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I sent out to some people last Wednesday why I thought the CDS market would outperform ETF's, and that is still my view, and has a lot to do with the bonds that make up the high yield index and their rate risk exposure for some, and horrible convexity for others.

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The strategy ended the week up 2.41 % YTD, or 268 basis points ahead of the high yield index and 197 basis points ahead of the S&P 500.

As I built my portfolio, I set it up to work as follows: Total stock market, small cap, international index, emerging market, high - yield tax exempt, long - term tax exempt, intermediate - term tax exempt and short - term tax exempt.

The very next day, Labor reported that the core producer price index rose 0.4 % for the month and 2.2 % year - on - year, which pushed up the yield on the 10 - year another basis point, to 2.92 %.

We expect high yield funds could be most affected by events in Puerto Rico, as commonwealth debt makes up some 28 percent of the S&P High Yield Municipal Iyield funds could be most affected by events in Puerto Rico, as commonwealth debt makes up some 28 percent of the S&P High Yield Municipal IYield Municipal Index.

Meanwhile, emerging market bonds that make up the J.P. Morgan EMBI Global Core Index, currently offer similar yields and may benefit from global reflationary trends despite the potential challenge of higher valuations and a rising U.S dollar in the short term.

The interventionist strategy has yielded results, at least in the short term, with the Shanghai Composite Index up about 11 percent since Wednesday.

Just about any dividend index fund or ETF you look at, whether it's the Vanguard High Yield, Vanguard Dividend Appreciation, or anything else, you'll find that in some years the dividends go up, and in some years they go down a bit.

The chart below shows the average 12 - month returns in some of the industries that make up the MSCI World Index - including Materials, Energy, Industrials, Consumer Discretionary, and Consumer Staples - subsequent to different shapes of the global yield curve.

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.Index turned it up a notch as the index's yield tightened by 9 basis points on the week to a 2.index's yield tightened by 9 basis points on the week to a 2.76 %.

The S&P Indonesia Sovereign Bond Index was up 6.18 % YTD and 11.90 % over the one - year period, while its yield also came down 72 bps from 7.88 % in December 2016, see exhibit 1.

I teamed it up with DVY assuming a current yield of 3.97 % and a dividend growth rate of 5.5 % nominal, the same as for the S&P 500 index.

Thursday's jump in Treasury yields was evident in corporates as well with the index giving up 0.37 % in one day.

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.

WisdomTree ups the ante quite a bit with a 6.5 % dividend yield on Emerging Market Index Fund (DEM).

The S&P / LSTA U.S. Leveraged Loan 100 Index yield stepped up a week and a half later, rising on May 23rd by 10 bps from 4.98 % to 5.08 %.

I need to know whether I should buy the TD e-Series mutual funds in order to boost my returns, specifically a friend, who still believes in the US Recovery, recommended I buy the TD US Index which has a low MER 0.50 % and start setting up automatic monthly contributions and / or should I but the Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIG) which costs only 0.24 % annually or even the Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (VYM) cost here).20 % annually.

The yield of the S&P Japan Corporate Bond Index held up relatively well; it only tightened 16 bps YTD as of Sept. 26, 2016, to 0.22 %.

Like Preferreds, the difference in yield between the S&P U.S. Issued Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index and the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index is 2.97 % (5.87 % vs 2.90 %), up from a 1.97 % back at the end of yield between the S&P U.S. Issued Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index and the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index is 2.97 % (5.87 % vs 2.90 %), up from a 1.97 % back at the end of Yield Corporate Bond Index is 2.97 % (5.87 % vs 2.90 %), up from a 1.97 % back at the end of June.

Energy makes up 7 % of the S&P 500 Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index and 10 % of the S&P 500 High Yield Corporate Bond Index.

The weighted average yield of the S&P Municipal Bond New Jersey General Obligation Index ended at 1.73 % up from 1.52 %.

This means the government is financing itself at close to zero cost for its short term borrowing and, further out on the curve, the cost of financing does not go up by much; as the yield - to - worst on the S&P / BGCantor 7 - 10 Year U.S. Treasury Bond Index is now at 1.48 %.

By comparison, the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index has a duration of over 4.8 years and is up 3.6 % year to date.

We expect high yield funds could be most affected by events in Puerto Rico, as commonwealth debt makes up some 28 percent of the S&P High Yield Municipal Iyield funds could be most affected by events in Puerto Rico, as commonwealth debt makes up some 28 percent of the S&P High Yield Municipal IYield Municipal Index.

From a sector perspective, energy, materials and financials make up more than a third of the MSCI Europe Index.2 Many of these companies tend do well when inflation is rising and bond yields are rising because typically inflation nudges up commodity prices and financial companies tend to profit when the yield curve steepens.

Municipal high yields bonds tracked in the S&P Municipal Bond High Yield Index have risen over 2.1 % year - to - date, the same index excluding Puerto Rico bonds is up over 3 % year - to - Index have risen over 2.1 % year - to - date, the same index excluding Puerto Rico bonds is up over 3 % year - to - index excluding Puerto Rico bonds is up over 3 % year - to - date.

Index A published interest rate against which lenders measure the difference between the current interest rate on an adjustable rate mortgage and that earned by other investments (such as one, three, and five year U.S. Treasury security yields, the monthly average interest rate on loans closed by savings and loan institutions, and the monthly average costs - of - funds incurred by savings and loans), which is then used to adjust the interest rate on an adjustable mortgage up or down.

The yield - to - maturity of the index was 4.96 % on the same date, up 15 basis points from the beginning of the month's 4.81 %.

Green project bonds have also outpaced high yield corporates by nearly 95 %, as the S&P U.S. Issued Corporate Bonds Index is up 4.56 % YTD.

Depending on the index you use, high yield is up another 6 % to 7 % in 2017 through October.

We believe both short - and long - term bond yields could move up, and we plan to maintain an overweight position in corporate bonds compared to the Bloomberg Barclays Capital Intermediate U.S. Government / Credit Index, as they tend to outperform Treasuries during periods of economic expansion.

Passive investing may sound like a good idea, but will come with pitfalls... if you pick the wrong index fund and it only goes up a few % each year, then with inflation / taxes / fees you probably are better off just putting your money in a high - yield savings account.

Investment - grade corporate bonds, as measured by the S&P U.S. Issued Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index, are up 0.09 % for the month, while lower quality high - yield bonds represented by the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index are up 0.7 % on the myield bonds represented by the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index are up 0.7 % on the mYield Corporate Bond Index are up 0.7 % on the month.

The S&P Municipal Bond High Yield Index returned it's third highest return in 16 years ending up 14.6 %.

High Yield, as measured by the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index, on the other hand was at the same -0.11 % a day prior on Feb 4th but has been able to lift itself up to the current 0.76 % MTD and is returning 1.53 % year - to - date.

Last week high yield as measured by the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index gave up very little ground and continues to return 5.51 % year - to - yield as measured by the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index gave up very little ground and continues to return 5.51 % year - to - Yield Corporate Bond Index gave up very little ground and continues to return 5.51 % year - to - date.

High yield corporate bonds tracked in the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Bond Index have returned just under 5 % year to date but lost ground the past several days as fund outflows weigh on the market driving prices down and the weighted average yield (yield to worst) up by 22bps since last week to end at 4.yield corporate bonds tracked in the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Bond Index have returned just under 5 % year to date but lost ground the past several days as fund outflows weigh on the market driving prices down and the weighted average yield (yield to worst) up by 22bps since last week to end at 4.Yield Bond Index have returned just under 5 % year to date but lost ground the past several days as fund outflows weigh on the market driving prices down and the weighted average yield (yield to worst) up by 22bps since last week to end at 4.yield (yield to worst) up by 22bps since last week to end at 4.yield to worst) up by 22bps since last week to end at 4.88 %.

The yield on the Bloomberg index of triple - A-rated 10 - year muni issues was 2.5 % recently, up from 1.8 % last September.

The 5 year range of the municipal bond curve is keeping up with the overall market as the 5 year S&P AMT - Free Muni Series 2018 Index has returned 1.14 %, while longer municipal bonds in the S&P Municipal Bond 20 + year Index have recorded a total return of 2.14 % year to date with yields remaining steady over the course of the week.

Tax - exempt investment grade municipal bonds tracked in the S&P National AMT - Free Municipal Bond Index up 1.24 % year - to - date and high yield municipal bonds Read more -LSB-...]

Though the index's yield tightened by 33bps to 4.37 %, it offers yield pick - up over the onshore bond market.

This is compared to yields on MBonos (nominal bonds), as measured by the S&P / Valmer Mexico Sovereign Bond Index, which moved up only 32 bps, with the index returning 4.3 %, buoyed by its coupon cIndex, which moved up only 32 bps, with the index returning 4.3 %, buoyed by its coupon cindex returning 4.3 %, buoyed by its coupon carry.

IBM's falling stock price in response to volatile earnings, in contrast, has pushed its dividend yield up to 4 %, among the highest on the Dow Jones index.

One bright light is the municipal high yield bond market as the S&P Municipal Bond High Yield Index is up 0.82 % year - to - date helped by positive performance in May by Puerto Rico bonds and a recovery over 3.2 % of the Tobacco Settlement bond seyield bond market as the S&P Municipal Bond High Yield Index is up 0.82 % year - to - date helped by positive performance in May by Puerto Rico bonds and a recovery over 3.2 % of the Tobacco Settlement bond seYield Index is up 0.82 % year - to - date helped by positive performance in May by Puerto Rico bonds and a recovery over 3.2 % of the Tobacco Settlement bond sector.

Senior loans, the secured counterpart to high yield bonds, had returned 0.59 % up to April 19, 2015 and 2.45 % YTD as measured by the S&P / LSTA U.S. Leveraged Loan 100 Index.

This brings the yield of the index back up to levels that have not been seen since January 2014.

Shorter duration, high - yield bonds, such as those captured in the S&P 0 - 3 Year High Yield Corporate Bond Index, are up 0.09 % MTD and 1.85 % YTD (as of March 13, 2015), as investors move down the curve in order to reduce rate volatility and term risk expoyield bonds, such as those captured in the S&P 0 - 3 Year High Yield Corporate Bond Index, are up 0.09 % MTD and 1.85 % YTD (as of March 13, 2015), as investors move down the curve in order to reduce rate volatility and term risk expoYield Corporate Bond Index, are up 0.09 % MTD and 1.85 % YTD (as of March 13, 2015), as investors move down the curve in order to reduce rate volatility and term risk exposure.

The high - yield bond market, as measured by the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index, had recently been clawing its way up in performance for yield bond market, as measured by the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index, had recently been clawing its way up in performance for Yield Corporate Bond Index, had recently been clawing its way up in performance for 2015.

Up until September 18, yields on the S&P / BGCantor Current 10 Year U.S. Treasury Bond Index crept high enough to ensure a loss of -1.21 % for September.