Sentences with phrase «bond returns though»

This is much much harder to estimate than bond returns though.

Not exact matches

iShares Intermediate Credit Bond Assets: $ 6.3 billion Expense ratio: 0.20 percent 1 - month return though 8/20: 0.30 percent

iShares 7 - 10 Year Treasury Bond Assets: $ 7.2 billion Expense ratio: 0.15 percent 1 - month return though 8/20: 2.4 percent 2.

Vanguard Intermediate Term Bond Assets: $ 6.2 billion Expense ratio: 0.10 percent 1 - month return though 8/20: 1.3 percent

There are web sites which help with pricing IL bonds however the Saturday FT has the calculated real returns for selected issues, though you have to look quite hard to find it.

The beauty of being a long - term investor though is that you will still make the same return on the investment if you hold it until the bond matures.

Even though the yield - to - maturity for the remaining life of the bond is just 7 %, and the yield - to - maturity you bargained for when you bought the bond was only 10 %, the return you have earned over the first 10 years is an impressive 16.26 %!

At present, investors have no reasonable incentive at all to «lock in» the prospective returns implied by current prices of stocks or long - term bonds (though we suspect that 10 - year Treasuries may benefit over a short horizon due to continued economic risks and still - unresolved debt concerns in Europe, which has already entered an economic downturn).

Long - term data clearly demonstrates that stocks, though more volatile than bonds, have rewarded investors with higher returns.

Probably better than any of the Bourne movies, though, and certainly a return to form for the Bond series after the unfortunate Pierce Brosnan years.

Even though Neal Purvis and Robert Wade opted out of the 24th installment after working on The World Is Not Enough, Die Another Day, Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, and Skyfall, back in June, news broke that the duo would actually return to do some work on John Logan's Bond 24 script, specifically stepping to give it some «punch.»

Though municipal bonds generally offer lower interest payments compared with taxable bonds, their overall return may be higher because of their tax - reduced (or tax - free) status.

The yield of the broader S&P Municipal Bond Index also remained unchanged on the week at a 2.67 % though unlike Puerto Rico, the broad index is returning 5.59 % year - to - date.

Though yield to maturity represents an annualized rate of return on a bond, coupon payments are often made on a semiannual basis, so YTM is often calculated on a six - month basis as well.

Unlike a conservative investor who favours fixed income investments like bonds or GICs, he says, a more aggressive investor — or someone with no less than 50 per cent stocks in their portfolio — will be more likely, though not guaranteed, to net a higher return.

In this example, even though the total return on the stocks was higher (8 % versus 5 %) the amount of tax payable on the bond holding was significantly greater.

Now corporate bond issuance is returning, though some of it is replacing CP.

Though they tend to lower bond prices in the short term, interest - rate hikes have generally led to higher fixed - income returns down the road for investors who have stayed the course.

Even though no periodic interest payment is made on a zero - coupon bond, the annual accumulated return is considered to be income, which is taxed as interest.

Though the ups and downs of the bond market are not usually as dramatic as the movements of the stock market, they can still have a significant impact on your overall return.

Hence, even though the investor receives $ 50 coupon per year, his real or average return is $ 50 - $ 16.67 = $ 33.33 per year since he bought the bond for a price above par.

And in the 1970s, bond prices fell in several years of negative equity returns (though high starting yields kept total returns positive).

Even though tax - free investments such as municipal bonds generally have a low expected return, the full impact of investing in them due to tax savings is often not quantified completely.

Not a perfect one, though, as is discussed in Limitations of Total Return as a Measure of Fund, Bond and Stock Performance.

Even though preferred stock pays out regular cash income, it does not promise the return of the investment principal like a corporate bond, as the company intends to hold the investment as equity capital.

I have the majority of my investments in index funds at Vanguard in a taxable account, but don't like bond funds paying next to nothing in a rising interest rate environment, though their low correlation to stocks would be nice, return free risk though.

With bonds, I am not as skeptical, because there is a promised, though not guaranteed return of principal.

Though the total return of U.S. bonds may be lower, the risk - adjusted returns of U.S. bonds were comparable to those of U.S. equities over the past year (see Exhibit 2).

Though, for all the drama of this month, attributable to the drop in oil prices -LRB--24 % YTD), weakness in the Chinese economy, and a major sell - off in equities, bond returns look relatively stable.

Though, for all the drama of this month, attributable to the drop in oil prices -LRB--24 % YTD), weakness in the Chinese economy, and a major sell - off in equities, bond returns Read more -LSB-...]

Investment grade municipal bonds as measured by the S&P National AMT - Free Municipal Bond Index were down on the week having returned -0.37 %, though on the year are returning 5.52 %.

Even though the yield - to - maturity for the remaining life of the bond is just 7 %, and the yield - to - maturity you bargained for when you bought the bond was only 10 %, the return you have earned over the first 10 years is an impressive 16.26 %!

Its most popular product is Premium Bonds, though the returns on them aren't great (see the Premium Bond Probability Calculator) and you can only put # 50,000 in there anyway.

Thus when I see many leaving the stock market for absolute return, bonds, cash, commodities, it makes me incrementally more bullish, though I am slightly bearish at present.

Though the performance of this fund compared to its peers is on lower side, one needs to hold a dynamic bond fund for at least medium term say 3 — 5 years to expect decent returns.

Even though the S&P 500 Bond Index offered the best risk - adjusted return on a stand - alone basis, we see that the blend of stocks and TIPS captured most of the upside of the S&P 500 with a fraction of the volatility.

Though past performance is no guarantee of future results, stocks historically have provided higher long - term total returns than cash alternatives or bonds.

At the same time, though, you'll end up with a higher return going to bonds immediately rather than gradually if the market sinks.

But even though stocks are more volatile than bonds, historically they have returned an average of four percentage points per year more.

You can see that bond returns were modest during these equity bear markets, even though the depths of those bear markets varied.

Though still representing more than half of the YTD return of high - yield bonds (2.46 % versus 4.12 %), the steady return and lower volatility of leveraged loans are a plus to the sector.

Even though most of the return from bonds comes in the form of interest income, decreasing bond prices still take a bite out of those returns.

Though it is called a `'» bond» hearing, the owner does not regain custody of the animals by posting the money; it simply secures his or her interest in the animals, and should the owner be found not guilty the animals will be returned.