Sentences with phrase «yield bond sector»

While it is understandable that market participants are concerned about interest rate risk in a rising rate environment, it is interesting to note that the high yield bond sector stands out within the fixed income market with less rate sensitivity.

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.

Looking both within and outside of the benchmark, the Fund seeks relative value opportunities across traditional investment - grade and high - yield bond sectors, also including nontraditional asset classes like non-U.S. sovereign and corporate debt, convertibles, and floating - rate loans.

A broad ensemble of global income investments, the Fund seeks value opportunities across both traditional investment - grade and high - yield bond sectors and nontraditional asset classes, including convertibles, preferred stocks, non-U.S. sovereign and corporate debt and floating - rate loans.

Not exact matches

The iShares JPMorgan USD Emerging Markets Bond fund, an index product that tracks the sector, has a trailing 12 - month yield of 4.33 percent.

Four of the top 10 funds in terms of inflows from Oct. 7 - 13 came from the bond sector, and two of them were focused on high - yield, or junk.

Banks rose along with the bond yields, as the S&P / TSX composite index advanced 84.57 points to 15,524.01, helped in part by the influential financials sector.

Invest in high - yield bonds and dividend - yielding stocks, says the BofA - Merrill team, which is overweight high - grade and high - yield corporate bonds, including financial sector names that are especially sensitive to the housing market.

Like most sectors of the fixed - income market, municipal bonds struggled in the first quarter as yields climbed higher.

Each fund has a stated objective, generally focusing on a particular sector, such as corporate or Treasury bonds, or broad category, such as investment grade or high yield.

Market participants are looking forward to getting their first major reading on earnings from the biggest technology - sector players in the coming days, but for now, investor sentiment has been able to overcome what would ordinarily be a troubling rise in long - term bond yields that could signal a steeper move higher for interest rates in the near future.

Note: HYG the $ 20bln high yield ETF yields 5.13 % in comparison, hence you might need to buy an out of favor sector like bricks and mortar retail, otherwise non-rated is likely where you will find > 7 % in the US domestic bond market.

Recently my colleague wrote about the correlation between VIX (spot and futures) and two credit sectors (high - yield and emerging market bonds).

The energy sector has been outperforming for the past few months, predominantly down to higher oil prices, and we're starting to see bond yields move higher.

In the U.S. 80 percent of corporate funding is from corporate bonds, but high - yield bonds are a small sub-set, making up around 10 percent of the sector.

I realize that if the private sector credit creation mechanism is not functioning properly, QE purchases can overwhelm the expected supply response, but it is a mistake to assume that since the Federal Reserve is buying bonds then longer - term yields must be artificially suppressed.

While we're not expecting an imminent significant sell - off of these peripheral government bonds, we do feel the potential yield opportunities are not as attractive as in the credit sector.

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

A bullish bias is based largely on Bond yields bottoming out, NOT TOPPING, along with Advance / Decline being back at new all - time highs while various former underperforming laggard sectors like Healthcare, have begun to outperform.

Bond yields are trying to bottom out, while sectors like Healthcare and Industrials have both been showing much better signs of strength.

There is a lot of cash on the sidelines which recently exited the stock and high yield bond markets and is looking to pile opportunistically in the PM sector.

I'm still negative the entire bond sector as I think the yields are way too low as the United States experienced a 2.9 % GDP number last quarter which is very solid.

But I want to extend the conversation and talk about another fixed income sector, high yield bonds.

Cutting the deposit rate further would pose risks to the financial sector and just push bond yields down to this limit again.

In these sectors, we have found that share prices appear to be valued more closely to bonds, which we believe to be unattractive at current yields.

We have: • normalized the domestic yield curve • issued the country's maiden 15 - year bond in April 2017 • improved external balances, driven by higher export earnings and lower imports • improved gross international reserves to US$ 7.2 billion, equivalent to 4.1 months of imports cover • improved primarybalanceto0.3 percent surplus in September 2017 against a deficit of 1.6 percent in September 2016 • received positive sovereign rating reviews from international ratings Agencies: Fitch, B / stable; Standard & Poor, B - / positive • successfully completed the 4th IMF / ECF program review, and • achieved positive developments in the oil & gas sector — favorable ITLOS ruling, and Sankofa producing 1st oil three months ahead of schedule.

The common theme across all bond sectors is to go bargain hunting in the aftermath of the correction while yields are lower.

The combination of a surge in bond yields and a sudden preference for high - risk / high - return speculation over slow - and - steady investment caused most income - focused sectors to underperform in January.

The recent rebound in commodity prices has been good news for high yield bonds, helping the sector (and credit overall) rally since mid-February.

Fixed income sectors shown to the right are provided by Barclays and are represented by the following Bloomberg Barclays Indices — Treasury Inflation Protected Securities: U.S. Treasury Inflation - Protected Securities (TIPS) Index; Floating Rate Loans: US Floating - Rate Note Index (BBB); Asset - backed securities: US Asset - Backed Securities Index; High Yield: US Corporate High - Yield Bond Index; Convertibles: US Convertible Bond Index; Mortgage - backed securities: US Aggregate Securitized MBS Index; Broad Market: US Aggregate Bond Index; Municipals: Municipal Bond 10 - Year Index; Investment Grade Corporates: US Corporates Index

The direction of the spread may increase or widen, meaning the yield difference between two bonds is increasing, and one sector is performing better than another.

This can be seen in the historical correlation of the performance of U.S. fixed income sectors with the change in government bond yields (see Exhibit 2).

May serve as a one stop shop for investors seeking a fully diversified fixed income portfolio that extends beyond core bond sectors including emerging markets and high yield

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Even if bond yields top out today and start to drift lower rather than higher, yields just aren't high enough in most traditional income sectors to be worthwhile.

The utility sector, which many investors have been using as a bond substitute, yields only 3.4 %.

Taxable municipal bonds offer yields comparable to those of other taxable sectors, such as corporate bonds.

But high valuations and a strong rally in 2016 could see some profit taking in the high yield sector, so we generally prefer investment grade bonds.

In our opinion, the so - called «spread sectors,» from high - yield bonds to non-agency mortgages and emerging - market debt (EMD), currently offer attractive levels of credit, prepayment, and liquidity risks, particularly for investors who know how to analyze these risks.

This is not to say that defensive sectors of the market are not modestly overpriced relative to more cyclical sectors or that, when faced with paltry rates on bonds, some investors have not taken to chasing yield where they can find it.

Among all the sector - level subindices, the S&P Japan Utilities Bond Index had the highest yield, at 0.43 %.

Among all the sector - level subindices, the S&P China Industrials Bond Index had the highest yield, at 3.56 %.

The sectors covered by the active ETFs are Canadian Dividend, U.S. Dividend, Global Dividend, Preferred Shares and Crossover Bonds (those on the line between investment grade and high - yield).

Within each broad bond market sector you will find securities with different issuers, credit ratings, coupon rates, maturities, yields and other features.

This flight to quality movement also impacted credit spreads, which widened for both investment grade and high yield corporate bonds, negatively impacting the returns of bonds in those sectors.

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.

My previous picks include CQS New City High Yield, which holds bonds, shares and preference shares; Gravis Clean Energy, which invests in renewables; infrastructure - debt fund Sequoia Economic Infrastructure; medical - facilities fund MedicX; and HICL, which backs public - sector infrastructure.

These funds tend to invest tactically in a wide variety of bond sectors that may include high - yield or non-U.S. bonds.

Given that most of the 5 per cent + yields on the TSX and S&P 500 are preferred share, high - yield bond and REIT funds, these sectors bear mentioning.