Sentences with phrase «investors use those ratings»

Investors use those ratings to decide which bonds to buy and gauge the risk of their portfolio.

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Investors often use gold as a hedge against inflation, but higher interest rates dent the appeal of gold, which earns nothing and costs money to store and insure.

Once global growth started revving up again, rates would revert to levels investors had grown used to, in the mid-single digits.

«Beginning in November 2014 and continuing until his arrest in March 2016, CASPERSEN engaged in a Ponzi - like scheme to defraud investors, including his close friends, family members, and college classmates, by falsely claiming that their funds would be used to make secured loans to private equity firms and would thereby earn an annual rate of return of 15 to 20 percent.

Moody's credit ratings and publications are not intended for retail investors, and it would be reckless and inappropriate for retail investors to use Moody's credit ratings and publications when making an investment decision.

Some analysts said the sharp swings in offshore exchange rates and borrowing costs appeared to be engineered by the Chinese leadership, as a way to ease depreciation pressure on the renminbi and to discourage speculation — namely short - sellers, investors who bet on declines in the currency, often by using borrowed funds.

Both investors and companies tend to adore DRIPs — investors, because they're an easy way of acquiring stock without having to pay any broker's fees (and DRIPs also spare you the temptation of blowing your dividends on sneakers and tasting menus) Companies like offering DRIPs because they can disperse dividends without having to actually use cash, and because of that, many companies will offer stock at a discounted rate to those enrolled in DRIPs.

With rates at historic lows, many investors have used high - dividend stocks, rather than low - yielding bonds, in pursuit of income.

Reining In Rates O'Neil, one of the managers of the $ 26 billion Fidelity Total Bond Fund, said rising bond yields could be reined in by at least three forces: Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's commitment to a very gradual program of rate hikes, the traditional aversion to budget deficits by the Republican - controlled Congress, and buying by overseas investors who may use the recent jump in rates to snap up more TreasuRates O'Neil, one of the managers of the $ 26 billion Fidelity Total Bond Fund, said rising bond yields could be reined in by at least three forces: Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's commitment to a very gradual program of rate hikes, the traditional aversion to budget deficits by the Republican - controlled Congress, and buying by overseas investors who may use the recent jump in rates to snap up more Treasurates to snap up more Treasuries.

The only constraint now is the fact that foreigners and domestic investors have now realized the degree to which that the banking system, Wall Street and the rating agencies are run by men that used to be crooks, but now are euphemized simply as «creative accountants.»

Longer - term rates, often used to gauge investors» expectations for inflation and economic growth, remain mostly unchanged from two years ago.

It also provided VIP benefits to the 85 investors who participated in the offering such as free use of hotel owner poolside cabanas, a 25 % discount off best room rates, free room upgrades and more.

Importantly, as we have noted previously, we assume a 20 % tax rate for the purpose of forecasting Apple's real cash earnings, not the 26.2 % «effective» tax rate used by Apple, and view this as a necessary adjustment, often overlooked by both analysts and investors.

In the lazy investors asset allocation example we used a 7 % annualized rate of return.

For example, investors might use the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) to gain access to greater credit risk through an ETF focused on bonds rated BB and B, and the iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD) to gain access to less credit risk through an ETF focused on bonds rated A and BBB.

For individual investors, duration is primarily used as a measure of a bond fund's sensitivity to prevailing interest rates.

ANSWER: - Morgan Stanley's Global Investment Committee supports that interest rate normalization will provide headwind for investors using bonds for principal preservation, as rates rise its likely longer duration bonds will fall.

The first thing to note is that rates on owner - occupier loans and investor loans used to be similar, but investor loans became relatively more expensive from the latter part of 2015.

Unlike its duration - neutral sister fund HYZD, HYND is suitable for investors who seek to profit from an upward - interest - rate path or to use the fund as a tool to shorten their fixed - income portfolio duration, all the while maintaining credit risk exposure.

«The role of active investors is to find value, but when all asset classes are overvalued, the only way to survive is by using financial engineering to short volatility in some form... In world of ultra-low interest rates shorting volatility has become an alternative to fixed income... The global demand for yield is now unmatched in human history.

While some buy ETFs as the foundation of a strategic portfolio, other investors use ETFs tactically, to take advantage of their shorter - term views on sectors, interest rates and the markets in general.

U.S. investors are using currency forwards to turn negative rates into surging returns

Rising interest rates were supposed to suck money back into U.S. markets.

This also means that triple net lease REITs, which are often used by yield - hungry investors in a low interest rate environment as bond alternatives, can be thought of as very long - term duration bond proxies.

B Lab drives systemic change through three interrelated initiatives: 1) building a community of Certified B Corporations to make it easier for all of us to tell the difference between «good companies» and just good marketing; 2) accelerating the growth of the impact investing asset class through use of B Lab's GIIRS impact rating system by institutional investors; and 3) promoting supportive public policies, including creation of a new corporate form and tax, procurement, and investment incentives for sustainable business.

Following the money trail further reveals that Rocketship solicits investments from hedge fund companies by guaranteeing rates of return above 10 %, effectively using public taxpayer money to make rich private investors even richer.

Published by FINRA Investor Education Foundation, the study, called «In Our Best Interest: Women, Financial Literacy and Credit Card Behavior,» found that compared to men, women were not only more likely to use credit cards in more costly ways, but they also were charged higher interest rates than men.

This type of trading uses characteristics of the market such as currency conversion rates and market volatility in order to create profitable opportunities for investors.

BlackRock is urging investors to rethink their bonds in 2015, and part of that means using flexible fixed income strategies to guard against interest rate risk and credit events, while also enhancing the diversification of your fixed income portfolio.

Here's a reminder of how smart investors use their knowledge of taxation rates, especially tax on capital gains, to protect their returns.

Here's an example using the same two bonds as above, and assuming the investor's marginal tax rate is 40 %:

Capital gains are taxed at only half your marginal rate, so in the above example, the investor who used the loss to offset a gain would save only $ 7.14 in taxes ($ 35.71 x 20 %).

The introduction of money market funds (and the elimination of regulation Q, a ceiling on credited interest rates) helped prolong the inflation of the 70s, because the Fed couldn't control liquidity the way that it used to; money market funds just kept supplying liquidity at interest rates investors found attractive.

This simple strategy has been used by thousands of investors to improve the overall rates of return that they receive in their investment programs.

Moodys and Standard & Poors are the two primary bond rating agencies and they provide a bond rating scale using a grading system to assist investors in determining bond quality.

What rate of return would you use to build a investment plan for a 27 - year - old investor?

The required rate of return is used by investors and corporate - finance professionals to evaluate investments.

Suppose further that after ten years, the revised issue price of the bond using the constant interest rate method is 70 (the original issue price of 50 plus 20 points of accrued OID) and the investor sells the bond to a second investor at a price of 60.

Traditional savings products, such as money market accounts, CDs and savings accounts, use the prime rate to determine the interest they'll pay investors.

Professional traders and so - called investors alike prize thirty - year Treasury bonds for their liquidity and use them to speculate on short - term interest rate movements, while never contemplating the prospect of actually holding them to maturity.

An investor may choose to accrete market discount on a daily basis using the ratable, or straight - line method, or using the constant interest rate method.

I can use the formula above to calculate the breakeven tax rate — the rate at which an investor is indifferent, after tax, between holding corporate or muni bonds.

Bond investors have an advantage when using bond rating as an investing guide to construct a balanced portfolio that stresses both safety and return.

We also use these products at Hylland Capital to reduce interest rate risk for investors with shorter time frames for their retirement accounts or other savings goals.

In forex, investors use leverage to profit from the fluctuations in exchange rates between two different countries.

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Interest rate swaps are a financial mechanism used by investors to manage risk and speculate on future market performance.

The implication of a lack of persistence strikes at the core of all fund rating methodologies that investors try to use to predict future returns, at least those based only on historical returns.

Premium callables may be used when the bullish investor believes that rates are unlikely to fall very far.

Portfolio Strategies Picking a Rate of Return to Use for Long - Term Planning A review of the historical data shows why long - term investors should look to long - term averages when setting return expectations.

While rising rates drives down all bonds (and bond funds), investors who use target maturity funds will have nothing to lose as each security is held to maturity.