for investment - grade (high - yield) corporate bonds.

The average market impact cost was 29 basis points (39 basis points) per $ 1 million traded for investment - grade (high - yield) corporate bonds.

They note, for example, that the size of large trades of US investment grade corporate bonds (so - called «block trades») has continuously declined in recent years.6 Furthermore, in most corporate bond markets, trading appears to be highly concentrated in just a few liquid issues, and concentration appears to be increasing in some market segments.

In pursuance of the Union Budget 2018 announcement, the board also cleared a proposal on changing the investment grade rating from AA to A for corporate bonds, which would boost investment scope while ensuring credit quality.

Sales volume for new investment - grade corporate debt is at its lowest level since 2014.

For example, by comparing a group of corporate bonds (like investment grade corporate bonds) vs. treasuries, you get a picture of where the average investment grade bond credit spread currently stands.

If you are looking for a place to ride out these choppy market waters while awaiting more compelling equity valuations, the short end of the US investment - grade corporate bond market looks to be a less risky part of the market.

In 2015 Creditex expanded into serving the bond market, through the launch of ICE Credit Trade, a leading electronic platform for trading investment grade and high yield corporate bonds.

We see investment - grade corporate debt as attractive in a world hungry for yield.

Given the introduction of several new ECB policies yesterday (expanded QE; purchases of nonfinancial, investment grade corporate debt; new refinancing programs; incentives to reduce the impact of negative interest rates on banks and spur lending) we think the outlook for European credit and equities is quite constructive.

Corporate investment grade issuance is already more than $ 90 billion for the month to date, and this week's activity pushed 2014 issuance to a record $ 1.039 trillion so far, surpassing 2013's total of $ 1.036 trillion, according to Thomson Reuters IFR.

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The average bid - offer spread for trading an investment grade corporate bond, for example, is 50 basis points.

Using total credit premiums, trading volumes and characteristics for a broad sample of U.S. investment grade and high yield corporate bonds during January 1994 through December 2015, he finds that: Keep Reading

Investment grade corporate bonds and emerging market debt have benefited from this trend for most of 2016.

The index covers the U.S. investment grade fixed rate bond market, with index components for government and corporate securities, mortgage pass - through securities, and asset - backed securities.

In a taxable account, he suggests using provincial or investment - grade corporate bonds for each rung, since Government of Canada bonds have lower yields.

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.

As an investment grade corporate bond manager, I bought a convertible bond once, where it was «busted,» and was attractive just for the income alone.

For instance, the RBC Target 2020 Corporate Bond ETF will replicate the performance of a portfolio of Canadian dollar - denominated investment grade corporate bonds that effectively matureCorporate Bond ETF will replicate the performance of a portfolio of Canadian dollar - denominated investment grade corporate bonds that effectively maturecorporate bonds that effectively mature in 2020.

Unlike Treasuries and investment grade corporates, the high yield market as measured by the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index touch a low point for yield earlier in the month at a 5.87 % on October 6th.

High - dividend S&P 500 components yield just over 3 %, CDs yield roughly 2 % for 5 years, and investment grade corporate bonds yield only 2.27 % at their best for 5 years.

In addition to VWIAX (2/3 in investment grade corporates, 1/3 in dividend - paying large caps — unusual for Vanguard in being actively managed, but with a 0.18 % expense ratio that's pretty Vanguardy anyway; — RRB - I find I have no trouble meeting my target 25 % allocation to fixed income (oh, I own a few individually selected preferred stocks as part of that allocation, too — technically equity but pretty much fixed income in real life; — RRB -.

@Jerry, I agree that today the main risk in bonds is duration risk (AKA interest - rate risk)-- last weekend's Barron's has an interview with the UBS Wealth Management top managers pointing out this means convincing investors to switch from Treasuries and investment - grade corporates to well - selected junk (HYLD is a jewel there — DO N'T go for index funds in bonds, very differently from ones in stocks they make no sense... where's the sense in wanting to lend more to companies which are more indebted?!

The US Corporate Bond Strategy Group meets regularly to discuss the outlook and investment strategy for the US dollar - denominated investment - grade corporate bonCorporate Bond Strategy Group meets regularly to discuss the outlook and investment strategy for the US dollar - denominated investment - grade corporate boncorporate bond market.

This flight to quality movement also impacted credit spreads, which widened for both investment grade and high yield corporate bonds, negatively impacting the returns of bonds in those sectors.

It is also responsible for setting the research agenda for the investment - grade corporate credit team.

Fund investors padded the coffers of corporate investment - grade debt funds (+ $ 822 million) and international & global debt funds (+ $ 985 million) but were net redeemers of high - yield funds -LRB-- $ 491 million) and government mortgage funds -LRB-- $ 226 million) for the week.

Bloomberg Barclays Aggregate Index provides a measure of the performance of the U.S. investment grade bonds market, which includes investment grade U.S. Government bonds, investment grade corporate bonds, mortgage pass - through securities and asset - backed securities that are publicly offered for sale in the United States.

For the previous week, Lipper data reported positive flows into investment - grade corporate bonds (June 3, 2015), which appeared to be buying on the dip, as the index moved from a Read more -LSB-...]

And for that reason, we entered 2015 with our lowest - ever allocation to investment - grade corporate bonds.

For the previous week, Lipper data reported positive flows into investment - grade corporate bonds (June 3, 2015), which appeared to be buying on the dip, as the index moved from a yield of 2.89 % on May 29, 2015, to the June 3, 2015, level of 3.10 %.

For example, iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD), an investment grade ETF, trades 14,000 tiInvestment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD), an investment grade ETF, trades 14,000 tiinvestment grade ETF, trades 14,000 times a day.

For example, during the early 2000s, corporate bonds rated as investment grade by Moody's had a historical default rate of 2.09 percent.

The average bid - offer spread for trading an investment grade corporate bond, for example, is 50 basis points.

For instance, a rising price ratio for iShares 7 - 10 Year Treasury (IEF): iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond (HYG) is indicative of a preference for risk - off investment grade credit over speculative higher yielding credFor instance, a rising price ratio for iShares 7 - 10 Year Treasury (IEF): iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond (HYG) is indicative of a preference for risk - off investment grade credit over speculative higher yielding credfor iShares 7 - 10 Year Treasury (IEF): iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond (HYG) is indicative of a preference for risk - off investment grade credit over speculative higher yielding credfor risk - off investment grade credit over speculative higher yielding credit.

Jettison a lower quality junk bond ETF for a higher quality investment grade corporate bond ETF like iShares Intermediate Credit (CIU).

Guggenheim, for example, offers 20 investment - grade and high - yield corporate bond target - maturity - date ETFs under its BulletShares brand, with maturities at different years (2017, 2018 and so on); iShares offers 17 target - maturity - date bond ETFs.

Finally, they backtest volatility prediction / risk parity allocation effectiveness separately for stock, commodity, high - yield corporate bond, investment - grade corporate bond and government bond indexes (each versus the risk - free asset).

These days, there is an ETF for all the main types of bonds — government, corporate, municipal, short - / medium - / long duration, investment grade, non-investment grade, emerging markets, developed markets, interest rate hedged, convertible, inflation - linked, variable rate, and mostly everything in between.

Investment - grade corporate bonds, as measured by the S&P U.S. Issued Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index, are up 0.09 % for the month, while lower quality high - yield bonds represented by the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index are up 0.7 % on tcorporate bonds, as measured by the S&P U.S. Issued Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index, are up 0.09 % for the month, while lower quality high - yield bonds represented by the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index are up 0.7 % on tCorporate Bond Index, are up 0.09 % for the month, while lower quality high - yield bonds represented by the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index are up 0.7 % on tCorporate Bond Index are up 0.7 % on the month.