The scope of the global
corporate bond universe can be a daunting prospect; identifying key investment themes is one way to navigate this landscape and make good investment decisions.
The corporate bond market is only a small portion of a very
diverse bond universe, but other corners also offer a potential stream of alpha opportunities.
In practice, we'll be looking at the performance data for our
limited bond universe roughly three days before the new recommendations are released online.
The corporate bond market is only a small portion of a very
diverse bond universe, but other corners also offer a potential stream of alpha opportunities.
Javier Bardem joins Ralph Fiennes and Naomie Harris as the newcomers to the James
Bond universe in Skyfall.
Unfortunately, it's not linked to the
James Bond universe in a meaningful way (partly due to the missing movie adaptation).
The Aggregate Index was developed in the 1980s and largely reflects the investment
grade bond universe of its era: government bonds, agency mortgage - backed securities (MBS) and investment grade corporate bonds.
Issuers from the Corporate sector represent for example 32 % of the
green bond universe vs 18 % in the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Index.
About 30 % of the development market
government bond universe already carries a negative yield, according to the JP Morgan Global Developed Government Bond Index.
About 30 % of the development market government
bond universe already carries a negative yield, according to the JP Morgan Global Developed Government Bond Index.
Technically, the
total bond universe of clean infrastructure is $ 502.6 B, when including rail, water infrastructure, etc..
This overextension will drive defaults from a current 3.5 % of the
junk bond universe to as much as 6 % by the end of 2016, the bank predicts.
It seems that Aston Martin's Q division doesn't have a monopoly on James
Bond universe Q gadgetry.
The average yield - to - maturity in the Canadian
aggregate bond universe (FTSE TMX Canada Universe Bond Index) is 1.69 %, and its duration is 7.64 years.
The second lowest cost bond fund is the SCHZ ETF, a Charles Schwab tracking the aggregate investment grade
bond universe with a price tag of.10 % per year.
Typically, somewhere in the middle because the
EM bond universe contains both IG and HY bonds.
Yield curves are calculated using a basket of bonds generated by a rules based search of the municipal
bond universe found on Bloomberg.
The Canadian
dollar bond universe under the Foreign Property Rule (FPR) was a small and insulated place.
The overall local currency bond market in Indonesia, as represented by the S&P Indonesia Bond Index, rose 14.05 % YTD, and it was the best - performing country within Pan
Asian bond universe.
In Canada over the past year the total return in the
DEX bond universe, despite the May to September reset, was just over minus 1 % — the first negative total return since 1999 and only the third since 1986!
The
green bond universe, represented by the Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Green Bond index even tends to outperform the broad global bond market measured by the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Bond index over the last years with a comparable volatility as illustrated below (Returns hedged, in USD for the 1st graph, in EUR for the 2nd):
The Markit iBoxx USD Liquid High Yield Capped Index consists of liquid US dollar high yield bonds, selected to provide a balanced representation of the broad US dollar high yield
corporate bond universe.
Our proprietary research approach, combined with the ability to research thousands of securities across the investment -
grade bond universe, enables us to actively research and evaluate bonds to uncover hidden opportunities in different types of markets.
As observed by the S&P Municipal Bond Michigan General Obligation Index, the state's debt is trading on par with the rest of the U.S.
municipal bond universe.
With so many investors applying environmental, social and governance principles to equity investments, it was only a matter of time before
the bond universe got in on the act.
Following up on my post The Relationship Between Stocks and Bonds, which outlined why it is probable that stocks will outperform Treasury Bonds over the next 10 years, let's take a look at what appears to be another expensive area of
the bond universe... high yield U.S. corporate bonds.
GoldenEye: Rogue Agent transports you to the dark side of
the Bond universe as an aspiring 00 agent dismissed from MI6 for reckless brutality.
The story combines the personal back - story of Bond's childhood with his relentless pursuit of the evil empire known as Spectre... the crime syndicate that has been part of
the Bond universe for many years and films.
After Sam Mendes announced that he would not be returning to
the Bond universe after Spectre's release in 2015, we've been waiting on tenterhooks to see who will be next to take the directorial reins of the long - running movie franchise.
Character: But Red Grant is by far the best villain ever to grace
the Bond universe.
Of late, SPECTRE has not had a presence in
the Bond universe thanks to a long - running copyright battle between MGM and the estate of Kevin McClory, the producer of Thunderball and the unofficial Connery Bond, Never Say Never Again.
In the James
Bond universe, the lives of regular people would be largely unaffected if the villain gets his or her way, whereas in the «Kingsman» world, the consequences are nothing short of a global catastrophe.
XSI offers investors a fixed income solution that may deliver a more balanced risk profile of credit and interest rate risk than the traditional Canadian
bond universe.
The green
bond universe is still vastly made up of supranational organizations and performs accordingly, however as segments within the market continue to develop, green bonds are beginning to show their true colors.
The Markit iBoxx USD Liquid High Yield Index consists of liquid USD high yield bonds, selected to provide a balanced representation of the broad USD high yield corporate
bond universe.
Relative strength for utilities and REITs in the stock world, as well as relative strength for investment grade debt in
the bond universe, suggest that the Fed will barely bump overnight lending rates, if at all.
And there you would have a set of self - consistent prices that would price most of
the bond universe.
Invests broadly across the shorter duration high - yield
bond universe, providing exposure to the high - yield market's many sectors, credit tiers and issuers.
Jonathan Hartman, vice president and head of investment solutions at RBC Global Asset Management, told me that maple bonds represent some 2.5 % of the market in Canada, and they made up about 10 % to 12 % of new issues in 2016, so it's a significant part of
the bond universe.
Yes, for some really illiquid, unique issues, it will get prices wrong, but that is a tiny fraction of
the bond universe.
The game also offers a large cast of villains and allies, both new and familiar to
the Bond universe.
NightFire offers a deep and rich gameplay experience that epitomizes
the Bond universe.
GOLDENEYE: ROGUE AGENT goes where no previous James Bond game has dared to tread, giving you the chance to cross over to the dark side of
the Bond universe to experience life as a ruthless and unpredictable villain.
Does this game do a fantastic job of recreating
the Bond universe in a new era?