Investment grade bonds offer income with very low probability of default and reversion to cash at maturity.
Not exact matches
While credit risk might seem like a bad idea with the U.S. economy still weak and the rest of the world looking equally uncertain, high - yield
bonds do
offer bigger returns than government and
investment -
grade bonds.
Although the
bond market is also volatile, lower - quality debt securities, including leveraged loans, generally
offer higher yields compared with
investment -
grade securities, but also involve greater risk of default or price changes.
The team focuses on selecting
investment -
grade bonds which
offer strong relative value in an effort to generate income while seeking to limit risk to the money invested.
Investment grade bonds, preferred stocks or bank loans
offer reasonable returns with arguably less volatility, in my opinion.
While yields on government
bonds remain unattractive, according to Stopford,
investment -
grade corporate
bonds offer a modest pickup in yield — and high - yield
bonds, a more significant advantage.
They are riskier than
bonds issued by higher rated
investment -
grade companies, so they often
offer higher yields.
The average bid -
offer spread for trading an
investment grade corporate
bond, for example, is 50 basis points.
Cons: The primary negative associated with
investment grade floaters is that when issued they generally
offer current yields that are significantly lower than a typical fixed rate
bond of the same maturity
offered by the same issuer.
The back - tested results of the 17 - year period ending Feb. 28, 2017, show that the S&P U.S. High Yield Low Volatility Corporate
Bond Index may offer an intersection that bridges the volatility gap between the high - yield and investment - grade bond sectors, with increased return efficie
Bond Index may
offer an intersection that bridges the volatility gap between the high - yield and
investment -
grade bond sectors, with increased return efficie
bond sectors, with increased return efficiency.
In today's low rate environment, the
investment grade corporate
bond market in the US and abroad
offers a way to pick up additional yield and diversification, while maintaining a relatively low level of risk.
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They are riskier than
bonds issued by higher rated
investment -
grade companies, so they often
offer higher yields.
Investment grade corporate bonds typically offer better return potential than Treasury bonds, and investment grade debt allows investors to pursue those returns without adding as much risk as high yi
Investment grade corporate
bonds typically
offer better return potential than Treasury
bonds, and
investment grade debt allows investors to pursue those returns without adding as much risk as high yi
investment grade debt allows investors to pursue those returns without adding as much risk as high yield
bonds.
The team focuses on selecting
investment -
grade bonds which
offer strong relative value in an effort to generate income while seeking to limit risk to the money invested.
While the portfolio of high - quality
bonds may
offer additional return potential, long - term
investment grade bonds are subject to substantial interest rate risk.
The indicative yield of U.S. preferred stocks was 5.90 % YTD, which
offered a significant yield pick - up over
investment -
grade corporates and comparable yield to high - yield
bonds.
ProShares Interest Rate Hedged
Bond ETFs, HYHG and IGHG,
offer diversified portfolios of high yield or
investment grade bonds.
High - yield
bonds, also referred to as «junk
bonds,»
offer higher rates of return, and therefore carry a higher rate of risk, than
investment grade bonds.
High yield
bonds typically
offer better return potential than Treasurys or
investment grade bonds as a way of compensating investors for taking on greater risks.
ProShares Interest Rate Hedged
Bond ETFs, IGHG and HYHG,
offer diversified portfolios of
investment grade or high yield
bonds.
While the above table indicates that traditional
investment grade bonds represented by the Barclays U.S. Aggregate are the least correlated to the S&P 500 and
offer the best downside protection, that might not always be the case going forward.
Although the
bond market is also volatile, lower - quality debt securities including leveraged loans generally
offer higher yields compared to
investment grade securities, but also involve greater risk of default or price changes.
The Markit iBoxx ® $ Liquid
Investment Grade Index is a modified market - value weighted index designed to provide a balanced representation of U.S. dollar - denominated investment grade corporate bonds publicly offered in the United States by means of including the most liquid investment grade corporate bonds available as determined by the index
Investment Grade Index is a modified market - value weighted index designed to provide a balanced representation of U.S. dollar - denominated
investment grade corporate bonds publicly offered in the United States by means of including the most liquid investment grade corporate bonds available as determined by the index
investment grade corporate
bonds publicly
offered in the United States by means of including the most liquid
investment grade corporate bonds available as determined by the index
investment grade corporate
bonds available as determined by the index provider.
High - yield
bonds (sometimes referred to as junk
bonds) typically
offer above - market coupon rates and yields because their issuers have credit ratings that are below
investment grade: BB or lower from Standard & Poor's; Ba or lower from Moody's.
«On the heels of launching the first inverse ETFs on the high yield and
investment grade corporate
bond markets, we are pleased to
offer the first leveraged ETFs on these segments of the fixed income landscape,» said Michael L. Sapir, Chairman and CEO of ProShare Advisors LLC, ProShares»
investment advisor.
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.
High Yield
Bonds ETFs
offer investors exposure to debt issued by below
investment grade corporations.
The income
offered on DIAs will vary over time as market conditions change, being driven most notably by longer - term Treasury and
investment grade corporate
bond yields.
The
investment grade portion of the index
offers exposure to the more liquid, cash - pay
bonds.
Although the
bond market is also volatile, lower - quality debt securities, including leveraged loans, generally
offer higher yields compared with
investment -
grade securities, but also involve greater risk of default or price changes.
The average bid -
offer spread for trading an
investment grade corporate
bond, for example, is 50 basis points.
If you want to pick your own non-core high - yield North American corporate
bond fund, TD offers the TD High Yield Bond Fund, which focuses mainly on BB and B rated issues at the higher quality end of below - investment grade and mostly hedges its U.S. currency exposure back to the Canadian dol
bond fund, TD
offers the TD High Yield
Bond Fund, which focuses mainly on BB and B rated issues at the higher quality end of below - investment grade and mostly hedges its U.S. currency exposure back to the Canadian dol
Bond Fund, which focuses mainly on BB and B rated issues at the higher quality end of below -
investment grade and mostly hedges its U.S. currency exposure back to the Canadian dollar.
At the same time, and ordinary
investment in a basket of lower
investment grade and high yield
bonds offers a nice return for those willing to live with some default risk, which is over-discounted here, even with things as bad as they are.
Guggenheim
offers 8 which invest in
investment grade bonds.
Guggenheim
Investments currently
offers 14 of these funds, 8 of which invest in
investment grade bonds, 6 of which invest in high yield or «junk»
bonds.
In seeking attractive income, the fund will focus on non-rated
bonds, lower
investment -
grade bonds and below
investment -
grade or «high yield» municipal
bonds, while
offering daily liquidity and full transparency of holdings.
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.
The NuShares ESG U.S. Aggregate
Bond ETF is designed to
offer exposure to the U.S.
investment -
grade, taxable, fixed - income market while adhering to ESG principles.
The fund
offers investors low - cost exposure to the broad U.S.
investment -
grade corporate
bond market through a single fund.
When we talk about credit, we refer to the likes of
investment grade bonds (issued by more creditworthy companies), high yield
bonds (issued by less creditworthy companies, but
offering more return and income in exchange), and emerging market
bonds.
VCSH
offers exposure to
investment grade corporate
bonds that fall towards the short end of the maturity spectrum, thereby delivering a moderate amount of credit risk but limiting exposure to rising interest rates.
For investors willing to accept an incrementally higher level of credit risk with a portfolio of one - to three - year
investment -
grade bonds, CSJ
offers a yield advantage of 56 basis points over SHY.
With a portfolio composed of
investment -
grade debt from corporate, sovereign and supranational issuers with three - year maximum maturities, the iShares 1 - 3 Year Credit
Bond ETF (NYSEARCA: CSJ) aims to
offer a higher distribution yield than comparable all - Treasury funds, but it does have a marginally higher credit risk.
Investments in high - yield
bonds offer different rewards and risks than investing in
investment -
grade securities, including higher volatility, greater credit risk, and the more speculative nature of the issuer.
ProShares
Investment Grade — Interest Rate Hedged (IGHG) tracks the Citi Corporate Investment Grade (Treasury Rate - Hedged) Index, which offers a diversified portfolio of investment grade long - term bonds with a built - in interest r
Investment Grade — Interest Rate Hedged (IGHG) tracks the Citi Corporate
Investment Grade (Treasury Rate - Hedged) Index, which offers a diversified portfolio of investment grade long - term bonds with a built - in interest r
Investment Grade (Treasury Rate - Hedged) Index, which
offers a diversified portfolio of
investment grade long - term bonds with a built - in interest r
investment grade long - term
bonds with a built - in interest rate hedge.
The S&P 500 High Yield Corporate
Bond Index presents a unique credit alternative to bridge the gap between existing
investment grade, which
offers spread levels of around 150 bps, and high - yield corporate credit, which
offers north of 600 bps in spread.
This separately managed account
offers investors a diversified portfolio of
investment -
grade bonds and seeks to generate federally tax - exempt interest income, while limiting risk to principal over the long term.
The team focuses on selecting
investment -
grade bonds that
offer strong relative value in an effort to generate income while seeking to limit risk to the money invested.
«So to postpone the impact of any increase as long as possible, we've shifted some of our long
bond exposure to U.S.
investment -
grade corporate
bonds offering decent yields.»