Finance economists have argued that such a high discount rate is imprudent, however, and there have been signs that public accounting standards might move toward the private - sector rules,
based on corporate bond and Treasury rates, which could reduce the discount rate to about 5 percent.
Not exact matches
Based on where
bonds are trading today, the market is saying about 5 % of those
corporate loans will go bust, or roughly $ 35 billion worth at the six biggest banks.
«Individual
bonds, including municipal and
corporate bonds, are not as easy to sell
on a time - sensitive
basis without paying a premium,» Kaplan says.
The assumed discount rate utilized is
based on a broad sample of Moody's high quality
corporate bond yields as of the measurement date.
Each month, Palhares and Richardson sorted
corporate bonds into quintiles
based on each liquidity measure and computed the return of a long / short portfolio that buys the least liquid
bonds (i.e., smaller issue sizes, higher bid / ask spreads, lower trading volume, higher price impact or higher frequency of zero - trading days) and sells the most liquid
bonds (i.e., larger issue sizes, smaller bid / ask spreads, higher trading volume, lower price impact or lower frequency of zero - trading days).
In recent months, the yield
on US
corporate bonds, especially investment - grade securities, is a little more than 100
basis points compared to the yield
on government debt, dropping within striking distance of the lows seen post the 2008 financial crisis.
Floating - rate loans have yields and volatility similar to high - yield
corporate bonds, with one major difference: As their name indicates, their interest rates «float,» adjusting periodically
based on a benchmark rate, typically the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR).
In the November 2017 version of their paper entitled «
Bonds, Stocks, and Sources of Mispricing», Doron Avramov, Tarun Chordia, Gergana Jostova and Alexander Philipov investigate drivers of U.S.
corporate stock and
bond mispricing
based on interactions among asset prices, financial distress of associated firms and investor sentiment.
The BAA spread refers to the yield
on corporate bonds above the rate
on comparable maturity Treasury debt, and is a market -
based estimate of the amount of fear in the
bond market.
They evaluate factor portfolio performance
based on excess return of constituent
corporate bonds versus duration - matched U.S. Treasuries (thereby focusing
on the default premium component of
corporate bond returns).
Investment grade
bonds as measured by the S&P U.S. Issued Investment Grade
Corporate Bond Index turned it up a notch as the index's yield tightened by 9
basis points
on the week to a 2.76 %.
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.
Investment Grade
Corporate and all other type of
bonds are ranked
based on their aggregate assets under management (AUM) for all the U.S. - listed ETFs that are classified by ETFdb.com as being mostly exposed to those respective
bonds.
Investment Grade
Corporate and all other type of
bonds are ranked
based on their aggregate 3 - month fund flows for all U.S. - listed ETFs that are classified by ETFdb.com as being mostly exposed to those respective
bonds.
Corporate bonds, just like stocks, are classed by risk
based on thee size of the company, with smaller companies generally seen as riskier.
Investment Grade
Corporate and all other type of
bonds are ranked
based on their AUM - weighted average 3 - month return for all the U.S. - listed ETFs that are classified by ETFdb.com as being mostly exposed to those respective
bonds.
The below chart shows the returns
on an annual
basis for the S&P 500, Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS), 10 - Yr Treasuries, Total
Corporate Bonds, and Total Commodities.
Dynamical Analysis of
Corporate Bonds based on the Yield Spread Term - Quality Surface by Tomoaki Shouda of Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Investment Technology Institute Co., Ltd and Hitotsubashi University (2,907 K PDF)-- 34 pages — January 16, 2006
Most
corporate bonds are marginable, but margin requirements may vary
based on the type of
bond.
While the two main categories of funds are those that provide taxable or tax - exempt income to investors,
bond funds also vary
based on maturity (short - term, long - term), type of issuer (municipal,
corporate, etc.), strategy, investment objective and credit quality.
the relationship between interest rates and time, determined by plotting the yields of all or as many
bonds of similar credit quality (eg: Treasuries or AA - rated
Corporates), against their maturities; yield curves typically slope upward since longer maturities normally have higher yields, although it can be flat or even inverted; the Fixed Income Search Results Scattergraph shows several smoothed yield curves for different fixed - income product types and credit qualities; these are
based on bonds that Fidelity recognizes and are not equal to the entire universe of
bonds, which is significantly larger than the number of
bonds offered by Fidelity
on any given day
On a nominal return
basis, investment grade
corporate bonds tracked in the S&P 500 Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index have outperformed tax - exempt bonds tracked in the S&P National AMT - Free Municipal Bo
corporate bonds tracked in the S&P 500 Investment Grade
Corporate Bond Index have outperformed tax - exempt bonds tracked in the S&P National AMT - Free Municipal Bo
Corporate Bond Index have outperformed tax - exempt
bonds tracked in the S&P National AMT - Free Municipal
Bond Index.
Recently, investment - grade
corporates yielded
on average 115
basis points above government
bonds.
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 investme
Corporate Plus Index which tracks the performance of
corporate bonds denominated in US dollars with an average credit rating below investme
corporate bonds denominated in US dollars with an average credit rating below investment grade.
Average yields
on investment - grade
corporate bonds have risen just 2
basis points this month to 96
basis points more than Treasuries, while junk
bond yields are up just 7
basis points to 253
basis points over Treasuries, according to Merrill Lynch data.
V * = Intrinsic value EPS = Trailing twelve months earnings / share 8.5 = P / E
base for a no - growth company g = Expected long term earnings growth rate 4.4 = Average yield of high - grade
corporate bonds in 1962, when the formula was introduced Y = Current average yield
on 20 year AAA
corporate bonds
Each month, Palhares and Richardson sorted
corporate bonds into quintiles
based on each liquidity measure and computed the return of a long / short portfolio that buys the least liquid
bonds (i.e., smaller issue sizes, higher bid / ask spreads, lower trading volume, higher price impact or higher frequency of zero - trading days) and sells the most liquid
bonds (i.e., larger issue sizes, smaller bid / ask spreads, higher trading volume, lower price impact or lower frequency of zero - trading days).
The adjustment is
based on changes in
corporate bond yields and may increase or decrease the annuity's surrender value.
ProShares
based on the S&P 500 / MarketAxess Investment Grade
Corporate Bonds Index are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by SPDJI, Dow Jones, S&P or their respective affiliates and third party licensors, and they make no representation regarding the advisability of investing in ProShares.
Compare this strategy
based on P / E10 to a strategy
based on the yield of the
corporate bonds rather than the yield of the market.
However, owing to quite volatile CDS «
basis» the spreads
on CDS and the credit spreads
on corporate bonds can be significantly different.
However, despite being listed
on exchanges, the vast majority of trading volume in
corporate bonds in most developed markets takes place in decentralized, dealer -
based, over-the-counter markets.
Investment - grade
corporate bonds also benefitted from relatively low volatility moving to the top - three performing asset classes
on a risk - adjusted
basis.
Corporate bonds are assessed
based on the probability a company will be able to redeem (pay off) the
bonds at maturity.
Search for municipal, treasury and
corporate bonds based on ratings, potential yields and maturity dates.
By way of an example, a holder of 1,000 advisor - class units of the Horizons Active
Corporate Bond ETF (HAB.A) will receive 1,001 common class units (HAB) of the same ETF
based on its Conversion Ratio.
It primarily invests in both sovereign / government
bonds and
corporate bonds on a long / short
basis.
+ read full definition (or «junk»)
bonds are
corporate bonds issued by companies that have been given low credit ratings (BB or lower) by a credit ratingCredit rating A way to score a person or company's ability to repay money that it borrows
based on credit and payment history.
Zero coupon
corporate bonds and municipal
bonds offer a potentially higher rate of return commensurate with additional credit risk, which will vary
based on the issuing entity.
With
corporate bonds, you normally get a regular income and a higher interest rate than may be available
on a term deposit or other cash -
based product.
The interest rate
on these
corporate bonds is a «floating rate»
based on a market - determined rate (the variable rate for a three - month bank bill) plus a fixed interest margin of 4.25 %.
Funds invested in short - term and intermediate government and investment - grade
corporate bonds significantly underperformed benchmarks
on a relative
basis last year.
The credit risk for a
corporate bond is
based on the re-payment ability of the company that issued the
bond.
Additionally, returns for
corporate long
bonds — often used in liability - driven investment (LDI) strategies — were roughly 12 %, which offset the interest rate decline (also
based on high - quality
corporate bonds).
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Policy loans are variable and
based on Moody's
Corporate Bond Yield Average.
New York Life's interest rate
on policy loans is variable
based on Moody's
Corporate Bond Yield Average.
Indexed rates charged are 5 % and variable rates are also available
based on the Moody's
Corporate Bond Yield Average.