BlackRock is urging investors to rethink their bonds in 2015, and part of that means using flexible fixed income strategies to
guard against interest rate risk and credit events, while also enhancing the diversification of your fixed income portfolio.
To begin with, it may help for Alice to read «Risk Less and Prosper: Your Guide to Safer Investing,» by Zvi Bodie and Rachelle Taqqu, in which the authors argue for accumulating TIPS in one's portfolio, because TIPS provide inflation protection and hedge
against interest rate risk.
ProShares High Yield — Interest Rate Hedged (HYHG) tracks the Citi High Yield (Treasury Rate - Hedged) Index, a diversified portfolio of high yield bonds with a built - in hedge
against interest rate risk.
Invest in multiple bonds with staggered maturities to help provide a consistent income stream and hedge
against interest rate risk.
In an interest rate swap, the parties exchange cash flows based on a notional principal amount (this amount is not actually exchanged) in order to hedge
against interest rate risk or to speculate.
[Need a refresher on how options work before leveraging them to hedge
against interest rate risk?
One example is ProShares Corporate Investment Grade — Interest Rate Hedged (IGHG), which tracks the Citi Corporate Investment Grade (Treasury Rate - Hedged) Index, a diversified portfolio of investment grade bonds with a built - in hedge
against interest rate risk.
mREITs seek to hedge prepayment risk using similar tools and techniques as those they use to hedge
against interest rate risks.
REITs are leveraged using short term loans and only partly hedged
against interest rate risk.
mREITs seek to hedge prepayment risk using similar tools and techniques as those they use to hedge
against interest rate risks.