Sentences with phrase «bonds have seen»

By comparison, safer 10 year US Treasury bonds have seen yields drop by 40bps and have returned 5.17 % year to date.

High yield bonds have seen compressed yields for some time as the relentless drive for yield had shifted flows toward yield producing assets.

Long bonds have seen strength across asset classes in 2017 and municipal bonds are going along as this index has a 9.8 % total return so far in 2017.

Recent issues of these bonds have seen interest rates between 2.5 percent and 3 percent.

Also, over the past forty years or so, intermediate - term bonds have seen drawdowns that are roughly 70 % lower than long - term bonds, on aver... -LSB-...]

Bond had seen him puffing away at a recent concert given by the Musical Society in School Hall.

Not exact matches

Some in the market have attributed the sharp market swings seen during the downturns in October and December as indicating structural problems with liquidity in the market — and some fingers have been pointed at the proliferation of bond funds.

So far this year, not a single bond from an emerging nation has defaulted, while 2015 saw just one, an issue from Ukraine, go bust, according to Moody's Investors Service.

Asset managers say they've seen a notable number of companies fail to close dollar - denominated bond deals of late.

However, recently, the economic recovery seen in Portugal since the sovereign debt crisis has indeed begun affecting the way agencies such as Moody's and Standard & Poor's see the economy, indicating that in the near future more investors could be considering buying Portuguese bonds.

But some observers expect Russia's strongest efforts may be reserved for Serbia, which has close cultural and religious bonds with Moscow — and whose membership in NATO or the European Union would be seen by the Kremlin as a severe blow.

Over the past few sessions, we've seen fairly consistent rises across European government bond markets and that's spilled over to the U.S.» said Anthony Valeri, senior vice president of fixed income research at LPL Financial.

After years and years and years of massive, massive inflows into bond funds and equally massive outflows out of domestic equity funds, we've finally started to see that shift.

It already has a joint venture with Algomi, which will see Euronext leverage Algomi's bond trading technology to push into North America and Asia.

Drummond suggests that no matter how the Americans deal with the debt, it could throw Canada into a double - dip recession: «It could be a lose - lose, because if they deal with it in a draconian fashion, then they'll kill off the recovery, but if they don't deal with it at all, they're going to see lower U.S. growth, drive down the U.S. dollar, raise the bond premiums — and that would be a disaster for Canada.»

Butler: I believe that we should see strong equity markets and I would be more weighted to equities than bonds.

Butler: We could see interest rates moving up and this will have an impact [on] long bond investors.

With most of these debts being held by Chinese entities, it's unlikely we'll see a banking crisis in the same way we could have seen if Greece or Spain went belly up, said Lau — many foreign banks hold European bonds — but we've seen markets panic on far less worrisome Chinese news in the past.

Broader green bond indices, usually an assortment of companies and sectors often unrelated to renewable energy generation, have seen lacklustre returns, much lower than those of appropriately - defined indices.

High - quality bonds, in fact, have seen a huge year for issuance despite the continual drumbeat of fixed income fears.

In fact, Zervos even explains the skyrocketing bond yields in Spain and Italy that we've been seeing recently, arguing that borrowing costs for sovereigns will rise even as Europe establishes a watershed banking union.

I have seen many parents and children bond through the experience of starting a business and having an activity that brings a common vision and purpose.

In fact, in the past five years, Bond No. 9 has gone global, seeing substantial sales in the U.K., Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.

The $ 3 trillion hedge fund industry, which has been struggling to outperform stock and bond markets, could see assets shrink by as much as 30 percent in the next three years if performance continues to disappoint, according to a report this month from Boston Consulting Group.

«As we saw in the»70s and»80s, there are times when stocks and bonds can have a positive correlation,» he said, meaning those assets can move in the same direction.

Projections showing Macron had won a commanding majority in France's weekend vote saw Paris stocks make a 1.1 % gain as the country's bonds also outperformed in fixed income markets.

«Bond yields are at the lowest level that most retirees have seen in their lifetime,» Zemsky said.

We can also see in the U.S. Treasury reports that Chinese holdings of U.S. bonds and notes have been declining.

We also haven't seen what's been dubbed «the great rotation,» the anticipated mass move from bonds into stocks.

«Stocks certainly look more attractive than bonds, but the case for stocks versus other asset classes is less clear... «So while returns may compress from the outsized gains we have seen over the last several years, we remain constructive on equities.

Everyone in the bond market has seen the 3 % marker on the 10 Year treasury.

To get short the markets I either have to go to cash or buy a bond fund, which admittedly turned out quite well (Read: The Proper Asset Allocation Of Stocks And Bonds By Age and see VUSUX).

yields will hit the highs on close end of the day... equity markets setting up to be slammed tomorrow maybe but today they have run over weak shorts in the face of rates... the federal reserve see's this and again will wonder if they are behind on hikes, strong data, major expansion in credit, lack of wage growth rising bond yields and ballooning debt... rates will go much higher and equities will have revelations as to what that means for valuations

But that relationship has been tested over the life of this bond bull market that saw double digit interest rates fall over the past 30 + years, boosting the performance of long - term bonds.

As you can see in the chart below, based on investment performance for the 35 - year period beginning in 1972, a hypothetical balanced portfolio of 50 % stocks, 40 % bonds, and 10 % short - term investments would have done quite well for a retiree who limited withdrawals to 4 % annually.

I think we would STILL be seeing an inversion had the long bonds not been spooked by inflation concerns.

Historically, we have seen short duration bonds have a lower correlation to stocks, which can be a beneficial ballast when equity markets are down.

Higher rated bonds, known as investment grade bonds, are seen as safer and more stable investments that are tied to corporations or government entities that have a positive outlook.

What we have really seen over the past several years, in terms of the appreciation of markets and the decline of interest rates based on what the Fed has been doing, is a result which has eliminated the possibility of investors in bonds and stocks to earn an adequate return relative to their expected liabilities.

The Fed confirmed that its bond - buying stimulus program would end next month, and its new projections suggested some officials saw the risk that rates might have to rise at a faster pace when the bank eventually starts tightening.

High - yield bond funds have seen mass outflows in recent weeks as investors begin to take the threat of higher interest rates and a winding down of monetary stimulus more seriously.

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Investors considering Treasury securities have opportunities to buy bonds both at regularly scheduled auctions (see Auction Schedule) and in the secondary market, which is one of the world's most actively traded markets.

High - yield bonds are in the eighth year of an investment cycle that has seen assets under management grow threefold, to $ 300 billion, so interest among investors remains high.

Mr. Draghi said Thursday that the bond buying would continue through September 2016 or «until we see a sustained adjustment in the path of inflation which is consistent with our aim of achieving inflation rates below, but close to, 2 percent over the medium term.»

This has been particularly important in bringing about the sharp convergence of bond yields that we have seen around the world over the past few years (Graphs 3 and 4).

Under this scenario stock - bond correlations are likely to be higher than the consistently negative levels that have defined the post-crisis environment (see the chart below).

Although cash tends to have a lower expected return than bonds, we have seen that cash can hold its own against bonds 30 percent of the time or more when bond returns are positive.

I also have some investments outside of farming, mostly real estate, but some stocks and bonds as well.Maybe it's just because I'm an ignorant South Dakota farm boy who happens to like open spaces and seeing the stars at night.

Bond yields have likely bottomed out, and we don't see scope for big rises in already elevated stock market valuations amid tepid earnings growth.