Sentences with phrase «u.s. government bond rating»

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It's similar to the U.S. government's quantitative easing, but rather than trying to buy government bonds to push interest rates lower — rates are already at zero — the goal is to push the yen down and combat chronic deflation.

Caused by worries of a summer interest rate hike and uptick in the U.S. dollar, gold and silver both stalled in May but have since rallied on the back of Brexit and with government bond yields in freefall.

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.

The Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is a market value — weighted index of investment - grade fixed - rate debt issues, including government, corporate, asset - backed, and mortgage - backed securities, with maturities of one year or more.

The Barclays U.S. Intermediate Government Bond Index is a market value — weighted index of U.S. government fixed - rate debt issues with maturities between one andGovernment Bond Index is a market value — weighted index of U.S. government fixed - rate debt issues with maturities between one andgovernment fixed - rate debt issues with maturities between one and 10 years.

Our investment team will typically select 25 — 50 bonds5 per account, and may invest in a mix of corporate bonds, U.S. Treasuries, government agencies, mortgage and asset - backed bonds, taxable municipal bonds, and floating - rate bonds.

«I'm similarly impressed by the fragility of our economic system, even though it's been reinforced with so many heavy measures by governments around the globe, ECB bond - buying programs and zero interest rate policies here in the U.S., for instance.»

As noted earlier, arbitrageurs obtain a twofold gain: the margin between Brazil's nearly 12 % yield on its long - term government bonds and the cost of U.S. credit (1 %), plus the foreign - exchange gain resulting from the fact that the outflow from dollars into reals has pushed up the real's exchange rate some 30 % — from R$ 2.50 at the start of 2009 to $ 1.75 last week.

The Fear Trade, of course, is driven by low to negative real interest rates — when inflation erodes away at government bond yields — deficit spending, a weaker U.S. dollar and geopolitical uncertainty.

a municipal bond that is secured by an escrow fund; the escrow fund comes from the issuer floating a second bond issue and using the proceeds from that second bond issue to purchase government obligations, typically U.S. Treasuries, proceeds from the second bond issue create an escrow fund to mature at the first call date of the first bond issue to pre-refund that issue; bond issuers will typically do this during times of lower interest rates to lower their interest costs

estimate of annual income from a specific security position over the next rolling 12 months; calculated for U.S. government, corporate, and municipal bonds, and CDs by multiplying the coupon rate by the face value of the security; calculated for common stocks (including ADRs and REITs) and mutual funds using an Indicated Annual Dividend (IAD); calculated for fixed rate bonds (including treasury, agency, GSE, corporate, and municipal bonds), CDs, common stocks, ADRs, REITs, and mutual funds when available; not calculated for preferred stocks, ETFs, ETNs, UITs, international stocks, closed - end funds, and certain types of bonds

Using daily data for 52 futures series (20 commodities, eight 10 - year government bonds, nine currency exchange rates versus the U.S. dollar and 15 country stock indexes) during January 1990 through January 2016, he finds that: Keep Reading

, Claude Erb and Campbell Harvey re-examine the relationship between gold price and interest rates as proxied by U.S. government bond prices.

Using monthly data for liquid U.S. stocks during January 1972 through December 2014, spot prices for 28 commodities during January 1972 through December 2014, spot and forward exchange rates for 10 currencies during February 1976 through December 2014, modeled and 1 - month futures prices for ten 10 - year government bonds during January 1991 through May 2009, and levels and book - to - price ratios for 13 developed equity market indexes during January 1994 through December 2014, they find that:

Notice that the safest bonds, those backed by the U.S. Treasury, pay the least while bonds of lower - rated companies and local governments pay higher rates.

U.S. government bond yields and the dollar rose, while U.S. stocks fell on Sept. 20 after the Federal Reserve signalled it still expects to increase interest rates one more time by the end of the year despite a recent bout of low inflation.

For three - straight years — between 2014 and 2016 — the greenback surged higher as the Fed ended «QE3,» the stimulus program that had the U.S. central bank buying as much as $ 85 billion worth of government bonds per month, and did away with the zero - interest - rate policy that was in place since the financial crisis.

The private sector economists are surveyed for only a selective number of aggregate economic and financial indicators: real gross domestic product (GDP) growth; GDP inflation, nominal GDP;, the 3 - month treasury bill rate;, the 10 - year government bond rate;, the unemployment rate; the, consumer price index; the exchange rate (US cents / Cdn $); and finally, and U.S. real GDP growth.

That was enough to spark a sell - off on bond markets, which drove the interest rate the U.S. government must pay to borrow money to rise to its highest level since October 2011.

Inflation - protected securities would likely outperform nominal government bonds amid higher - than - expected U.S. inflation, but stocks might not easily stomach a sharp upturn in interest rates or Federal Reserve (Fed) hawkishness.

BarCap Aggregate Bond Index - A broad - based benchmark that measures the investment grade, U.S. dollar - donminated, fixed - rate taxable bond market, including Treasuries, government - rated and corporate securities, MBS (agency fixed - rate and hybrid ARM pass - throughs), ABS, and CBond Index - A broad - based benchmark that measures the investment grade, U.S. dollar - donminated, fixed - rate taxable bond market, including Treasuries, government - rated and corporate securities, MBS (agency fixed - rate and hybrid ARM pass - throughs), ABS, and Cbond market, including Treasuries, government - rated and corporate securities, MBS (agency fixed - rate and hybrid ARM pass - throughs), ABS, and CMBS.

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 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.

Government bonds have typically been more sensitive to changes in U.S. interest rates, as they have a much higher proportion of foreign buyers and sellers from countries where local rates might be more stable or moving in the opposite direction.

The long - run interest rate is the yield on U.S. government bonds, specifically the constant maturity 10 - year U.S. Treasury note after 1953.

The Fed is buying $ 85 billion of U.S. government bonds and other securities with the aim of keeping interest rates low to support economic recovery.

Using global industrial production growth as specified, annual total returns for 30 country, two regional and world stock indexes, currency spot and one - year forward exchange rates relative to the U.S. dollar, spot prices on 19 commodities, total annual returns for a global government bond index and a U.S. corporate bond index, and country inflation rates as available during 1970 through 2013, they find that: Keep Reading

On August 5, 2011, moments after the U.S. government watched a rating agency lower its credit rating for the first time in American history, the market for U.S. Treasury bonds soared.

Four days later, the interest rates paid by the U.S. government on its new 10 - year bonds were plummeting on their way to record lows (1).

U.S. Bond — a kind of investment in which you lend money to the government for a certain amount of time and at a certain interest rate.

Finally, the risk - free rate of return is usually calculated using U.S. government bonds, since they have a negligible chance of default.

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.

William Bengen, a U.S. researcher, has back - tested a 4 % withdrawal rate with a balanced portfolio of U.S. stocks and government bonds earning overall market returns and found that you would have been able to safely withdraw 4 % of your portfolio over any 30 - year period since 1926.

We saw a similar situation in 2011, when Europe was imploding and the U.S. government had its debt rating cut: stocks plunged dramatically that year, but the DEX Universe Bond Index was up almost 10 %.

Inflation - protected securities would likely outperform nominal government bonds amid higher - than - expected U.S. inflation, but stocks might not easily stomach a sharp upturn in interest rates or Federal Reserve (Fed) hawkishness.

The risk - free rate is customarily the yield on government bonds like U.S. Treasuries.

Lower Taxes — The U.S. government taxes most stock dividends at a lower rate than more ordinary income from cash, certificates of deposit, or bond interest payments.

Our investment team will typically select 25 — 50 bonds5 per account, and may invest in a mix of corporate bonds, U.S. Treasuries, government agencies, mortgage and asset - backed bonds, taxable municipal bonds, and floating - rate bonds.

Pursuing income with an all - weather bond portfolioDiverse opportunities: The fund invests across all sectors of the U.S. bond market, including mortgage - backed, corporate, and government bonds.A flexible strategy: The portfolio managers pursue an attractive level of income, adjusting the portfolio to favor attractive sectors as interest rates and market conditions change.Leading research: The managers, supported by Putnam's fixed - income research division, analyze a range of bonds to build a competitive portfolio.

Bonds are subject to interest rate risk (as interest rates rise bond prices generally fall), the risk of issuer default, issuer credit risk, and inflation risk, although U.S. Treasuries are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

A decades - long trend of falling interest rates and falling inflation — and inflation expectations — seemed to have ended, as the 10 - year U.S. government bond yield broke the downward trend since 1987,» says chief strategist at Sparinvest David Bakkegaard Karsbøl in his monthly comment for February.

In addition, we have allocated fixed income exposure to inflation - protected U.S. government bonds that will help diversify risk in a rising rate environment driven primarily by higher inflation.

The drawback, however, is that because U.S. government bonds are regarded as the world's safest fixed - income investments, the interest rates they pay investors are lower than those of corporate bonds.

The Barclays U.S. Intermediate Government Bond Index is a market value — weighted index of U.S. government fixed - rate debt issues with maturities between one andGovernment Bond Index is a market value — weighted index of U.S. government fixed - rate debt issues with maturities between one andgovernment fixed - rate debt issues with maturities between one and 10 years.

a municipal bond that is secured by an escrow fund; the escrow fund comes from the issuer floating a second bond issue and using the proceeds from that second bond issue to purchase government obligations, typically U.S. Treasuries, proceeds from the second bond issue create an escrow fund to mature at the first call date of the first bond issue to pre-refund that issue; bond issuers will typically do this during times of lower interest rates to lower their interest costs

Faber said he is holding gold, cash and short - term bonds because inflation will increase as the U.S. government lowers interest rates to stave off an economic slowdown.

The Fund pursues its investment objective by investing primarily in fixed income securities, such as U.S. Treasury bonds, notes and bills, Treasury inflation - protected securities, U.S. Treasury Strips, U.S. Government agency securities (primarily mortgage - backed securities), and investment grade corporate debt rated BBB or higher by Standard & Poor's Global Ratings or Baa or higher by Moody's Investors Service, Inc., or having an equivalent rating from another independent rating organization.

The potential leverage created by use of derivatives may cause the Portfolio to be more sensitive to interest rate movements and thus more volatile than other long - term U.S. government bond funds that do not use derivatives.

While a weaker dollar may boost U.S. exports and the profits of U.S. companies with overseas operations, weaker foreign demand for U.S. Treasury bonds would push up long - term interest rates, raising mortgage payments for U.S. homeowners and borrowing costs for an indebted government.

Let's say it's been five years since Corp A issued its bond with a 5 % interest rate, and since then the general level of interest rates has risen so that, today, I could buy a comparable $ 1,000 U.S. Government bond that pays 4.9 % interest.

The rate increase was in response to three factors: the new mortgage rule changes introduced by the federal government in early October 2016, which add extra costs to lenders and these costs are then passed down to borrowers; the increasing probability that fixed mortgage rates will soon rise, following an increase in U.S. treasury bond yields; and TD Bank's current exposure to the residential mortgage market.