Not exact matches
Still,
corporate bond spreads have come up to around their historical
average, providing impetus for institutional investors trying to claw out yield any way they can, even if it means an extraordinarily long - term commitment.
The
average bid / ask
spread was 29 cents (per $ 100 par value) for both investment - grade and high - yield
bonds, and the
average daily trading volume was $ 2.2 million ($ 2.5 million) for investment - grade (high - yield)
corporate bonds.
While
spreads between yields on highly - rated
corporate bonds and government
bonds have remained above their historical
averages, this continues to reflect strong demand for Commonwealth Government
bonds rather than concerns about
corporate credit quality.
For example, by comparing a group of
corporate bonds (like investment grade
corporate bonds) vs. treasuries, you get a picture of where the
average investment grade
bond credit
spread currently stands.
The
average bid - offer
spread for trading an investment grade
corporate bond, for example, is 50 basis points.
The
average bid - offer
spread for trading an investment grade
corporate bond, for example, is 50 basis points.
In the construction of the S&P U.S. High Yield Low Volatility
Corporate Bond Index, an individual bond's credit risk in a portfolio context is measured by its marginal contribution to risk (MCR), calculated as the product of its spread duration and the difference between the bond's option adjusted spread (OAS) and the spread - duration - adjusted portfolio average OAS (see Equation
Bond Index, an individual
bond's credit risk in a portfolio context is measured by its marginal contribution to risk (MCR), calculated as the product of its spread duration and the difference between the bond's option adjusted spread (OAS) and the spread - duration - adjusted portfolio average OAS (see Equation
bond's credit risk in a portfolio context is measured by its marginal contribution to risk (MCR), calculated as the product of its
spread duration and the difference between the
bond's option adjusted spread (OAS) and the spread - duration - adjusted portfolio average OAS (see Equation
bond's option adjusted
spread (OAS) and the
spread - duration - adjusted portfolio
average OAS (see Equation 1).
The
average retail investor pays about 0.90 % in bid - offer
spread on municipal and 0.64 % on
corporate bonds, according to S&P 1.
For example, the
average BBB rated EM
corporate bond recently offered more than 100 basis points of additional
spread versus similarly rated U.S.
corporates.
Investment grade
corporate bonds possess an
average yield
spread of 2.2 % to Treasuries, which is above the historical
average of 1.5 % and notably greater than MBS
spreads.
For example, over a three - year period, the
average spread difference between single - A rated
corporate bonds was 28 basis points, but this year that difference narrowed to two basis points, Wheeler explains.