Sentences with phrase «bond rating by»

Moody's recently dropped their bond rating by two notches, from A2 to Baa1, right on the heels of their two notch downgrade in April 2016.

Diana goes on to note the county recently received Aaa Bond Rating by Moody's Investors Service and is working on a number of yet - uncompleted projects, such as completion of the SUNY Orange Branch Campus in Newburgh and enhancements to the Main Campus in Middletown.

In October 2015, the Park District's Aaa bond rating by Moody's Investors Service was reaffirmed.

You can always find out a company's bond rating by searching on the internet.

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Only two years ago they were rating AAA all the toxic bonds that created the crisis,» said Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, adding that the downgrade was executed «not because of what Greece is doing but because of the decisions being taken by the EU that are not considered as going far enough.»

The bond purchases, the third round of quantitative easing embarked upon by the Fed in the wake of the 2008 financial collapse and subsequent recession, have kept interest rates and bond yields low.

He shares the consensus view that the 30 - year bull market in bonds is now spent and recommends buying floating - rate notes issued by corporations that reset their coupon according to market rates every three or six months.

As Poloz indicated in Toronto, if something went terribly wrong tomorrow, he could cut the benchmark interest rate by a full percentage point before trying something else, such as creating money to purchase bonds.

Specifically, there are concerns about what might happen should the tide turn in the bond markets when 30 years of falling interest rates reverses at a time when the Federal Reserve is preparing to tighten monetary policy by forcing rates higher.

And it also means that bond market traders believe we're likely to see at least a quarter point hike in interest rates by the middle of next year.

The conservative investments, such as government bonds, favoured by baby boomers and retirees are producing virtually nothing, as today's low rates demolish returns.

Their profit margins are roughly measured by the difference between mortgage rates and the banks» own costs of borrowing, which is approximated by the Bank of Canada's five - year benchmark bond rate — about 1.2 %.

He has implemented a massive stimulus policy by cutting the central bank's benchmark interest rate to negative, keeping the 10 - year Japanese government bond yield near 0 percent in an effort to control the yield curve and stepping up the Bank of Japan's asset purchases.

Protect yourself from a market pullback — and rising interest rates — by investing in short duration bonds.

We also already know that the higher a bond's coupon rate, the less its price will be affected by interest rate swings.

If Yellen's Fed fails to convince Wall Street about the policy path, a rate increase could trigger financial turmoil of the sort seen in 2013, when investors were caught off guard by the central bank signaling an end to its bond - buying program.

«According to the higher interest rates and bond yields projected by consensus, the market has started to wonder when the BOE would start raising rates again.

«Since... 2011 we have created more than 512,000 private - sector jobs, implemented pro-business tax reform and saved millions of taxpayer dollars by maintaining Georgia's AAA bond rating.»

Some investors are now making calls that the euro zone's central bank could end its massive bond - buying program by the end of next year, with a potential rate increase in the fourth quarter.

Further, we do not expect the bond market to sell off and interest rates to go shooting up when the Fed raises the interest rate from zero by an eighth or a quarter percent.

Bond yields snapped higher, adding to their already steep gains, and federal funds derivatives showed market expectations are moving closer to pricing in a full three interest rate hikes by December.

In addition, both variable and fixed - rate mortgage rates have risen over the past year as a result of moves by the Bank of Canada and fluctuations in the bond markets.

Investors should begin their research by checking out S&P's, Moody's Investors Service's and Fitch's online credit ratings for cultural nonprofit bonds.

A downgrade by a credit rating agency usually means investors will demand a higher interest rate when a company goes to raise cash by issuing bonds or other debt.

Neither argument holds right now for holding any tactical cash, especially with no reasonable prospects for a near - term rate increase and the yield differential offered by bonds over cash right now.

History shows when the benchmark rate for everything in the economy from corporate bond yields to mortgage rates moves by this much, this fast, the stock market struggles in the following months.

Assisted by his four employees, Murane established sets of survey questions that allow consumers to rate brands on their service experience, brand bond, and product differentiation.

But with the unemployment rate, at 6.2 percent, well below its recession - era peak of 10 percent, and inflation showing no signs of falling further, the Fed has begun to trim its monthly bond purchases, aiming to end them completely by October.

By secular reflation, we mean at least a decade in which short - and long - term interest rates stay habitually below nominal GDP growth and high grade bonds are not really bonds any more: delivering trend returns that are close to zero or even negative.

For instance, in 1987 the rise in interest rates caused the price of the Vanguard Total Bond fund to plummet by a whopping -7.6 percent.

By reevaluating the current bond purchase program and refusing to rule out a rate cut, the European Central Bank opened a new set of opportunities for investors.

While it's still not known when interest rates will go up and by how much, what we do know is that the bond market is at greater risk to rising interest rates than at any time in recent history.

By itself, this reduces the demand for bonds and thus raises interest rates.

Treasury yields retreat on Thursday by falling rates in European government bonds after eurozone inflation data came in weaker than expected.

Most bonds carry a rating provided by one of the three independent rating agencies: Standard & Poor's, Moody's and Fitch.

For the uninitiated, a bond ladder is a way to spread out interest rate risk by buying bonds that mature at different times.

The $ 1.2 trillion market for U.S. junk bonds yields about 6.6 percent, double what's offered by higher - rated company debt, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch index data.

The settlement also calls for the Malaysian side to take over all interest and principal payments on the two 2012 1MDB bonds, which charge interest rates of nearly 6 percent and are due for full repayment by 2022.

These ETFs typically hold bonds issued by companies with lower credit ratings.

Barclays» Wall Street rivals saw bond trading revenues rise by an average of 21 percent in the first quarter, with investors adjusting their portfolios in response to rising interest rates, and elections in Europe.

HYZD is one of several interest - rate - hedged bond funds offered by WisdomTree to address uncertainties in interest rates.

Bond prices are affected by interest rate changes.

To some extent, the prospect of rating downgrades has already been priced into recent bond auctions by Italy, Spain and other countries.

Caused by worries of a summer interest rate hike and uptick in the U.S. dollar, gold and silver both stalled in May but have since rallied on the back of Brexit and with government bond yields in freefall.

The other provinces would have access to Canada Pension Plan surpluses, in proportion to the contributions made by their residents, through the sale of provincial bonds and provincially guaranteed securities on 20 year terms at the long - term federal bond rate.

By anchoring expectations to low inflation and ever falling interest rates, that have been embedded in bond prices, the FOMC may have created a big Minsky moment, and now have the tiger by the taiBy anchoring expectations to low inflation and ever falling interest rates, that have been embedded in bond prices, the FOMC may have created a big Minsky moment, and now have the tiger by the taiby the tail.

When the Treasury bond interest rate increases, mortgage rates also tend to go up, according to a report by Zacks research.

If rates start to rise, bond volatility will be exacerbated by higher durations.

So here's the thumb rule: For every 1 % change in interest rates, the price of the bond will decline by (approximately) its duration, in percent.

Despite the mainland's capital controls, its bond market joined the global market ructions on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve surprised by saying it expected to hike interest rates three times next year, rather than the previously forecast two hikes.