Not exact matches
«At that time, even a 1 % annual rate of inflation
between 2012 and 2017 would have decreased the purchasing - power of the government
bond» he
sold.
With a fresh picture of your 2016 results and how your holdings are divided
between stocks,
bonds and cash, it should be easy to «rebalance» —
sell some holdings and add to others to get back to the proper mix for your long - term plans.
I thought that you were treating the equity premium as the premium (if it exists)
between equity shares
sold by a firm and
bonds sold by the same firm.
The Depression ruined a stock investor's scheme of
selling bonds to buy stocks if they started
between 1928 and 1931.
A repo is a contract
between two counterparties where one agrees to
sell a
bond to the other and repurchase it at a specified price at some date in the future.
The left - hand panel charts the gap
between market - maker buying and
selling prices for sovereign
bonds denominated in US dollars and euros, respectively.
The key feature of 2016 Q1 was the abrupt
sell - off
between the start of the year and mid-February in financial markets — equities, lower - rated corporate
bonds and commodities.
If interest rates rise
between the time a
bond is originally purchased by the fund and the time that same
bond is
sold, this will create a capital loss for the fund and potentially its investors as well.
The
bond market is just a more formal version of this simple lending transaction, with the added bonus that these
bonds, these «lending contracts,» may be bought and
sold between investors who were not initially party to the deal.
Also funds and ETFs that hold corporate
bonds and hedge by
selling treasury
bond futures may lose value if the spread
between corporate
bond yields and treasury
bond yields widens.
Mahoney says the
bond should be an easy
sell because it will be paid back using the $ 2.5 million Onondaga County will receive annually from Turning Stone Casino in the wake of a deal
between the state and the Oneida Indian Nation.
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Capital Gain An increase in the value of an asset such as stocks,
bonds, mutual funds and real estate
between the time the asset was purchased and the time the asset was
sold.
Someone holding this portfolio has a balance of 60 % stocks and 40 %
bonds; the stocks are highly diversified across three major global groupings; and the
bonds are split
between those which are protected against inflation and the long - term
bonds which are most valuable in a market panic or
sell - off, when they (unlike everything else) tend to go up.
You settle on a mix of stocks and
bonds that offers a reasonable tradeoff
between risk and return — likely in a range
between 40 % stocks - 60 %
bonds and 60 % stocks - 40 %
bonds for most retirees — and you then largely maintain that blend throughout retirement by periodically rebalancing, or
selling some stocks and plowing the proceeds into
bonds if stocks have been on a roll or doing the reverse if stocks have lagged.
Wouldn't DCA in combination with re-balancing your portfolio have a similar effect as value averaging, since that also forces you to buy high and
sell low to maintain a desired ratio
between stocks and
bonds, while still putting all your money to work for you, and without predicting future returns?
Rather, the dealers earn revenue by means of the spread, or difference,
between the price at which the dealer buys a
bond from one investor — the «bid» price — and the price at which he or she
sells the same
bond to another investor — the «ask» or «offer» price.
The OID is the difference
between the price a
bond is
sold at and the
bond's actual face value, also known as par.
Investors have a choice
between stocks and
bonds, and the Fed model assumes that if the yield on
bonds is higher than the yield on stocks, investors will
sell stocks and buy
bonds until the yields converge, and vice versa.
If supply considerations, such as a new issue, have caused yields to be high relative to historical norms for a particular retail company compared to comparable credits, a
bond manager would
sell the more expensive retail
bond and buy the cheaper one compared to the historical relationship
between them.
If you buy a
bond at more or less than the principal value, your return is based on the interest you receive plus any capital gain or loss from holding the
bond (i.e. the difference
between the price you paid and the price you
sold the
bond).
Retail investors should shop around to see what pricing differences there are
between competing brokerages since a premium of 1 - 2 % may make a substantial difference in the price you pay to buy or
sell a
bond.
The short - or long - term capital gain, or loss, on a
bond sale is simply the difference
between the
selling price of the
bond and the original purchase price of the
bond.
We are opportunistic in our process, moving
between bonds as their valuations change; buying unpopular
bonds cheaply and
selling overvalued, highly sought after
bonds into strength.
Capital gains are profits or the difference
between the original cost basis of an asset (such as stocks,
bonds, mutual funds, art or real property) and the price at which it was
sold.
The most likely way there is a difference
between your portfolio and that of VBTLX is if the manager of that fund rebalances (
sells aging
bonds and buys newer ones so as to maintain a target maturity).
When buying or
selling a
bond through a brokerage firm, an individual investor will be charged a commission or spread, which is the difference
between the market price and cost of purchase, and sometimes a service fee.
Buying individual
bonds is more complex and is mostly paid for in the spread
between the price you can buy a
bond and the price you can
sell a
bond.