Sentences with phrase «bond investors looking»

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What that means is that you are in an environment that is going to have further trouble in terms of investment returns that are in areas that are based on economic growth and areas that do relatively well like bonds... Broadly speaking, I think that investors should be looking for lower prices on most risk assets in these developed countries with the exception of Japan.»

Global investors should not be concerned by a report that China is looking to curb its purchases of U.S. bonds, one economist told CNBC.

Since those investors are just looking for the highest returns, and not say buying bonds their financial advisor told them they needed bonds as part of their retirement planning, they are more likely to jump when rates rise.

The options advisor added that, instead of exposure to equities and bonds, investors may want to take a second look at inflation plays.

High - yield bond investors might be looking for the same.

«Japanese investors, because they have a hard time getting ahold of those bonds, they're increasingly looking for alternatives,» said Brian Nick, chief investment strategist at Nuveen.

Last week I looked at some of the options available to bond investors in a low rate world.

The poor numbers pushed up US bond prices as investors looked for safety.

The key to unravelling this paradox is to look at how long an investor intends to hold their bond investment.

This is especially true for those investors who look to their bond funds as a source of long - term income.

It will be different, so I think it's a great opportunity for investors to look primarily at the bond portion of their portfolio.

John Bogle at Vanguard wasn't engaging in market timing when he looked at the returns on stocks versus the returns on bonds during the dot - com bubble and decided that investors were faced with a once - in - a-lifetime mispricing event.

As a result, many investors who are looking for better returns have given up on bonds and piled into the equities market, since many are still soured on real estate as an investment vehicle.

Against this backdrop, some investors are taking a look at convertible bonds, which are debt instruments issued by a company that can be converted into stock of the same company.

Bonds, however, the investor's go - to asset class for safety, have experienced two separate corrections of 10 % or more in that time when looking at long - term U.S. treasury bBonds, however, the investor's go - to asset class for safety, have experienced two separate corrections of 10 % or more in that time when looking at long - term U.S. treasury bondsbonds.

«Solid dividend payers like AWK will continue to command a premium in the market as investors are looking for any type of stable yield,» said investment instructor and small - cap stock expert Jason Bond.

All the above will likely see higher inflation rates — and if you're a bond investor, look out.

France is looking to expand the green bond investor base to include government bond investors.

Many investors look to their bond portfolio as a source of income, and therefore favor higher yielding securities.

Kushner's 666 Fifth Avenue benefited from a highly unusual appraisal Kushner Companies» record $ 1.8 billion acquisition of 666 Fifth Avenue in 2007 didn't look that risky to the bond investors who funded it, because of a highly unusual appraisal.

«Starbucks epitomizes how any corporation in any industry can now take a look at its business and identify how it operates in a socially responsible manner, and then offer investors the opportunity to support that,» says Navindu Katugampola, head of green and sustainability bonds at Morgan Stanley.

In addition, many investors are looking for greater diversification in their portfolios (i.e., lower correlation2 to traditional asset classes such as stocks and government bonds).

It signals to the rest of Corporate America that many investors now look at social responsibility as an item just as deserving of funding in the bond market as any other core business activity.

Investors looking for steady income have plenty of options, from a simple CD to different flavors of annuities, individual bonds, separately managed accounts, or professionally managed mutual funds.

A diversified portfolio may not help investors much this year When stocks and bonds fall This is what life without retirement savings looks like.

That could mean investors are moving money out of stocks and into bonds in anticipation of disappointing earnings; or that foreigners who are worried about their own economies are looking for a safer haven in the U.S.; or that expectations of future inflation have declined, allowing long - term interest rates to come down a little.

While many investors can live with rate risk in exchange for the benefits bonds can provide a diversified portfolio, uncertainty about rates can be unnerving, especially for investors who look to bonds to create a stream of income.

With interest rates being so low, investors holding bonds in a diversified portfolio know that the next forty years can not look as bright as the last forty years.

The kind of investors I tend to come across have already made a lump of money in some other endeavour, and are now looking to invest some of it in the stock market for bond - beating income and growth.

That's because investors who buy bonds are looking for the best rate with the lowest return.

Market participants are looking forward to getting their first major reading on earnings from the biggest technology - sector players in the coming days, but for now, investor sentiment has been able to overcome what would ordinarily be a troubling rise in long - term bond yields that could signal a steeper move higher for interest rates in the near future.

Investors will also look at credit spreads for clues as to where the bond and other markets may be headed.

However, with yields from treasury bonds now at a little over 1.5 %, many investors are looking for other ways to create income in retirement.

In addition to looking at credit spreads for individual bonds, investors will also look at the credit spread of different categories of bonds.

By looking at the difference in yield between a corporate bond and a Treasury of the same maturity, you can get an idea of the extra premium investors require for the extra credit risk inherent in the corporate bond.

Their cost of capital is a function partly of low interest rates and part of the implicit share price is a function of the fact that investors have looked at equities for dividends rather than bonds for yield because the bond market is so expensive.

Today's «Trends and Tail Risks» takes a look at the bond market, where investor confusion in this post-crisis world is perhaps the greatest.

Investors typically evaluate corporate bonds by looking at their yield advantage, or «yield spread,» relative to U.S. Treasuries.

Furthermore, with US equity markets reaching new highs and the interest - rate environment looking negative for bonds, we believe investors will seek out product offerings from alternative managers that can offer access to alpha2 across alternative asset classes.

Investors looking to balance risk and income while searching for yield may want to consider the iShares S&P National AMT - Free Municipal Bond Fund (MUB), the iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF (DGRO) and the iShares U.S. Preferred Stock ETF (PFF).

It may be somewhat useful to make comparisons to that period of time to see how certain interest rate sensitive asset classes such as junk bonds, REITs, dividend - paying stocks or bonds performed, but my guess is that particular environment doesn't do a great job of showing investors what a typical rising rate scenario would look like (assuming there is such a thing).

With the stock market suddenly much more volatile and bond prices falling, investors looking for a less risky place to stash their cash may want to consider money market mutual funds.

For an ETF investor with exposure to 10 - year and longer - dated debt through funds such as the iShares 7 - 10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEF A-51) and the iShares 20 + Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT A-85), this period of quiet in the fed funds rate looked like this for their portfolios:

Investors looking for exposure to developed - market, ex-US sovereign bonds of broad maturities should look no further than IGOV.

At this point, fixed income investors should no longer beware the 3 % psychological level, and since we are very far away from the 4 % level they should look for external threats to the bond market.

In this privately printed income blueprint, I show you why high - tech income pools like these are giving investors a real alternative to the low - yield bonds and sputtering REITs that many people have looked to in the past.

The US dollar looks to be on target for its best weekly performance against the Japanese yen since early June, despite yesterday's slip on the back of concerns for the stability of the US economy with the potential tapering of the Federal Reserve's $ 85 billion a month bond purchasing program once again coming to the forefront of investors minds.

White & Case partner in Dubai Debashis Dey said if the sovereign issuances come to an end then sukuk could grow as investors look for other investment opportunities other than conventional bonds.

Investors» warm reception for this week's $ 3.5 bln issue looks strange given the island's junk rating and rocky finances, not to mention that existing bonds trade at a big discount.

I think it's a very careless time for equity and bond investors from a longer term perspective whereas those of us who are Austrian have a bend for the idea of real money, sound money, and one of the things that looks pretty attractive in a Ponzi finance global macroeconomic backdrop would be precious metals I would say.