Not exact matches
NEW YORK, Jan 18 - U.S.
fund investors pulled $ 3.1 billion from high -
yield «junk»
bonds during the latest week, Lipper data showed on Thursday,
offering new warning signs about risk appetite despite global markets» continuing triumph.
Certainly, it
offers an attractive level for longer - term investors such as pension and insurance
funds to lock in a relatively decent
yield, and will tempt some portfolio managers to buy
bonds rather than equities.
Money market
funds are essentially ultra-short-term
bond funds that
offer investors liquidity — as in quick access to their cash — and a small
yield that's typically more attractive than merely parking cash in a bank savings account.
Some
bond funds offer extremely high
yields.
The appeal of preferred
funds is they
offer higher
yields than
bond ETFs, explains Alfred Lee, vice-president of BMO Global Asset Management and lead manager of the bank's Laddered Preferred Share Index ETF (TSX: ZPR).
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This, though, was a function of the trend in interest rates; at the start of those periods, the
funds were buying
bonds with higher
yields than
bonds offer today.
High -
yield funds, which seek to maximize
yield by investing in lower - rated
bonds of longer maturities,
offer less stability of principal than fixed income
funds that invest in higher - rated but lower -
yielding securities.
High -
yield bond funds concentrate on lower - quality
bonds, which may
offer the higher
yields but are significantly riskier than...
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 do
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
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 do
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 dol
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 Templeton Global
Bond Fund has demonstrated a particular knack for picking sovereign
bonds offering decent
yields in strengthening economies, and may take sizeable positions in diverse currencies such as the South Korean won or Mexican peso.
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.
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.
The current
yield on a 10 - year Treasury
bond as of July 1, 2016, stands at 1.46 %, while the Vanguard Prime Money Market
Fund offers a 0.45 %
yield.
Seeking a high level of income for investorsIncome - focused: The portfolio managers strive for a higher level of income than most
bonds offer by investing in higher -
yielding, lower rated corporate
bonds.Focus on performance: The managers can invest across a range of industries and companies, and can adjust the
fund's holdings to capitalize on market opportunities.Leading research: The
fund's managers, supported by Putnam's fixed - income research division, analyze a range of
bonds to build a diversified portfolio.
The lower tax - free
yields offered by muni
bonds and tax - exempt mutual
funds are often more valuable to investors in the top tax brackets.
In fixed income, Jason explained that he's putting money into «
bond funds that have a broader spectrum of fixed income that they can invest in,
offer a little bit higher
yield, and a little lower duration so they give you a little more protection in case interest rates were to rise.»
In addition to opening a Roth IRA, use your bonus to open a brokerage account and invest in stocks,
bonds or mutual
funds that will likely
offer you a better
yield than a savings account.
Many of the
funds that purchase
bonds issued by foreign investors also
offer higher
yields than comparative domestic issues.
Bond fund investors in the top tax brackets will often get a higher
yield from
funds that purchase muni
offerings that pay tax - free interest.