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The short - and medium - term «risk - free» government
bond rates for the G - 5 countries all currently reside in negative territory (see Figure 1).
Stock yields rose above bond yields briefly at the end of 2008, but have remained below
bond rates for most of the time since then.
We provide a selection of the current best fixed - rate
bond rates for you to compare.
This implies that the rate that DB had to pay to attract deposits is equivalent to a triple - C rated credit (although the 10 - yr junk
bond rates for double - B rated bonds are around 5.5 %, keep in mind that DB is paying 5 % for 3 - month money).
Moody's Investors Service has lowered
its bond rating for Michigan State University, meaning the university will no longer get the best interest...
He said it also could improve
bond ratings for local school districts and the Fox Valley Park District, as well as spur more business investment.
Moody's Investors Service in February downgraded the town's
bond rating for a third straight review but upgraded its financial outlook.
In another sign of Connecticut's wobbly finances, a Wall Street bond rating agency has downgraded the state's
bond rating for the third time in less than a week.
Moody's Investors Service has downgraded Orange County's
bond rating for the second time in six months.
Many of the questions raised came from State Treasurer Janet Cowell, who wondered, among other things, about the future
bond ratings for school districts that lose students to charters.
Bond investors do their own due diligence, and do not depend on
bond ratings for their analysis.
In order to simplify comparison of different bonds, bond - rating agencies make it their specialties to issue
bond ratings for different bonds.
A steady flow of both active clients and new clients is crucial The average
bonding rate for veterinary hospitals is 60 percent, which means you see six out of ten clients return within 18 months *.
Not exact matches
LONDON, May 1 (Reuters)- The dollar broke into positive territory
for the year and
bond yields were creeping higher again on Tuesday, as the recent rise in oil prices fuelled bets that the U.S. Federal Reserve will flag more interest
rate hikes this week.
«
Rates for green bonds are expected to be in line with our current borrowing rates,» said Sousa's spokeswoman Susie He
Rates for green
bonds are expected to be in line with our current borrowing
rates,» said Sousa's spokeswoman Susie He
rates,» said Sousa's spokeswoman Susie Health.
Although last year was favorable
for developing countries, investors remember the painful «taper tantrum» that ensued several years ago, when the Fed signaled it would begin pulling back on its massive
bond purchases that kept
rates low while injecting liquidity in markets.
NEW YORK, May 1 - The dollar broke into positive territory
for the year and U.S.
bond yields inched higher again on Tuesday as the recent rise in oil prices fueled expectations the Federal Reserve could flag more interest
rate hikes at its policy meeting this week.
For one thing, those 10 - year Canada
bonds are yielding just 1.14 % and could lose value should interest
rates rebound from their recent lows, as many market - watchers expect.
This «recent stream of defaults» pushed the default
rate of junk -
rated bonds in the US to 3.9 %
for the trailing 12 - month period ended in March, up from 3.4 % in December.
For example, interest -
rate - sensitive income stocks and
bonds tend to do well coming out of the trough, and more cyclical companies excel later on as the recovery gains steam.
As the business sector accumulates more surplus cash, it has the effect of driving down interest
rates because there's less demand
for corporate
bonds and other forms of business lending.
But longer term, rising
rates will be bad
for stocks; therefore, investors may want to evaluate their portfolios and move out of some equities and invest more in
bonds, she said.
Bond prices were higher, stocks waffled and the dollar flip - flopped after the Fed's post-meeting statement failed to deliver the clarity markets were looking
for on the course of
rate hikes.
This caused the default
rate for broadcast & media junk
bonds to spike to 20 %, from 3.7 %, and it caused the default
rate for leveraged loans in the sector to spike to 16 %, according to Fitch
Ratings, which added soothingly:
For the past seven years, low
rates have made
bonds relatively unattractive, and the stock market comparatively more attractive.
With the Fed likely to signal more
rate hikes, Sit Investment Associates» Bryce Doty foresees bumps ahead
for bonds.
While investors will have to find stocks with higher yields, pay more
for them and take on more risk in
bonds, the biggest change in a permanently low -
rate world is that people will need to set aside more of every paycheque if they want to keep the same goal
for retirement income.
The low interest
rates that the Federal Reserve relied on to kick - start the economy, meanwhile, fed this same dynamic, making it easier
for fast - growing companies to borrow money to grow further — and making
bond interest look unattractive compared with stock dividends.
For Business Insurance and Bond & Specialty Insurance, retention is the amount of premium available for renewal that was retained, excluding rate and exposure chang
For Business Insurance and
Bond & Specialty Insurance, retention is the amount of premium available
for renewal that was retained, excluding rate and exposure chang
for renewal that was retained, excluding
rate and exposure changes.
(If I owned,
for example, $ 1,000,000 of «AAA» -
rated bonds from a large US company I could very easily sell them at market price right now.
Buying
bonds on an unlimited basis while indicating that
rates will be kept low
for years requires some «splaining.
Vicki Bryan, senior analyst of independent research
for bond -
rating company Gim me Credit, said Valeant's problems aren't over with the termination of its relationship with Philidor.
Simply enter in your estimates
for real GDP growth, GDP inflation, the 10 - year
bond rate and your desired contingency reserve in the yellow cells, and the sheet will estimate the projected surplus or deficit
for fiscal years 2015 - 16 through 2019 - 20.
Still, combine the indications of the short - term
bond market with today's 5 % GDP news and you get the sense that stock traders betting on low interest
rates for longer periods of time may soon have to bail out.
The Fed's low interest
rate policy has driven more and more money into
bond funds as investors search
for higher yields.
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 move is a novel way
for the San Mateo, Calif., company to finance the enormous cost of installing panels on thousands of roofs — a typical residential system costs $ 25,000 — while appealing to retail investors who are on the hunt
for better
rates of return than they can find in savings accounts and government
bonds.
Bond yields were a little lower, reflecting the divergent paths
for benchmark interest
rates in the U.S. and Canada.
While Fink is right to point out that low interest
rates are putting a large burden on those of us trying to save retirement, he does not address the fact that central banks aren't primarily responsible
for the fact that
bonds of all types are yielding less today than we're used to.
However, if
rates are about to head higher
for an extended period of time, investors may want to consider shortening up the maturities in their
bond portfolios.
I've heard phrases like «I do not want to invest in
bonds now because interest
rates are going up» practically every day
for the past seven years.
More from Balancing Priorities: What a
rate hike means
for your credit card What to do with your
bond portfolio as Fed
rates rise Credit scores are set to rise
Timmer: Yeah, so last August which was a key inflection point
for the market — because at that point, nobody was expecting tax cuts anymore and the 10 - year Treasury had fallen to 2 %, and the
bond market which of course is always pricing in the potential future, was pricing in only one more
rate hike over the subsequent two years.
Meanwhile, the survey summary attributed the low showing
for bonds to a «wide agreement among advisors that interest -
rate risk is exceptionally high right now.»
This makes sense; lower growth should result in
bond yields falling, anticipating lower Bank of Canada
rates in the future and less need
for a risk premium around inflation.
Moody's has today also placed Spain's Baa3 government
bond rating on review
for possible further downgrade in order to assess the implications of several factors on the Spanish government's ability to continue to fund its borrowing requirements in the private debt markets.
London, 13 June 2012 — Moody's Investors Service has today downgraded Spain's government
bond rating to Baa3 from A3, and has also placed it on review
for possible further downgrade.
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For ratings issued on a program, series or category / class of debt, this announcement provides relevant regulatory disclosures in relation to each
rating of a subsequently issued
bond or note of the same series or category / class of debt or pursuant to a program
for which the ratings are derived exclusively from existing ratings in accordance with Moody's rating practic
for which the
ratings are derived exclusively from existing
ratings in accordance with Moody's
rating practices.
«People who are buying long
bonds... there's going to be pain
for people who are expecting that
rates are going to stay somewhat stable there,» Schechter said.