Sentences with phrase «u.s. investment grade debt»

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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 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.

We like U.S. investment - grade credit, hard - currency EM debt, stocks in selected EMs and global quality and dividend growth stocks.

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.

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 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 800 billion.

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.

These funds invest across a diverse range of fixed income sectors, including high yield securities, U.S. Government and investment - grade securities, emerging market securities and foreign developed market debt.

Since 90 % of the index is made up of investment - grade debt from blue - chip companies, it can be viewed as a proxy for the U.S. investment - grade bond market.

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.

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.

Putnam Income Fund Investment Option invests in Putnam Income Fund, which invests mainly in securitized debt instruments (such as mortgage - backed investments) and other obligations of companies and governments worldwide denominated in U.S. dollars, are either investment - grade or below investment - grade (sometimes referred to as «junk bonds») and have intermediate to long maturities (three years oInvestment Option invests in Putnam Income Fund, which invests mainly in securitized debt instruments (such as mortgage - backed investments) and other obligations of companies and governments worldwide denominated in U.S. dollars, are either investment - grade or below investment - grade (sometimes referred to as «junk bonds») and have intermediate to long maturities (three years oinvestment - grade or below investment - grade (sometimes referred to as «junk bonds») and have intermediate to long maturities (three years oinvestment - grade (sometimes referred to as «junk bonds») and have intermediate to long maturities (three years or longer).

Investment - grade bonds are issued by entities with a lower risk of defaulting on debts, such as the U.S. government and corporations on sound financial footing.

U.S. investment - grade debt has been one of the worst - performing asset classes year - to - date.

The S&P 500 ® Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index, which is designed to measure the performance of U.S. corporate debt issued by constituents in the S&P 500 with an investment - grade rating, yielded 3.85 % as of April 25, 2018 — rising 74 bps year - Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index, which is designed to measure the performance of U.S. corporate debt issued by constituents in the S&P 500 with an investment - grade rating, yielded 3.85 % as of April 25, 2018 — rising 74 bps year - investment - grade rating, yielded 3.85 % as of April 25, 2018 — rising 74 bps year - over-year.

These sectors are U.S. Treasurys, global treasurys ex-U.S., U.S. investment - grade corporate bonds, U.S. mortgage - backed securities, U.S. high - yield corporate bonds and emerging market sovereign debt.

The Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund Investor Shares (VBMFX) provides exposure to intermediate investment - grade debt securities in the U.S..

Money Market ETFs invest in U.S. investment - grade short - term debt.

The same predictive relationship is apparent for the broad investment grade bond market (U.S. Aggregate Bond Index), shown in Figure 3, as well as for 10 - year sovereign debt of other developed countries.

If investors grow anxious about holding low - quality bonds, they may trade them for the highest - quality debt, such as U.S. Treasuries and investment - grade corporate bonds.

The Bank of America Merrill Lynch U.S. High Yield Index tracks the performance of US dollar denominated below investment grade corporate debt publicly issued in the US domestic market.

The fund primarily invests in a diversified portfolio of investment grade debt instruments of varying maturities and is designed to track the performance of the Barclays U.S. Government / Credit 1 - 5 Years Index.

He advises U.S. and non-U.S. issuers and underwriters on initial public offerings, private placements, high - yield, investment - grade and convertible notes offerings, debt restructurings and cross-border finance transactions.

He has advised U.S. and non-U.S. issuers and underwriters on capital markets transactions, including initial public offerings and other equity offerings and public and private high - yield, investment - grade and convertible debt offerings, including in Latin America.

She advises U.S. and non-U.S. issuers and underwriters on initial public offerings and other equity offerings, public and private high - yield, investment - grade and convertible debt offerings, and private placements.

Our extensive experience includes advising on some of the largest and most complex securities offerings ever by Chinese issuers, including Hong Kong and U.S. IPOs, rights offerings, high - yield and investment - grade debt offerings, convertible and exchangeable debt securities, and complex liability management exercises.

In October, U.S. Treasury yields declined 23 basis points on a year - over-year basis, while corporate debt on the low end of the investment grade spectrum increased more than 65 basis points, nearly a 90 basis point increase in the spread between U.S. Treasuries and the low - end of investment grade corporate bonds.