Sentences with phrase «yield bond funds for»

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In January, Miller said a rise in the 10 - year Treasury yield above 3 percent «will propel stocks significantly higher, as money exits bond funds for only the second year in the past 10.»

The Fed's low interest rate policy has driven more and more money into bond funds as investors search for higher yields.

With bond yields globally in the dumps, Singapore's wealth fund GIC is looking at unconventional sources for fixed income returns, Liew Tzu Mi, GIC's chief investment officer for fixed income, said on Thursday.

The SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond fund gathered more than $ 1.1 billion, or about half its total for the year, while the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond took in $ 603 million, pulling it out of negative territory for the full year.

In this regard, our surveillance has been closely monitoring for any signs of liquidity strains associated with the recent increases in spreads for high - yield corporate bonds, as well as for idiosyncratic events affecting particular funds in this segment, such as the events surrounding the abrupt closing of Third Avenue Management's Focused Credit Fund last December.

For instance, Morningstar found that passively managed target - date funds tend to have fewer holdings in high - yield bonds and Treasury inflation - protected securities than their actively managed counterparts.

These mutual funds have promised higher yields and better returns than bond - only funds, and for the most part they have delivered.

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.

I invest in bond funds VBLTX and VWEHX for the higher long term yields.

If you are invested in bonds or bond funds, make sure that the objectives, maturity length, yield and credit ratings make sense for your particular goals and circumstances.

Elsewhere, at the single country and asset class fund levels, High Yield Bond Funds recorded their ninth consecutive outflow while Inflation Protected Bond Funds took in fresh money for the 10th time in the 11 weeks, year - to - date.

iShares S&P ® / TSX ® 60 Index Fund («XIU»), iShares S&P / TSX Capped Composite Index Fund («XIC»), iShares S&P / TSX Completion Index Fund («XMD»), iShares S&P / TSX SmallCap Index Fund («XCS»), iShares S&P / TSX Capped Energy Index Fund («XEG»), iShares S&P / TSX Capped Financials Index Fund («XFN»), iShares S&P / TSX Global Gold Index Fund («XGD»), iShares S&P / TSX Capped Information Technology Index Fund («XIT»), iShares S&P / TSX Capped REIT Index Fund («XRE»), iShares S&P / TSX Capped Materials Index Fund («XMA»), iShares Diversified Monthly Income Fund («XTR»), iShares S&P 500 Index Fund (CAD - Hedged)(«XSP»), iShares Jantzi Social Index Fund («XEN»), iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend Index Fund («XDV»), iShares Dow Jones Canada Select Growth Index Fund («XCG»), iShares Dow Jones Canada Select Value Index Fund («XCV»), iShares DEX Universe Bond Index Fund («XBB»), iShares DEX Short Term Bond Index Fund («XSB»), iShares DEX Real Return Bond Index Fund («XRB»), iShares DEX Long Term Bond Index Fund («XLB»), iShares DEX All Government Bond Index Fund («XGB»), and iShares DEX All Corporate Bond Index Fund («XCB»), iShares MSCI EAFE ® Index Fund (CAD - Hedged)(«XIN»), iShares Russell 2000 ® Index Fund (CAD - Hedged)(«XSU»), iShares Conservative Core Portfolio Builder Fund («XCR»), iShares Growth Core Portfolio Builder Fund («XGR»), iShares Global Completion Portfolio Builder Fund («XGC»), iShares Alternatives Completion Portfolio Builder Fund («XAL»), iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund («XEM») and iShares MSCI World Index Fund («XWD»), iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund («XBZ»), iShares China Index Fund («XCH»), iShares S&P CNX Nifty India Index Fund («XID»), iShares S&P Latin America 40 Index Fund («XLA»), iShares U.S. High Yield Bond Index Fund (CAD - Hedged)(«XHY»), iShares U.S. IG Corporate Bond Index Fund (CAD - Hedged)(«XIG»), iShares DEX HYBrid Bond Index Fund («XHB»), iShares S&P / TSX North American Preferred Stock Index Fund (CAD - Hedged)(«XPF»), iShares S&P / TSX Equity Income Index Fund («XEI»), iShares S&P / TSX Capped Consumer Staples Index Fund («XST»), iShares Capped Utilities Index Fund («XUT»), iShares S&P / TSX Global Base Metals Index Fund («XBM»), iShares S&P Global Healthcare Index Fund (CAD - Hedged)(«XHC»), iShares NASDAQ 100 Index Fund (CAD - Hedged)(«XQQ») and iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond Index Fund (CAD - Hedged)(«XEB»)(collectively, the «Funds») may or may not be suitable for all investors.

For the following F - series funds, these dates were: Corporate Advantage Fund (September 11, 2015), High Yield Bond Fund (hedged and unhedged)(September 11, 2015), Canadian Dividend Fund (September 11, 2015), US Equity Fund (May 25, 2016), US Dividend Fund (September 26, 2016), US Small / Mid-Cap Equity Fund (October 31, 2016), International Equity Plus Fund (May 25, 2016), Income Advantage Fund (September 11, 2015), and Balanced Fund (August 25, 2015).

Emerging companies While many high yield bonds are issued by former investment grade companies in decline, the high yield market also provides financing opportunities for emerging companies seeking working capital for expansion or to fund acquisitions.

Bond fund manager who called dollar's slide says «it's not too late to move out of U.S. bonds» Jack McIntyre of Brandywine Global says look to emerging markets for attractive yields on sovereign bondsJack McIntyre of Brandywine Global says emerging markets are still the place to look for attractive yields on sovereign bonds.

The continent's pension funds, meanwhile, face a tougher challenge paying for their members» retirement, as early September saw the world's first negative - yielding corporate bonds, issued by French pharmaceutical firm Sanofi and German cement maker Henkel.

High Yield Bond Funds posted outflows for the 13th time in the past 15 weeks, with the latest redemptions the biggest since early March, while Emerging Markets Bond Funds recorded their largest outflow since the second week of February.

The one - day loss for many funds, including Vanguard Total Bond Market, iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond, Pimco Total Return and Metropolitan West Total Return, while less than a half a percentage point, still amounted to more than 10 percent of their current yield.

The world's biggest wealth fund is for now sticking to an overweight position in the shorter bond maturities as the U.S. 10 - year Treasury yield has broken through the 3 percent threshold for the first time since 2014.

As yields have fallen, duration, or rate sensitivity, has risen, meaning that the risk associated with a change in rates has generally risen for most bond benchmarks and traditional funds.

Investors looking to balance risk and income while searching for yield may want to consider the iShares S&P National AMT - Free Municipal Bond Fund (MUB), the iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF (DGRO) and the iShares U.S. Preferred Stock ETF (PFF).

In addition, the SEC yield is generally a poor guide for the return you should expect from a bond fund.

Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) for High Yield High Yield ETFs High Yield Bonds Return from Closed End Funds to Passive Income Investments

«A rush for safe - haven bonds around the world has sent the yields on sovereign bonds through the floor — meaning a fall in the regular income that pension funds use to pay their retirees their defined benefits, sometimes known as final salary pensions.

If much of the investment into bond mutual funds that has occurred the last couple of years is for purposes of dampening the volatility of a portfolio — and with the 10 - Year Treasury yield at 1.8 percent it's difficult to argue for a different motivation - then it's important to think through the thesis that bonds will defend a balanced portfolio in an equity bear market in the same way they have, especially to the extent they have in the last two bear markets.

Meanwhile, Bloomberg reports that pension funds, squeezed for sources of safe return, have been abandoning their investment grade policies to invest in higher yielding junk bonds.

With a 1.05 % cash yield and still the 10Y bonds, the Emergency fund would lag behind by 0.17 % p.a. (5.98 % for efficient frontier, 5.81 % for Emergency Fund) With 30Y bonds and higher yield the Emergency Fund would have lagged behind by 0.2fund would lag behind by 0.17 % p.a. (5.98 % for efficient frontier, 5.81 % for Emergency Fund) With 30Y bonds and higher yield the Emergency Fund would have lagged behind by 0.2Fund) With 30Y bonds and higher yield the Emergency Fund would have lagged behind by 0.2Fund would have lagged behind by 0.29 %.

(However, HYG and junk bond funds are continuing to rally as the hunt for yield continues)

Given that Treasury yields broke through levels that have been a fairly reliable barrier for several years now, it wouldn't be surprising to see bonds stage a «relief rally» here, but both yields and market action remain unfavorable overall, holding the Strategic Total Return Fund to a roughly 2 - year duration, primarily in Treasury inflation - protected securities.

Fidelity ® Conservative Income Municipal Bond Fund (FCRDX) This fund, whose income is normally exempt from federal income taxes, might be appropriate for investors looking for more yield than money market funds are providing, and wanting to take a more conservative approach to both credit and interest rate risk than many other bond fuBond Fund (FCRDX) This fund, whose income is normally exempt from federal income taxes, might be appropriate for investors looking for more yield than money market funds are providing, and wanting to take a more conservative approach to both credit and interest rate risk than many other bond fuFund (FCRDX) This fund, whose income is normally exempt from federal income taxes, might be appropriate for investors looking for more yield than money market funds are providing, and wanting to take a more conservative approach to both credit and interest rate risk than many other bond fufund, whose income is normally exempt from federal income taxes, might be appropriate for investors looking for more yield than money market funds are providing, and wanting to take a more conservative approach to both credit and interest rate risk than many other bond fubond funds.

A standard yield calculation developed by the Securities and Exchange Comission for bond funds.

Ghana scooped all $ 221.4 million tendered for a three - year domestic dollar bond at a 6.25 percent yield on Thursday, boosting the government's plans to explore local funding sources, arrangers said.

With multiple bond ETF yield measures to choose from, it can be difficult for investors to quickly assess what their fund is yielding.

One of the biggest proponents of indexing, Rick Ferri, has a post up talking about why for muni bonds, high yield bonds and equity value it may make sense to move beyond index funds.

Investors and fund managers search for yield, extend maturities, reach for lower credit quality and shift assets from short term floating rate money market funds to bonds, bond funds and similar investments.

Bond exchange - traded funds (ETFs) and mutual funds are generally yielding in the 2 % range for lower risk options, while higher yields can be earned from less credit - worthy bond portfolBond exchange - traded funds (ETFs) and mutual funds are generally yielding in the 2 % range for lower risk options, while higher yields can be earned from less credit - worthy bond portfolbond portfolios.

Even if a bond fund manager has discretion with their maturities, I might opt for GICs over a lot of bond funds these days because reasonably conservative, high - quality bonds might only be paying 3 % yields right now.

John Hollyer, global head of Vanguard Fixed Income Group, discusses the recent rise in bond yields and what that's meant for Vanguard's bond funds.

With an attractive yield advantage over comparable maturity government bond mutual funds of similar duration and quality, the Fund may serve as a core holding for building diversified income portfolios.

If you held the bond fund for a similar ten - year period (as the duration of a single bond), the funds annual total returns tend to approximate the starting yield.

The BMO Floating Rate Income Fund, for example, lost more than 48 % in 2008 as high - yield bonds cratered along with stocks and real estate.

As a Wall Street Journal article pointed out, many bond mutual funds are reaching for yield now.

Simply rebalancing each year between Fidelity's EM stock and bond funds so that you end up with a 60/40 weighting in a hypothetical balanced portfolio yields the same result for the past 10 - and 15 - year periods.

Reported yields for municipal bond funds usually include a tax - equivalent yield.

For these professionals, liquid bond ETFs are a convenient, diversified way to hedge against rising rates and seek higher yields, at lower cost than active mutual funds.

And while rising rates are bad for bonds and bond funds in the short - term, climbing yields can actually boost returns on a diversified portfolio of bonds over the long haul, as interest income and proceeds from maturing bonds are re-invested at higher rates.

Even if you are willing to accept some credit risk, and invest in something like the popular Vanguard Total Bond Market Index fund, the SEC yield is only 2.05 % (2.17 % for Admiral Shares, $ 10K minimum), still lower than the federally insured CD which has no credit risk.

(In 2008, for example, the average high - yield bond fund lost 26 %, not a whole lot more comforting the stock market's 37 % loss.)

Investors looking to balance risk and income while searching for yield may want to consider the iShares S&P National AMT - Free Municipal Bond Fund (MUB), the iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF (DGRO) and the iShares U.S. Preferred Stock ETF (PFF).

To enhance the potential for yield, the Fund also has a strategic allocation to international bank loans and high - yield bonds.