[T] he dramatic increase in leveraged
bond positions by both US hedge funds and mundane money managers set in motion self - reinforcing liquidations once uncertainty over emerging markets including Turkey, Venezuela, Mexico, and Malaysia - all of which experienced sharp capital flow volatility - put pressure on speculative positions.
Not exact matches
So unlike in the corporate -
bond model, dealers don't deal with compressed
position limits
by widening spreads.
Add
positions held outside of Fidelity
by importing an Excel spreadsheet or hypothetical
positions discovered in a
bond search.
Clients can get a nice boost in yield
by putting cash
positions into
bond funds with short maturities, but understand the risks.
Collins has adopted a more defensive
position in the last 18 months, reducing duration and credit risk
by scaling back overweight
positions in high - yield and municipal
bonds, but he's sticking with allocations to intermediate term funds.
estimate of annual income from a specific security
position over the next rolling 12 months; calculated for U.S. government, corporate, and municipal
bonds, and CDs
by multiplying the coupon rate
by the face value of the security; calculated for common stocks (including ADRs and REITs) and mutual funds using an Indicated Annual Dividend (IAD); calculated for fixed rate
bonds (including treasury, agency, GSE, corporate, and municipal
bonds), CDs, common stocks, ADRs, REITs, and mutual funds when available; not calculated for preferred stocks, ETFs, ETNs, UITs, international stocks, closed - end funds, and certain types of
bonds
The common element is that any long
position taken in a specific equity is offset
by a short
position in either a merger partner (risk arbitrage), an «overvalued» member of the same sector (long / short paired trading), a convertible
bond (convertible arbitrage), a futures contract (index arbitrage) or an option contract (volatility arbitrage).
Central banks initiating «short volatility
positions» via QE have dampened long - term sovereign
bond yields, which crowded out private capital and induced investors to «find something else to do»
by buying more esoteric assets
On the heels of that decision
by the FOMC, the Federal Reserve's policymaking body, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management's Global Investment Committee (GIC) recommended that investors
position their portfolios to overweight equities and underweight fixed income, or
bonds.
The basic point here is that
by focusing on declining credit quality you put yourself in a
position to sell a
bond long before any potential default.
We can take a more focused
position on the likely path of inflation
by hedging out the
bond - like characteristics or
by using inflation swaps directly.
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Positions: Large
bond speculators increased their bearish net
positions in the 10 - Year Note futures markets this week, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (COT) data released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) o
positions in the 10 - Year Note futures markets this week, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (COT) data released
by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Frida
by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday.
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by Email 10 - Year Note Non-Commercial Speculator Positions: Large bond speculators sharply increased their bearish net positions in the 10 - Year Note futures markets this week, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (COT) data released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Frida
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Positions: Large bond speculators sharply increased their bearish net positions in the 10 - Year Note futures markets this week, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (COT) data released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) o
Positions: Large
bond speculators sharply increased their bearish net
positions in the 10 - Year Note futures markets this week, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (COT) data released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) o
positions in the 10 - Year Note futures markets this week, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (COT) data released
by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Frida
by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday.
If you are holding corporate
bonds, you may want to diversify those
positions by adding treasury securities and municipal
bonds.
Investors appear to be increasing their defensive
positioning in the market as evidenced
by the continued relative strength in the Precious Metals / Precious Metals Miners and Treasury
Bond composites.
In this case the corporate
bond portfolio may rise less (or decline more) in value than the hedge offered
by the short treasury
position.
This newly - created
position will oversee all three culinary outlets at the luxury hotel, located in downtown Boston —
BOND restaurant lounge, serving locally - influenced cuisine and craft cocktails; Café Fleuri, which serves breakfast and lunch, and is famous for its Saturday Chocolate Bar and Sunday City Brunch; and The Reserve, a refined lobby lounge, serving continental breakfast, The Langham Afternoon Tea
by Wedgwood, and a stellar selection of Champagne, wine and beer throughout the day and evening.
STRANEK finds worrying possibilities of «conflict of interest» in the deal, consequent to which a petition has been presented to Commission of Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) stating that the Minister for Finance, Mr. Ofori - Attah, «has attempted to promote a private, personal interest for himself or for some family members and business associates and the promotion of the private interest has resulted in, or was intended to result in, or appears to have resulted in, or has the potential to result in an interference with the objective exercise of his duties and an improper benefit or an advantage
by virtue of his
position», necessitating a call for an investigation into the
bond deal.
The team of researchers, led
by Nobel Prize - winning chemist John Polanyi, employed a combination of experiment and theory to discover that the
position of the molecule on the catalytic surface is a key factor in determining the rate at which particular
bonds break.
The agents synthesized in his laboratory all contain a characteristic chemical double
bond at a specific
position, which enables their shape to be altered
by light.
The method is also highly enantio - and regioselective, meaning that researchers could control the precise geometry and
position at which the new chemical
bond is formed between the two coupling partners, attractive features that have not been offered
by previous methods.
Almost as clearly as a textbook diagram, this image made
by a noncontact atomic force microscope reveals the
positions of individual atoms and
bonds, in a molecule having 26 carbon atoms and 14 hydrogen atoms structured as three connected benzene rings.
In proposals to develop APM, this problem will be solved
by guided molecular trajectories and positionally - controlled mechanosynthesis: reactive molecular fragments will be guided
by molecular machine systems to a specific
position and geometric orientation with respect to the growing atomically precise work piece so that the application of mechanical force will cause the desired
bond to form.
Major imbalances exist in the relationships between individual
bonds or sectors, and are caused
by the ebb and flow of supply and demand, as well as sentiment and
positioning.
By rebalancing — in this case, selling some
bonds and reinvesting the proceeds in stocks — the retiree would not only bring his portfolio back to its proper proportions, but also better
position it to participate in the market's rebound the following year, 2009, when the Standard & Poor's 500 index surged to a near - 27 % gain vs. a more modest 6 % return for
bonds.
A Structured product is created
by combining the economics of a long call option on equity with a long discount
bond position.
Rather, the idea is that
by creating a mix of stocks and
bonds that will limit the downside to something you can tolerate, you'll be able to ride out a market slump and be
positioned to capitalize on the eventual recovery.
Keep in mind that the
bond market is dominated
by US Treasury securities... if there were an S&P 500 for
bonds, the US would take
positions 1 - 400.
If I were managing
bonds at present, I would be giving up yield at present
by selling my speculative long
bond positions that served me well over the past few months in my model portfolio.
The cash and short - term investment
position of the fund was modeled
by the iShares TIPS
Bond ETF (TIP; average weight of 15.9 %).
The fixed - income holdings of the fund were collectively represented
by a 5.1 %
position in the iShares 1 - 3 Year Treasury
Bond ETF.
They end up with 20 - 30
positions, some in short - term
bonds and some in secured floating - rate loans (for example, a floating rate loan at LIBOR + 2.8 % to a distressed borrower secured
by the borrower's substantial inventory of airplane spare parts), plus some cash.
The average cash portion of the analyzed portfolio was approximated
by an equivalent
position in the iShares 1 - 3 Year Treasury
Bond ETF (SHY).
Besides, if you like the idea of being 50 % in equities and 50 % in cash /
bonds (the classic balanced or pension fund, always a prudent course) AND half your money is registered and the other half non-registered, then you could achieve that
by selling only registered equity
positions while leaving your non-registered
positions intact.
By taking such short
positions, the index seeks to mitigate the potential negative impact of rising Treasury interest rates («interest rates») on the performance of high yield
bonds (conversely limiting the potential positive impact of falling interest rates).
The repo market originated as a means
by which securities dealers could finance their
bond positions, still serving this vital purpose today.
The strategies developed
by the group help shape portfolio
positioning for dedicated US Corporate
Bond Portfolios, as well as the corporate bond holdings in US Core Bond Plus, Core Bond, Long, and Intermediate Bond portfol
Bond Portfolios, as well as the corporate
bond holdings in US Core Bond Plus, Core Bond, Long, and Intermediate Bond portfol
bond holdings in US Core
Bond Plus, Core Bond, Long, and Intermediate Bond portfol
Bond Plus, Core
Bond, Long, and Intermediate Bond portfol
Bond, Long, and Intermediate
Bond portfol
Bond portfolios.
For purposes of the Policies and Procedures, the term «portfolio holdings» means the equity and debt securities (e.g., stocks and
bonds) held
by the Fund and does not mean the cash investments, derivatives, and other investment
positions (collectively, other investment
positions) held
by the Fund, which are not disclosed.
IGHG and HYHG seek to hedge investment grade
bonds and high yield
bonds, respectively, against the negative impact of rising rates
by taking short
positions in Treasury futures.
The historical cash theme is represented
by an equivalent
position in SHY (short - term Treasury
bond ETF).
The common element is that any long
position taken in a specific equity is offset
by a short
position in either a merger partner (risk arbitrage), an «overvalued» member of the same sector (long / short paired trading), a convertible
bond (convertible arbitrage), a futures contract (index arbitrage) or an option contract (volatility arbitrage).
Pimco Total Return Fund suffered its biggest decline in almost two decades in 2013, hurt
by similar
positions in shorter - term debt and inflation - linked
bonds.
STOCKS FLUCTUATE MORE IN VALUE than
bonds, so you can calm down a stock portfolio
by adding a small
position in
bonds.
From my point of view, the remaining or recent investor in LINE has basically been getting a junk
bond kind of instrument with an equity's
position in the capital structure where the appreciation is capped / managed
by the management (Although I must confess that I have only glanced at the press releases and progress since selling it....
Our direct currency
positions have yielded $ 2.3 billion of pre-tax profits over the past five years, and in addition we have profited
by holding
bonds of U.S. companies that are denominated in other currencies.
IGHG seeks to hedge investment grade
bonds against the negative impact of rising rates
by taking short
positions in Treasury futures.
During the financial crisis year of 2008, for example, the 37 % loss for stocks and 5 % gain for
bonds would have reduced a 60 % stock allocation at the beginning of the year to 47 %
by the end of the year and boosted a 40 %
bond position to 53 %.
Another caveat is that if you do decide to amortize the premium from a
bond, you must reduce the cost basis of your
position by an equivalent amount.
John Miller, fund manager and co-head of fixed income at Nuveen, says that the funds» performance is driven not so much
by duration or yield - curve
positioning, but more
by yield, credit selection and
bonds that have the opportunity for credit spreads to narrow over time.
The dominant
position of Canadian investment banks in the Canadian debt markets will be eroded
by increased investment
by Canadians in the
bonds of foreign issuers and increased issuance
by foreign entities in the Canadian dollar debt markets.