It will be interesting to see how existing muni
bonds default on their agreed upon interest rates.
Although funds can decrease the impact of any given
bond default on your portfolio, they can also increase the potential for price declines, particularly when interest rates start to rise as they eventually will.
Not exact matches
Originally from New York, Sonnenshein traded everything from credit -
default swaps to
bonds to equities during his time
on Wall Street.
So for example if you bought a
bond with 25 percent of each of the major economies, and Italy
defaulted, you would still be paid
on the remaining 75 percent, presumably at least,» he added.
Although no state has
defaulted on general obligation
bonds in over 80 years, the 19 th century witnessed numerous instances in which states - and the Florida territory -
defaulted on their debts or even repudiated them outright.
While Venezuela has kept current
on its
bond payments, it has paid some coupons late, leading ratings agencies to declare a selective
default and keeping creditors guessing.
For
bonds this means issues that are not at risk of
defaulting on a payment; for stocks a dividend is essential, and not one at risk of a cut, or one that fluctuates through good times and bad.
On US corporate
bonds, Gundlach said they are «highly overvalued,» and recession and
default risks make them an unattractive asset class.
China may witness its first local government
bond defaults, although the timing was uncertain, Fitch Ratings said in a press release issued
on Sunday, amid persistent concerns over high debt levels in the world second largest economy.
Daniel Hanson, an analyst for Height Securities, told Morning Consult that the current
default likely won't have a major effect
on the municipal
bond market because its effects were already «priced in» ahead of time.
Tax cuts
on wealth are promoted as if they will be invested rather than used to pay the financial sector more interest or be gambled
on currencies and exchange rates, interest rates, stock and
bond prices, credit
default swaps and kindred derivatives.
But then came Greece and its near -
default on its sovereign
bonds.
Debt covenants may soon become just another issue in the already long list if Valeant
defaults on its
bond indentures.
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bonds offer you the safest investment from a
default risk perspective, but you earn a lower rate of interest
on them.
Geithner and Obama lobbied the IMF and ECB shamelessly to bail out Greece, simply so that it could pay bondholders, because U.S. banks had issued credit
default insurance (CDS) against Greek
bonds and were
on the hook for a big loss if a
default occurred.
On Argentina: «You have
defaulted bonds trading above par, which is kind of interesting.»
David Kotok, chairman at Cumberland Advisors, discusses Puerto Rico
defaulting on two
bond payments and what it means for the
bond market and the country.
Still,
defaults on bonds or other forms of non-bank debt typically don't end up in bankruptcy.
According to Standard & Poor's, about 40 emerging - market
bond issuers were
on the brink of
default as of year - end 2016.
Michael Spencer, an attorney for a group of smaller investors with more than $ 832 million of claims
on defaulted bonds, said his clients haven't been able to negotiate directly with Argentina yet.
The
default rate
on double and triple A muni
bonds has been 0.1 %.
Yet we also see very strong inflows into junk
bond funds, based
on the belief that these high yields represent value rather than information about
default probabilities.
Default risk Historically, the risk of default on principal, interest, or both, is greater for high yield bonds than for investment grade
Default risk Historically, the risk of
default on principal, interest, or both, is greater for high yield bonds than for investment grade
default on principal, interest, or both, is greater for high yield
bonds than for investment grade
bonds.
Higher yielding fixed income offers those higher yields because the issuers of the
bonds have a better chance of
defaulting on their debt.
Hovnanian skipped an interest payment due Tuesday
on bonds it repurchased and parked with an affiliate, opening the door for GSO to collect payouts
on credit -
default swaps that insure against nonpayment.
As discussed
on its March 15, 2016 preliminary earnings call, Valeant could receive a notice of
default under its
bond indentures as a result of the delay in filing its Form 10 - K for the year ended December 31, 2015.
While other cities chose to
default on Depression - era
bonds, Asheville selected to pay back the city's debt.
Pimco, the world's largest
bond investor, still expects Greece to
default on its debt.
Eliminating Puerto Rico's debts could raise interest rates
on bonds to insulate against potential
defaults, and subsequent debt elimination,
on municipal
bonds.
If there's not a single buyer that will take
on both the assets and liabilities without the government assuming private
default risk, Bear's assets should be put out for bid, Bear's
bonds should go into
default, and by the unfortunate reality of how equities work, Bear's shareholders shouldn't get $ 2 - they should get nothing.
Floating - rate loans» low credit ratings indicate greater potential risk of
default relative to investment - grade
bonds (though
default rates for floating - rate loans historically have been lower than
on high - yield
bonds).
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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).
Bonds that have a high credit worthiness and a relatively low chance of
defaulting on part or all of their debt.
Highly rated companies that are financially strong and have massive amounts of cash
on their balance sheets — think Microsoft, Exxon, etc. — can typically offer
bonds with lower yields since investors are confident that the companies won't
default (i.e., miss interest or principal payments).
An issuer may
default on payment of the principal or interest of a
bond.
The surreal scene, playing out in a squat concrete building at the park
on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, is the latest twist in the long - running battle between Fernandez's administration and investors that refused to settle after the country's 2001
bond default.
Although he says he is not sure whether the market will suffer $ 10 billion or $ 30 billion in
defaults, he is certain that there will be a panic at the margin, and Muni
bonds from the highest - rated
on down will fall, in part because other investors tend not to step to invest.
The Venezuelan government and its state - run oil company, PDVSA, both
defaulted on certain
bonds in November, according to ratings agencies.
Bond investments are subject to interest - rate risk (the risk of bond prices falling if interest rates rise) and credit risk (the risk of an issuer defaulting on interest or principal paymen
Bond investments are subject to interest - rate risk (the risk of
bond prices falling if interest rates rise) and credit risk (the risk of an issuer defaulting on interest or principal paymen
bond prices falling if interest rates rise) and credit risk (the risk of an issuer
defaulting on interest or principal payments).
The basic point here is that by focusing
on declining credit quality you put yourself in a position to sell a
bond long before any potential
default.
LB: With the
default rate
on municipal
bonds being so low, is the benefit of diversification worth 100 BPS (1.0 %) in fees?
The idea of debt amnesties was to prevent debt from tearing society apart — to prevent the kind of crisis that the United States has been in since 2008, when President Obama didn't cancel the junk -
bond debts, or the debts that tore the Greek economy apart — when the IMF and Europe imposed them
on Greece instead of letting it
default on debts owed to French and German bondholders.
The announcement comes as Venezuela faces acute financing problems after creditors and ratings agencies declared the government and state - run oil firm PDVSA to be in partial
default for missing interest and principle payments
on bonds.
For example, if a borrower
defaults on their mortgage, Fannie and Freddie are responsible for the losses
on the loans they guarantee to investors, while Ginnie Mae is financially responsible for the
bond payments to the holders of Ginnie Mae securities.
«The cherry
on top is that China itself is now trapped: it simply can't afford to let anyone
default, as one bankruptcy would cascade across the entire
bond market and wipe out countless corporations leaving millions of angry Chinese workers unemployed, and is therefore forced to keep bailing out insolvent companies over and over.
They start
defaulting on their junk
bond debt.
Russian
bond yields and the cost of insuring the country against
default rose
on Wednesday, as investors fretted over intensifying sanctions, the prospect of a recession and falling oil prices.
The alternative is to
default on their bank loans or high - yield
bonds.
They evaluate factor portfolio performance based
on excess return of constituent corporate
bonds versus duration - matched U.S. Treasuries (thereby focusing
on the
default premium component of corporate
bond returns).