Right now, Marc's average dividend from his Oxford Income Letter portfolios is about 4.8 %, and
the average yield on the bonds I recommend, that's income from bonds, is around 7 %.
In fact
the average yield on bonds issued by Group of Seven countries (United States, Canada, Germany, U.K., France, Italy, Japan) has fallen to 1.23 % as of June 12, from around 3 % back in 2007.
Not exact matches
April 25 - Dow Jones Industrial
Average futures erased losses
on Wednesday after Boeing reported strong results and forecast, but concerns about rising U.S.
bond yields and corporate costs continued to weigh
on U.S. stocks.
On average, high - yield bonds are trading at 86 cents on the dollar, meaning the market is predicting a 14 % loss on the loan
On average, high -
yield bonds are trading at 86 cents
on the dollar, meaning the market is predicting a 14 % loss on the loan
on the dollar, meaning the market is predicting a 14 % loss
on the loan
on the loans.
On Monday, investors rushed into Treasuries as the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average nosedived more than 4 percent - reversing a move on Friday when a spike in bond yields, which move inversely to prices, triggered an equity rou
On Monday, investors rushed into Treasuries as the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial
Average nosedived more than 4 percent - reversing a move
on Friday when a spike in bond yields, which move inversely to prices, triggered an equity rou
on Friday when a spike in
bond yields, which move inversely to prices, triggered an equity rout.
Second, the
average time to maturity
on U.S. debt is six years, meaning that most of the low -
yielding bonds now
on the books will be exchanged for more expensive debt over the next decade.
-LSB-...] the long - term returns
on bonds will certainly be lower than
average based
on the current
yields.
Nickel set for biggest weekly increase since April 2009 Dow Jones Industrial
Average reaches record
on Thursday Gold heading for worst week in a month Largest increase in 30 - year Treasury
yields since 2009 Italian
bonds are poised for worst three - week selloff since 2011 Emerging - market stocks set for biggest three - day slide since August 2015 Mexico's peso plunges 12 percent in three daysCommodities
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.
Moreover, the
yield on industrial
bonds in the Dow Jones
Bond Average continues to rise, further widening the risk premium
on corporate debt.
U.S. stocks plunged
on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial
Average sinking more than 400 points as rising government
bond yields drove investors into risk - off mode...
The
average investment - grade (high -
yield)
bond trades
on less than 32 % (36 %) of days over the prior six months — liquidity in corporate
bonds was considerably lower than in traditional listed equity markets.
On the yield measures, we've had some relief for Treasury yields in the past couple of weeks, but we've also seen a significant spike in the yield on many industrial bonds over that same period, including issues in the Dow 20 Bond Averag
On the
yield measures, we've had some relief for Treasury
yields in the past couple of weeks, but we've also seen a significant spike in the
yield on many industrial bonds over that same period, including issues in the Dow 20 Bond Averag
on many industrial
bonds over that same period, including issues in the Dow 20
Bond Average.
On average, high - quality corporate
bonds currently have
yields that are at least one percentage point higher than Treasury
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.
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.
Real interest rates implied by the
yields on indexed
bonds, as well as the real lending rates derived using various measures of inflation expectations, are also slightly below their long - term
averages.
Last week, the
average yield on corporate
bonds sat around its highest levels since January 2012.
For example, one source found that,
on average, high -
yield corporate bonds trade fewer than half the days each month; meanwhile, the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) trades millions of shares each
yield corporate
bonds trade fewer than half the days each month; meanwhile, the iShares iBoxx $ High
Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) trades millions of shares each
Yield Corporate
Bond ETF (HYG) trades millions of shares each day.
The 666 point drop
on the Dow Jones Industrial
Average (DJIA) less than two weeks ago was likely triggered by a spike in
bond yields.
The
average yield on the iShares iBoxx InvesTop High Yield Corporate Bond (AMEX: HYG) exchange - traded fund has dropped around 10 % in that pe
yield on the iShares iBoxx InvesTop High
Yield Corporate Bond (AMEX: HYG) exchange - traded fund has dropped around 10 % in that pe
Yield Corporate
Bond (AMEX: HYG) exchange - traded fund has dropped around 10 % in that period.
In early August,
yields on 10 - year
bonds were around 75 basis points above the cash rate, slightly less than the
average differential since the mid 1990s (Graph 66).
The spread between 10 - year
bond yields and the cash rate is currently around 45 basis points, compared with more than 100 basis points
on average over the past decade (see the chapter
on «Assessment of Financial Conditions»).
Fixed lending rates
on housing and business loans have also risen over recent months in response to higher
bond yields, although they too remain below the
average of the past decade.
While the combination of rapid credit growth and below -
average interest rates suggests that financial conditions remain expansionary, the slope of the
yield curve, as measured by the spread between the
yield on 10 - year
bonds and the cash rate, suggests a somewhat different picture.
Using monthly levels of Moody's
yield on seasoned Aaa corporate
bonds and the Dow Jones Industrial
Average (DJIA) during October 1928 through February 2018 (about 90 years) and monthly levels of the 10 - year government
bond interest rate and the stock market from Robert Shiller during January 1871 through February 2018 (about 148 years), we find that: Keep Reading
This second trend borne from ultra-loose monetary policy has forced many investors to seek out higher -
yielding alternatives including dividend stocks, which,
on average,
yield more than 10 - year government
bonds in most major developed markets, including Canada (see chart below).
Back in 1980, an investor would have still seen a return greater than 8 % over the following 12 months because the
average yield on a core
bond fund was more than 13 %.
Today, with the
average yield below 3 %, that 1 % increase would create a negative return of -3.41 %
on a typical core
bond fund.
The roughly 1.7 per cent current
yield on a 10 - year Government of Canada
bond is still well below its historical
average over the past 30 years, according to Bloomberg data.
What it means: This
yield measure represents the weighted
average YTM of the
bonds in the fund as of a date, assuming that the
bonds will be held to maturity and that all coupon payments and the final principal payment will be made
on schedule.
The S&P 500 High
Yield Corporate
Bond Index tracks the junk
bonds of issuers of the S&P 500 and as the
yields indicate,
on average, they tend to be better quality than the
bonds in the broader index.
Since the late 1990s, 10 - year Government of Canada
bonds have
yielded about 1 % more than five - year GICs
on average.
The relationship between
bond and stock earnings
yields is a tenuous one operating over the long haul and
on average.
On average earnings
yields are 32 basis points over
bond yields.
Investment Grade Corporate and all other type of
bonds are ranked based
on their AUM - weighted
average dividend
yield for all the U.S. - listed ETFs that are classified by ETFdb.com as being mostly exposed to those respective
bonds.
Convertible and all other type of
bonds are ranked based
on their AUM - weighted
average dividend
yield for all the U.S. - listed ETFs that are classified by ETFdb.com as being mostly exposed to those respective
bonds.
Bond power rankings are rankings between Investment Grade Corporate and all other U.S. - listed bond ETFs on certain investment - related metrics, including 3 - month fund flows, 3 - month return, AUM, average ETF expenses and average dividend yie
Bond power rankings are rankings between Investment Grade Corporate and all other U.S. - listed
bond ETFs on certain investment - related metrics, including 3 - month fund flows, 3 - month return, AUM, average ETF expenses and average dividend yie
bond ETFs
on certain investment - related metrics, including 3 - month fund flows, 3 - month return, AUM,
average ETF expenses and
average dividend
yields.
Yield: Investment grade tax - exempt municipal
bonds on average are
yielding 2.03 % vs. higher
yielding taxable investment grade corporate
bonds.
These have an
average dividend
yield of 4 %, approximately three percentage points above the current
yield on 10 - year TIPS, and over one percentage point ahead of the
yield on standard 10 - year Treasury
bonds.
To compensate for the risk of defaults, junk
bonds have,
on average,
yielded some 6 percentage points more than comparable Treasury
bonds.
Target Maturity Date Junk
Bonds and all other type of bonds are ranked based on their AUM - weighted average dividend yield for all the U.S. - listed ETFs that are classified by ETFdb.com as being mostly exposed to those respective b
Bonds and all other type of
bonds are ranked based on their AUM - weighted average dividend yield for all the U.S. - listed ETFs that are classified by ETFdb.com as being mostly exposed to those respective b
bonds are ranked based
on their AUM - weighted
average dividend
yield for all the U.S. - listed ETFs that are classified by ETFdb.com as being mostly exposed to those respective
bondsbonds.
Bond power rankings are rankings between Target Maturity Date Junk Bonds and all other U.S. - listed bond ETFs on certain investment - related metrics, including 3 - month fund flows, 3 - month return, AUM, average ETF expenses and average dividend yie
Bond power rankings are rankings between Target Maturity Date Junk
Bonds and all other U.S. - listed
bond ETFs on certain investment - related metrics, including 3 - month fund flows, 3 - month return, AUM, average ETF expenses and average dividend yie
bond ETFs
on certain investment - related metrics, including 3 - month fund flows, 3 - month return, AUM,
average ETF expenses and
average dividend
yields.
For those investment grade and high
yield bonds that are considered liquid, represented by constituents in Markit iBoxx $ Liquid Investment Grade and High Yield Indexes, they only trade 3 - 4 times per day on ave
yield bonds that are considered liquid, represented by constituents in Markit iBoxx $ Liquid Investment Grade and High
Yield Indexes, they only trade 3 - 4 times per day on ave
Yield Indexes, they only trade 3 - 4 times per day
on average.
Recently, investment - grade corporates
yielded on average 115 basis points above government
bonds.
The interest rates of each Savings
Bond issue are based
on the
average Singapore Government Securities (SGS)
yields the month before applications for that issue open, and may be adjusted to maintain the «step - up» feature if market conditions do not allow it.
The spread between the banks 5 years fixed posted mortgage rate and GOC 5 years
bond yield used to be 200 bps
on an
average.
For example, one source found that,
on average, high -
yield corporate bonds trade fewer than half the days each month; meanwhile, the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) trades millions of shares each
yield corporate
bonds trade fewer than half the days each month; meanwhile, the iShares iBoxx $ High
Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) trades millions of shares each
Yield Corporate
Bond ETF (HYG) trades millions of shares each day.
It is based
on the ICE BofAML Diversified High
Yield US Emerging Markets Corporate Plus Index which tracks the performance of corporate
bonds denominated in US dollars with an
average credit rating below investment grade.
In the 1990s, the 10 - year treasury note
on average yielded 0.94 % more than a like maturity AAA - rated municipal
bond.