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We also compared the five - year annualized volatilities of the S&P Pan Asia Bond Index (denominated in USD) with other major bond markets, such as the U.S. treasury, U.S. investment grade corporate, U.S. high yield corporate, Eurozone sovereign and Australian bond markets, see the exhibit below.

The index will rank U.S. Treasuries, U.S. investment grade corporate bonds, U.S. investment grade mortgage backed securities, U.S. high yield debt and U.S. dollar denominated debt of emerging market issuer according to their momentum / trend scores.

Short - term U.S. investment grade corporate bond yields have mostly languished below 2 % since 2010 while two - year U.S. government bond yields have hobbled below 1 %, as the chart shows.

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U.S. investment - grade corporate - bond prices had been falling even before CVS's monster deal.

The trio of ETFs, when they launch, will round out Franklin's bond ETF lineup, which already includes a variety of actively managed fixed - income funds covering short - duration U.S. government debt, municipal bonds and the investment - grade corporate debt.

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.

Bloomberg Barclays Long U.S. Government Credit Index includes all publicly issued U.S. government and corporate securities that have a remaining maturity of 10 or more years, are rated investment grade, and have $ 250 million or more of outstanding face value.

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 bonds.

In both ways, the Hussman Funds can contribute to a well - constructed, diversified portfolio that includes U.S. equities, international equities, U.S. Treasury securities, and as appropriate, precious metals shares, U.S. agency securities, investment grade corporate bonds, and Treasury inflation - protected securities.

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 CMBS.

Yet we believe another milestone is of far greater significance to investors: Yields on short - term U.S. investment grade (IG) corporate bonds also hit 3 % — an eight - year high.

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 maturity.

As to whether the stock market has put in a «real» bottom, Reynolds said he would like to see corroborating evidence of improving conditions, like the yield on the 10 - year U.S. Treasury note moving back up, and improvement in the investment - grade corporate credit market.

Eligible sectors include U.S. Treasurys, global government - related bonds, global investment - grade and high yield corporate bonds, and emerging market bonds.

BofA Merrill US High Yield Index: Tracks the performance of U.S. dollar denominated below investment grade corporate debt publicly issued in the U.S. domestic market.

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

IGIH provides exposure investment - grade, US - dollar - denominated corporate bonds while minimizing interest - rate risk by shorting U.S. Treasurys that match in terms of duration.

As we near the end of the first quarter, investment grade tax - exempt bonds tracked in the S&P National AMT - Free Municipal Bond Index have returned 0.93 % year - to - date underperforming relative to the over 2 % return of the investment grade corporate bond market tracked in the S&P U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Binvestment grade tax - exempt bonds tracked in the S&P National AMT - Free Municipal Bond Index have returned 0.93 % year - to - date underperforming relative to the over 2 % return of the investment grade corporate bond market tracked in the S&P U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Binvestment grade corporate bond market tracked in the S&P U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bocorporate bond market tracked in the S&P U.S. Investment Grade Corporate BInvestment Grade Corporate BoCorporate Bond Index.

The par amount outstanding of investment - grade corporate debt, as measured by the S&P U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index, has increased over USD 4 trillion since September 2007, while the amount of speculative - grade outstanding, as measured by the S&P U.S. High Yield Corporate Bond Index, has increased by USD 80investment - grade corporate debt, as measured by the S&P U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index, has increased over USD 4 trillion since September 2007, while the amount of speculative - grade outstanding, as measured by the S&P U.S. High Yield Corporate Bond Index, has increased by USD 800corporate debt, as measured by the S&P U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index, has increased over USD 4 trillion since September 2007, while the amount of speculative - grade outstanding, as measured by the S&P U.S. High Yield Corporate Bond Index, has increased by USD 80Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index, has increased over USD 4 trillion since September 2007, while the amount of speculative - grade outstanding, as measured by the S&P U.S. High Yield Corporate Bond Index, has increased by USD 800Corporate Bond Index, has increased over USD 4 trillion since September 2007, while the amount of speculative - grade outstanding, as measured by the S&P U.S. High Yield Corporate Bond Index, has increased by USD 800Corporate Bond Index, has increased by USD 800 billion.

Investment grade bonds as measured by the S&P U.S. Issued Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index turned it up a notch as the index's yield tightened by 9 basis points on the week to a 2.76 %.

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 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 efficiency.

The fact that the S&P U.S. High Yield Low Volatility Corporate Bond Index is located above the straight line linking the investment - grade and high - yield bond sectors demonstrates that the index outperforms the return frontier established by the two bond sectors.

As expected, the S&P U.S. High Yield Low Volatility Corporate Bond Index sat between the high - yield and investment - grade bond sectors in the volatility spectrum.

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.

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A diversified portfolio of nearly 200 dollar - denominated investment grade corporate bonds from both U.S. and foreign issuers.

Both the Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index and Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Bond Index contain investment grade bonds, but corporate bonds» income is subject to incoCorporate Bond Index contain investment grade bonds, but corporate bonds» income is subject to incocorporate bonds» income is subject to income taxes.

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.

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 indexInvestment 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 indexinvestment 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 indexinvestment grade corporate bonds available as determined by the index provider.

Below investment grade issuers, whose credit risks rating agencies view as a higher concern, and which comprise the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index, are yielding 4.66 % (YTW).

Specifically, the S&P China Corporate Bond Index had a negative correlation with the U.S. issued high yield and investment grade bonds.

Lower - rated credit indices such as the S&P U.S. High Yield Corporate Bond Index and the S&P / LSTA U.S. Leveraged Loan 100 Index have not greatly outpaced investment grade corporates YTD, given the increase in risks.

The investment - grade corporate component of the aggregate index, as measured by the S&P U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index, is 29 % of the parent index, and has contributed 1.09 % of total return YTD, while also providing -1.44 % rinvestment - grade corporate component of the aggregate index, as measured by the S&P U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index, is 29 % of the parent index, and has contributed 1.09 % of total return YTD, while also providing -1.44 % recorporate component of the aggregate index, as measured by the S&P U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index, is 29 % of the parent index, and has contributed 1.09 % of total return YTD, while also providing -1.44 % rInvestment Grade Corporate Bond Index, is 29 % of the parent index, and has contributed 1.09 % of total return YTD, while also providing -1.44 % reCorporate Bond Index, is 29 % of the parent index, and has contributed 1.09 % of total return YTD, while also providing -1.44 % return MTD.

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.

When comparing municipal bonds to investment - grade corporate bonds, the S&P National AMT - Free Municipal Bond Index has a yield - to - maturity of 3.17 %, compared with the S&P U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index's 3.16 investment - grade corporate bonds, the S&P National AMT - Free Municipal Bond Index has a yield - to - maturity of 3.17 %, compared with the S&P U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index's 3.16 %corporate bonds, the S&P National AMT - Free Municipal Bond Index has a yield - to - maturity of 3.17 %, compared with the S&P U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index's 3.16 Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index's 3.16 %Corporate Bond Index's 3.16 % pre-tax.

Yet we believe another milestone is of far greater significance to investors: Yields on short - term U.S. investment grade (IG) corporate bonds also hit 3 % — an eight - year high.

The BofA Merrill Lynch Index tracks the performance of U.S. dollar - denominated investment grade government and corporate public debt issued in the U.S. domestic bond market with at least 1 year and less than 10 years remaining maturity, including U.S. treasury, U.S. agency, foreign government, supranational and corporate securities.

Intermediate - term bond funds invest primarily in corporate and other investment - grade U.S. fixed income securities in an effort to provide steady monthly income.

Barclay's U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is made up of the Barclay's U.S. Government / Corporate Bond Index, Mortgage - Backed Securities Index, and Asset - Backed Securities Index, including securities that are of investment grade quality or better, have at least one year to maturity, and have an outstanding par value of at least $ 100 million.

Through its investment in Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund, the Portfolio also indirectly invests in government, government agency, corporate, and securitized non-U.S. investment - grade fixed income investments, all issued in currencies other than the U.S. dollar and with maturities of more than 1 year.

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.

Intermediate - term bond funds invest primarily in corporate and other investment - grade U.S. fixed - income securities and tend to have...

Intermediate - term bond funds invest primarily in corporate and other investment - grade U.S. fixed - income securities and tend to have average effective maturities of four to ten years.

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 dollar.

The fund offers investors low - cost exposure to the broad U.S. investment - grade corporate bond market through a single fund.

This index is designed to track the performance of a basket of U.S. dollar - denominated investment grade liquid corporate bonds.

The Index includes publicly issued U.S. dollar denominated corporate issues that have a remaining maturity of greater than or equal to 1 year and less than 3 years, are rated investment grade (must be Baa3 / BBB - or higher using the middle rating of Moody's Investors Service, Inc., Fitch Inc., or Standard & Poor's Financial Services, LLC), and have $ 300 million or more of outstanding face value.

The exchange traded fund (ETF) invests in U.S. government bonds as well as investment - grade corporate and international dollar - denominated bonds.