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Not exact matches

NEW YORK, May 1 - The dollar broke into positive territory for the year and U.S. bond yields inched higher again on Tuesday as the recent rise in oil prices fueled expectations the Federal Reserve could flag more interest rate hikes at its policy meeting this week.

So there's almost more concern for locking in a long - term rate of income than there is for just maybe catching a higher yield at one point in the cycle in the front end.

A high - powered U.S. delegation arrived in Beijing for talks with Chinese officials aimed at defusing the tensions, though analysts say they appear unlikely to yield a breakthrough given the two sides» intensifying rivalry in strategic technologies, where China lags behind the U.S..

Looking at the forward earnings yield for S&P 500 stocks, BAML finds dispersion is the highest since 2009, when the market was just starting to recover from the financial crisis.

It sold the bonds at high enough yields to receive orders for three times that amount.

Investors have been selling Treasurys this month — pushing yields higher — amid expectations for rising inflation, which could prompt the Federal Reserve to tighten monetary policy at a faster pace.

Frank Del Rio, president and CEO of Norwegian, cited four main reasons for revising its guidance, including «continued weak demand from our core North American consumer for European sailings at a time when half of our fleet is deployed in the region, including eight of our highest yielding ships.»

While New Zealand's official cash rate is already at a record - low 2 % after the latest cut in August, it is still the highest in the developed world — a major draw for yield - hungry investors and a complication for the central bank as a higher kiwi further dampens imported - led inflation.

With rates at near zero in the United States, and negative in Japan and Europe, the differential is a powerful lure for carry trades, in which investors borrow at ultra-low rates in currencies such as yen or sterling and buy high - yielding assets such as the kiwi.

High - yield, or junk, issuance, also has been strong at $ 224.3 billion, though it is nearly 9 percent off last year's total for the same period, according to SIFMA.

The next key technical level for the 10 - year yield is 3.05 percent, which would put the yield at its highest level since 2011.

For example, if you invested in a five - year CD earning 2 percent annually, and the penalty is six months of interest if you withdraw early, you only need to stay in the CD for at least a year to match the 1 percent of a high - yield savings accouFor example, if you invested in a five - year CD earning 2 percent annually, and the penalty is six months of interest if you withdraw early, you only need to stay in the CD for at least a year to match the 1 percent of a high - yield savings accoufor at least a year to match the 1 percent of a high - yield savings account.

These benefits would (i) largely go to developers and contractors for infrastructure projects like new pipelines that would happen even without new incentives and so be highly regressive; (ii) raise costs by failing to reach the tax - free pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and international investors who are the most plausible sources of incremental infrastructure finance; (iii) not encourage at all the highest return maintenance projects like fixing potholes that do not yield a pecuniary return for investors; and (iv) by offering credits at an unprecedented 82 percent rate, invite all kinds of tax shelter abuse.

Previously, Mr. Woolford worked at CIBC World Markets, Morgan Stanley & Co and BT Securities where he was responsible for originating, structuring and distributing high yield and investment grade private placement securities.

«The extra reward you get in the form of higher yields from stretching on maturity will come back to haunt you should inflation trend upwards faster than expected,» said financial advisor Manisha Thakor, director of wealth strategies for women at The BAM Alliance.

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.

Achievement of these goals was considered by the HRC as very challenging, even aggressive, given the expected modest economic growth for 2007 for the financial services industry, the impact and duration of the on - going flat / inverted yield curve (meaning short - term interest rates that are virtually equal to or exceed long - term interest rates, thus lowering profit margins for financial services companies that borrow cash at short - term rates and lend at long - term rates), potentially higher credit losses, fewer available high - quality, high - yielding loans and investment opportunities, and a consumer shift from non-interest to interest - bearing deposits.

There are a multitude of reasons as to why this occurs but it's a powerful enough force that many investors have done quite well for themselves over an investing lifetime by focusing on dividend stocks, specifically one of two strategies - dividend growth, which focuses on acquiring a diversified portfolio of companies that have raised their dividends at rates considerably above average and high dividend yield, which focuses on stocks that offer significantly above - average dividend yields as measured by the dividend rate compared to the stock market price.

European government bond and U.S. 10 - year Treasury yields are trading at their highest levels in more than two months and the U.S. 30 - year Treasury bond yield reached a high for the year on Tuesday.

In other words, at a certain level higher bond yields create real competition for stocks, particularly dividend stocks, and put downward pressure on multiples.

With market volatility hitting multi-decade lows, junk bond yields also at record lows, the median price / revenue ratio of S&P 500 constituents at a record high well - beyond 2000 levels, and the most strenuously overvalued, overbought, overbullish syndromes we define, I'm increasingly concerned about the potential for an abrupt «air pocket» in the prices of risky assets that could attend even a modest upward shift in risk premiums.

Prior to Aozora Bank, he was at Morgan Stanley for ten years, from 1994 to 2004, most recently as Managing Director and head of high - yield and distressed principal investing in Japan and non-Japan Asia.

For example, while high yield spreads are considerably lower than they were at the January market bottom, they are approximately 200 basis points (2 percent) wider than they were two years ago, as Bloomberg data shows.

These economies are growing at a faster pace than the developed world, which can mean bigger profit possibilities for their companies and higher yields for their bonds.

Christina Padgett, head of leveraged finance at Moody's Investors Service, said liquidity concerns are not a major problem for the high - yield portion of the market now, but there are challenges for the future.

This is a sneak peak at all the high - yield dividend stocks that we are currently evaluating for possible additions to our «Best Dividend Stocks» list.

These benefits would (i) largely go to developers and contractors for infrastructure projects like new pipelines that would happen even without new incentives and so be highly regressive; (ii) raise costs by failing to reach the tax - free pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and international investors that are the most plausible sources of incremental infrastructure finance; (iii) not encourage at all the highest return maintenance projects like fixing potholes that do not yield a pecuniary return for investors; and (iv) by offering credits at an unprecedented 82 per cent rate, invite all kinds of tax - shelter abuse.

You already know that I do not chase high yield fantasies but gravitate to value, sustainable yield and stability and for now, at these depressed levels the Canadian banks seem to fit that bill.

At a time when demand for income generating assets is at an all - time high, the yields on income generating assets are at, or near, all - time lowAt a time when demand for income generating assets is at an all - time high, the yields on income generating assets are at, or near, all - time lowat an all - time high, the yields on income generating assets are at, or near, all - time lowat, or near, all - time lows.

For example, it does not include euro bonds («reverse Yankees») that are hot in Europe, where junk bond yields are at a ludicrously low 2.35 % on average, and the high - grade yield is just above zero.

You may search for and purchase high yield bonds at Fidelity.com, where you can choose the credit rating levels appropriate for your portfolio and risk tolerance.

You can invest in higher yielding properties at much lower valuations for $ 5,000 — $ 10,000 minimums versus coming up with a $ 200,000 + downpayment and taking on $ 1,000,000 in mortgage debt for the median SF or NYC home price.

December was another solid month for European high - yield debt, with Barclays's benchmark cash index tightening by 40 basis points, ending the year at a new post-crisis low.

However we do think US monetary policy will continue to be supportive of higher gold prices, with the Fed keeping rates at zero and the TIPS yielding negative rates for multiple maturities (Please see our previous article: The Key Relationship between US Real Rates and Gold Prices).

Wall Street looks at high - yield bonds as a leading indicator for stocks.

The benchmark 10 - yr yield, for instance, finished at 2.95 % on Thursday — which is about eight basis points below the more than four - year high it hit last week.

After providing double - digit returns for many years, REITs are now well off the previous highs and trade at an estimated 15 % discount to net asset value (Source: TD Securities) and yielding an average of 7 %, a spread of 2.75 % over 10 - year bonds.

For borrowers, leveraged loans offer two significant advantages over high - yield bonds: They are cheaper, by about 100 basis points on average at the moment.

The flip side of that high yield is that the payout ratio is at 96 %, leaving not much room for (near) future dividend growth.

To screen for «dividend growth» shares that may have lower starting yields but have more potential to grow future payouts at high rates, we simply need to make a few adjustments to our screening parameters.

This is evident in a number of developments, including: increased demand for higher - risk assets; the increase in «carry trades» — a form of gearing where funds are borrowed short - term at low interest rates and invested in higher - yielding assets, often in other countries; growth in alternative investment vehicles such as hedge funds; and growth in alternative investment strategies such as selling embedded options (see Box A).

As usual, I don't place too much emphasis on this sort of forecast, but to the extent that I make any comments at all about the outlook for 2006, the bottom line is this: 1) we can't rule out modest potential for stock appreciation, which would require the maintenance or expansion of already high price / peak earnings multiples; 2) we also should recognize an uncomfortably large potential for market losses, particularly given that the current bull market has now outlived the median and average bull, yet at higher valuations than most bulls have achieved, a flat yield curve with rising interest rate pressures, an extended period of internal divergence as measured by breadth and other market action, and complacency at best and excessive bullishness at worst, as measured by various sentiment indicators; 3) there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index in the months ahead, and; 4) there remains substantial potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weakness.

The advance would persist, even intensify, as the afternoon moved further along, with strong earnings enabling traders to look past the recently higher yields, at least for one day.

But I am concerned that late - cycle entrants into risk assets like stocks and high - yield bonds are taking a leap of faith at a time when there is less room for markets to move up and growing risks of them falling back.

It doesn't mean that we won't experience inflation or higher bond yields at times, but we're likely to live in a low - yield environment for a very long while.

At the end of the day, high - yield corporate debt generates returns that are highly correlated to the returns of stocks, and it's for that reason we regard them as a kind of «equity light» or «decaf equity.»

With yields having been so low for so long, bonds are suddenly providing some competition with equities at these higher yields levels.

GCE tracks an index of US - listed closed - end funds, aiming for exposure to a high - yield portfolio of closed - end funds with big asset bases and high liquidity, and which trade at attractive discounts to NAV.

The month of May closed on a high note for bonds as the drop in yields saw the S&P / BGCantor Current 10 Year U.S. Treasury Index closed at a yield of 2.47 %.