Sentences with phrase «bond rating slightly»

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Mortgage rates pulled back slightly at the start of this week, after the wild freefall in the stock market sent investors back to the bond market.

Rates for home loans eased up slightly as investors bought more bonds, sending yields down a few basis points.

We'll assume that $ 1,000,000 worth of bonds costs $ 1,000,000 (it could be slightly more or slightly less), with a rate of 2.70 %.

Real interest rates implied by the yields on indexed bonds, as well as the real lending rates derived using various measures of inflation expectations, are also slightly below their long - term averages.

Spreads between corporate bond yields and swap rates and the premia on credit default swaps have fallen slightly over the period, and are very low by historical standards (Graph 44).

HERERA: Mortgage rates were undeterred by some of the recent moves in the bond market, according to Freddie Mac, the average 30 - year fixed rate rose just slightly to 4.42 percent.

In early August, yields on 10 - year bonds were around 75 basis points above the cash rate, slightly less than the average differential since the mid 1990s (Graph 66).

By itself, this below - average spread might normally be taken to imply slightly tighter - than - average conditions, although a more likely interpretation is that bond yields have been held down by offshore bond - market developments reflecting expectations that short - term interest rates around the world will remain below average for some time.

Spreads between corporate bond yields and swap rates, which are a measure of the market's credit risk perceptions, have fallen slightly since the previous Statement (Graph 43).

Spreads between yields on highly - rated corporate bonds and government bonds rose slightly over the past three months (Graph 54).

Short - term bonds almost invariably pay a slightly higher rate of interest than a cash or money - market account.

As anticipated, the ECB held its policy rates constant with the deposit rate remaining at -0.4 % and monthly government bond purchases of $ 60bn euro, despite a slightly brighter outlook on GDP growth, which is expected to rise to 2.2 % in 2017, Mario Draghi announced during yesterday's ECB monetary policy meeting.

The second thing to remember is that when interest rates get low, yields do not reflect the true riskiness of bonds — a slightly superior model would be 107 % of BBB yields less 4.7 %.

Current mortgage rates ticked up slightly yesterday afternoon following a poor Treasury bond auction.

In general, the effect of the election is to slightly decrease the rate at which the market discount is deemed to accrue, which will generally produce a beneficial result for the bondholder by reducing the amount of ordinary income recognized on a sale of the bond prior to maturity.

Last year, as short - term rates ticked up slightly, XFR returned 1.90 %, significantly more than both short - term bonds and cash.

You may be slightly better off with a conventional bond strategy if rate changes are modest — say, no more than one percentage point.

Bonds that aren't exempt from AMT (the IRS calls them specified private activity bonds) pay a slightly higher rate of interest to compensate for the fact that they aren't fully tax - exBonds that aren't exempt from AMT (the IRS calls them specified private activity bonds) pay a slightly higher rate of interest to compensate for the fact that they aren't fully tax - exbonds) pay a slightly higher rate of interest to compensate for the fact that they aren't fully tax - exempt.

In general, banks need to offer higher, if only slightly higher, rates to attract depositors who might otherwise invest in a US government security or a bond.

Although their rating systems are slightly different, the coveted triple - A rating indicates the cream of the crop that every bond issuer strives to achieve.

Outside the bond market, there will be slightly higher interest rates for some consumer loans like home equity lines of credit and adjustable - rate mortgages.

In addition, agency bonds issued by Federal Government agencies are less liquid than Treasury bonds and therefore this type of agency bond may provide a slightly higher rate of interest than Treasury bonds.

In short, relative to the domestic «total bond» fund, the new «total international bond» fund is slightly more expensive, has slightly more interest rate risk, slightly more credit risk, and a slightly lower yield.

Yields are listed only for bonds with the highest credit ratings (AAA to A) or just slightly below.

Default rates of revenue bonds were slightly higher, but well under 1 %.

So many banks are offering lousy rates that you are best to at least try investing in bonds which will surely net you a slightly better return.

We can expect slightly higher 5 yr govt of cda bond yields... that means higher fixed mortgage rates.

Home Loan Rates Rise but Remain Attractive Home loan rates were able to improve slightly in the first part of January, following the post-election volatility in Stock and Bond markets at the end of Rates Rise but Remain Attractive Home loan rates were able to improve slightly in the first part of January, following the post-election volatility in Stock and Bond markets at the end of rates were able to improve slightly in the first part of January, following the post-election volatility in Stock and Bond markets at the end of 2016.

Depending on the rate of the bond, the rate can range from slightly better than Certificates of Deposit or high rate Money Market accounts to nearly the same as the average of the stock market over the past 80 years.

Because these bonds had the full faith and backing of the United States government, they received high credit ratings and «paid an interest rate that was only slightly higher than Treasury bonds.»

Remember, fixed rates are closely tied to the govt of Canada bond yields... So that means the Banks would have lowered their fixed rates accordingly and then raise them slightly, right?

The increase in Treasury yields mirrored the returns of investment grade and BBB crossover issues, which are sensitive to movement in interest rates, while lower rated CCC - rated bonds had slightly positive returns (primarily due to 800 bps of Treasury spread insulating their sensitivity to interest rate movements).

Of course, the bond interest might not quite be enough to cover the traditional LTC premiums right now (and therefore deplete principal slightly), but it will be more than enough once rates rise, which again seems like a reasonable «bet» for someone who still has a 10 - 20 + year time horizon for long - term care and retirement needs (and over that time horizon, the client could have generated an amount equal to the hybrid life / LTC death benefit just with normal growth!).

Mortgage rates were slightly higher for most lenders today even though underlying bond markets suggested the opposite.