High - yielding
bond proxies did not offer downside protection in the February stock rout.
Not exact matches
When rates rise, as they have
done, so - called
bond proxies such as consumer staples typically fall.
Remember, as
bond yields rise,
bond prices fall, as
do the prices of
bond proxies such as utilities, REITs and other high - yielding stocks.
Interest Rates are rising, and these stocks are often considered
bond proxies... so when
bonds fall due to rising interest rates, so
do these stocks.