A balance must be struck between limiting risk using shorter duration or
higher credit quality bonds versus maximizing investment yield with longer duration or lower credit quality bonds.
Higher credit quality bonds are more expensive but generally deliver reliable returns.
«Many investors are interested in
high credit quality bonds, but the supply of AAA - rated corporate debt in the U.S. is very limited,» said Michael L. Sapir, Chairman and CEO of ProShare Advisors LLC, ProShares» investment advisor.
Do I have
high credit quality bonds?
Not exact matches
«
Bonds can be a stable reserve of value, or they can be as volatile as stock,» said David Yeske, co-founder of advisory firm Yeske Buie Inc. «I think a lot of advisors are shifting their
bond allocations to shorter maturities and
higher credit quality.»
All the holdings are of
high credit quality, similar to the
bond ETF.
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.
In other words, equity dividends are
higher by a third of a percentage points than
quality bond yields, and that's before the dividend tax
credit and before any capital gains.
Within fixed income, we suggest raising average
credit quality, particularly focusing on investments in areas like
high - grade corporate and municipal
bonds.
We prefer selected subordinated financial debt within European
credit and favor
high -
quality U.S.
credit and emerging market debt over government
bonds, but
credit valuations are elevated across the board.
Further out in the
credit quality spectrum, U.S. - based
high - yield «junk»
bond funds
UK government
bonds are the
highest credit quality security in the country, and this leg of your portfolio aims to give you security, not returns.
The same could be said for lower - grade, dollar - denominated
bonds except the improvement in
credit quality brought from accelerating economic growth will partially protect these
bonds from the full extent of the losses suffered by
high - grade
bonds.
By contrast,
high -
quality bonds such as those found in investment - grade corporate funds like the iShares 1 - 3 Year
Credit Bond ETF (CSJ A-89) and the iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate
Bond ETF (LQD A-66), etc.), or in Treasury portfolios such as the iShares 1 - 3 Year Treasury
Bond ETF (SHY A-97) or the iShares 10 - 20 Year Treasury
Bond ETF (TLH B - 65), etc.) tend to buffer portfolio volatility to a much greater degree.
High credit risk and history of significant price volatility, especially relative to
higher -
quality bonds.
NOTE:
High - yield
bonds are subject to additional risks, such as increased risk of default and greater volatility, because of the lower
credit quality of the issues.
High - yield
bonds are issued by corporations with lower
credit quality ratings.
The result is a selection of
bonds with
higher volatility, lower
credit quality, and
higher yield than the broader
high - yield market.
Once you know that you can make an informed decision as to whether you will earn a
higher return from a tax free state or national municipal
bond fund or a taxable
bond fund of a similar
credit quality and average maturity (which is generally going to provide
higher before tax returns) is going to be better for you.
We favor a more even yield - curve exposure today (with positions across maturities) and a more defensive (
higher -
quality)
credit profile — as volatility and heightened
credit concerns could lead to significantly wider spreads in the
high - yield -
bond market.
Always remember,
higher the coupon / interest rate on the
bond; lower is its inherent
credit quality.
In general,
bonds are divided into two broad levels of
credit quality — investment grade (IG) and
high yield (HY).
Low
credit quality bonds are cheaper and can produce
higher returns, but they have a
higher risk of default.
The dual coverage from the issuer and the cover pool typically makes covered
bonds a
high credit quality investment.
We prefer selected subordinated financial debt within European
credit and favor
high -
quality U.S.
credit and emerging market debt over government
bonds, but
credit valuations are elevated across the board.
High yield
bonds are better known as junk
bonds because the
credit quality of the underlying
bond issuer is low.
The
high - grade
bond market in the U.S. already has the lowest
credit quality mix since the 1980s, according to CreditSights, and there are signs investors are getting nervous.
An option could be to invest in an ETF with short term
bonds (e.g. 1 year) with AAA
credit rating (
high quality, so very low default rate).
Equity risk for the S&P 500 (a
high credit quality group) is probably akin to the risk of owning weak BB or strong single - B
bonds on average.
Many
bond managers like to own RMBS for its
high credit quality, liquidity, and attractive yields, but the problem is this: when interest rates move, the RMBS does what you don't want to see happen.
We sold into it, doing a massive up - in -
credit trade that left the portfolio
higher quality than it was prior to 9/11, and giving us room for the upset that would happen as Worldcom went down, and the corporate
bond markets doing a double dip in late July and early October.
Insurance policies are
high credit quality obligations, they don't vary as much as
bonds that are risky.
Higher Credit Quality, Lower Volatility and Comparable Yields Preferreds have significantly higher credit quality than high yield bonds, have exhibited lower volatility and can offer similar yields with potential tax advantages on income as some preferreds provid
Higher Credit Quality, Lower Volatility and Comparable Yields Preferreds have significantly higher credit quality than high yield bonds, have exhibited lower volatility and can offer similar yields with potential tax advantages on income as some preferreds provid
Credit Quality, Lower Volatility and Comparable Yields Preferreds have significantly higher credit quality than high yield bonds, have exhibited lower volatility and can offer similar yields with potential tax advantages on income as some preferreds provi
Quality, Lower Volatility and Comparable Yields Preferreds have significantly
higher credit quality than high yield bonds, have exhibited lower volatility and can offer similar yields with potential tax advantages on income as some preferreds provid
higher credit quality than high yield bonds, have exhibited lower volatility and can offer similar yields with potential tax advantages on income as some preferreds provid
credit quality than high yield bonds, have exhibited lower volatility and can offer similar yields with potential tax advantages on income as some preferreds provi
quality than
high yield
bonds, have exhibited lower volatility and can offer similar yields with potential tax advantages on income as some preferreds provide QDI.
High - yield
bonds are issued by corporations with lower
credit quality ratings.
The second is by varying
credit quality: by selecting
bonds of lower
quality, and therefore
higher yields.
To mitigate the risk of the company going bankrupt, risk - averse investors will typically purchase
high credit -
quality investment grade
bonds with AAA or AA ratings.
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.
Investment grade
bonds are the
highest quality bonds as assessed by a
credit ratings agency.
Emerging market sovereign
bonds that are issued in local currencies are supported by
high real yields and improving
credit quality.
Credit Quality Bond Ratings typically range from AAA / Aaa (
highest) to D (lowest).
However, investors looking for a
higher yield, without reducing the
credit quality, usually need to purchase a
bond with a longer maturity.
the relationship between interest rates and time, determined by plotting the yields of all or as many
bonds of similar
credit quality (eg: Treasuries or AA - rated Corporates), against their maturities; yield curves typically slope upward since longer maturities normally have
higher yields, although it can be flat or even inverted; the Fixed Income Search Results Scattergraph shows several smoothed yield curves for different fixed - income product types and
credit qualities; these are based on
bonds that Fidelity recognizes and are not equal to the entire universe of
bonds, which is significantly larger than the number of
bonds offered by Fidelity on any given day
These are
bonds paying a
high rate of interest because the issuers are of lesser
credit quality than government and investment - grade corporate
bonds.
High credit risk and history of significant price volatility, especially relative to
higher -
quality bonds.
Because
bonds with lower
credit ratings typically compensate investors for the greater risk with
higher yields, someone may cautiously choose to swap a
higher -
quality bond for a lower -
quality bond to gain a greater return.
Jettison a lower
quality junk
bond ETF for a
higher quality investment grade corporate
bond ETF like iShares Intermediate
Credit (CIU).
If you are interested in purchasing
high quality international
bonds you can research them through Moody's or Standard & Poor's
credit rating agencies, and you can purchase them through discount brokerages.
A
quality swap is a type of swap where you are looking to move from a
bond with a lower
credit quality rating to one with a
higher credit rating or vice versa.
Suppose you own a corporate
bond rated BBB (lower - investment - grade
quality) that is yielding 7.00 % and you find a triple - A-rated (
higher - investment - grade
quality) corporate
bond that is yielding 6.70 %.1 You could swap into the superior -
credit, triple - A-rated
bond by sacrificing only 30 basis points (one basis point is 1 / 100th of one percent, or.01 %).
Higher levels of risk are generally associated with longer - term
bonds when interest rates are currently low and deemed likely to go up in the future, as well as low
credit quality bonds.