Municipal Bonds — Municipal yields were also up this week, with the 2 - year AAA - rated
bonds increasing by 5 bps to yield 1.81 %.
Municipal Bonds — Municipal yields were mixed this week, with the 2 - year AAA - rated
bonds increasing by 5 bps to yield 1.73 %.
Not exact matches
Emerging markets - focused
bond mutual and ETF funds have only
increased their assets
by 1.72 percent in 2014, according to data from Morningstar, and manage just $ 86 billion.
Investors
increasing their current yield
by taking credit risk in junk
bonds have recently learned a similar lesson.
If Yellen's Fed fails to convince Wall Street about the policy path, a rate
increase could trigger financial turmoil of the sort seen in 2013, when investors were caught off guard
by the central bank signaling an end to its
bond - buying program.
Some investors are now making calls that the euro zone's central bank could end its massive
bond - buying program
by the end of next year, with a potential rate
increase in the fourth quarter.
Neither argument holds right now for holding any tactical cash, especially with no reasonable prospects for a near - term rate
increase and the yield differential offered
by bonds over cash right now.
In addition to this secular shift in portfolios, a paper published
by the Kansas City Fed predicts a gradual overall
increase in
bond ownership among people older than 65 compared to the same age group in previous years.
[T] he dramatic
increase in leveraged
bond positions
by both US hedge funds and mundane money managers set in motion self - reinforcing liquidations once uncertainty over emerging markets including Turkey, Venezuela, Mexico, and Malaysia - all of which experienced sharp capital flow volatility - put pressure on speculative positions.
All in all, we believe eurozone
bond yields may move a little higher, but any
increase is likely to be capped
by the ECB's ongoing level of purchases, at least until policymakers start to signal their next steps on monetary policy later in the year.
Business credit has been falling, but this has been more than offset
by increases in non-intermediated sources of funding, such as equity raisings and corporate
bond issuance.
When the Treasury
bond interest rate
increases, mortgage rates also tend to go up, according to a report
by Zacks research.
The recently passed tax cuts could
increase the Federal deficit
by around $ 200 billion this year, adding to the supply of
bonds.
Together with earlier announced
bond purchases, the Fed's move will
increase «holdings of longer - term securities
by about $ 85 billion each month through the end of the year,» the Fed announced Thursday.
In some markets, like
bonds, the
increase was the largest since the 2016 U.S. election, and in others, like stocks, volatility leapt
by the most in 2-1/2 years.
So far in 1999, the amount of non-government
bonds on issue has
increased by 35 per cent, to $ 54 billion.
By contrast, when inflation is higher and more volatile — as it was in the 1970s — the correlation between stocks and
bonds increases.
«The importance of the wealth - saving relation goes beyond the case usually designated
by the Pigou effect, viz., beyond the effect of an
increase in the real value of cash balances and government
bonds due to falling prices.
That's why experts typically advise folks who are closer to retirement to decrease their exposure to equity risk
by reducing the percentage of their investments in stocks and
increasing the percentage in
bonds.
Speaking of the Treasury, they've got to pretty massively
increase the supply of
bonds to the market to fund the deficits induced
by the tax cut and spending bill, which puts downward pressure on
bond prices and upward pressure on yields.
In 2013, the Fed indicated it would begin to reduce its
bond purchases and 10 - year US Treasury rates
increased by 1.3 percent to 3.02 percent.
By storing its surplus export revenues in Treasury
bonds, South Korea nudges up the relative value of the dollar against our competitors» currencies, and our trade deficit
increases, even though the original transaction had nothing to do with the United States.
In contrast, when the price is too high, the protocol
increases supply
by issuing new Basecoins to pay back the holders of Base
Bonds.
According to preliminary statistics, the aggregate financing to the real economy (AFRE)... was RMB 19.44 trillion in 2017... Specifically, RMB loans to real economy registered an
increase of RMB 13.84 trillion... foreign currency - denominated loans (RMB equivalent)... recorded an
increase of RMB 1.8 billion... entrusted loans registered an
increase of RMB 777 billion... trust loans registered an
increase of RMB 2.26 trillion... undiscounted bankers» acceptances recorded an
increase of RMB 536.4 billion... net financing of corporate
bonds stood at RMB 449.5 billion... equity financing on the domestic stock market
by non-financial enterprises registered RMB 873.4 billion...
Credit Risk: Investors that are chasing yield in lower qualiity
bonds are doing so
by increasing their credit or default risk.
In order to get to his recommended target allocation the investor needs to
increase stock holdings
by roughly $ 200,000 and
bond holdings
by roughly $ 100,000.
The new - issue
bond market is expanding (Shin (2013)-RRB- and assets under the management of investment funds that promise daily liquidity are growing rapidly - as suggested
by the
increasing presence of exchange - traded funds in corporate
bond markets in recent years (see also Box 2).
We believe that investors who are trying to reduce risk
by selling stocks and buying
bonds are probably
increasing their risk of losing money.
U.S. government
bond yields and the dollar rose, while U.S. stocks fell on Sept. 20 after the Federal Reserve signalled it still expects to
increase interest rates one more time
by the end of the year despite a recent bout of low inflation.
These concerns might recently have been exacerbated
by changes in the pattern of corporate financing: in countries in which the swap spread has
increased the most — the US and UK — growth in private sector
bond issuance has been relatively large, while net equity issuance has been low (or even negative as in the United States).
And if the fiscal problem becomes unstable — more deficit to finance than security markets will allow, the Fed will obey its political masters and finance the deficit
by a hyper - inflation, or hyper - tax, as a burgeoning inflation simply taxes all fixed dollar wealth —
bonds, dollars, life insurance values, etc. —
by the rate of price level
increase.
Bond markets are pricing in fewer rate
increases than signaled
by the Fed.
Spanish
bond yields
increased yesterday after the Spanish
bond auction showed weak demand
by investors.
Recent yield
increases in non-investment-grade
bonds have been driven more
by rising Treasury rates than
by growing credit concerns.
(I only have cash and equities) I want an easy option and am on the point of
increasing my
bond holdings
by settling on say, one of Vanguards» Lifestrategy funds when... «the more I read the more confused I get!»
Longer ‐ term
bonds carry a longer or higher duration than shorter ‐ term
bonds; as such, they would be affected
by changing interest rates for a greater period of time if interest rates were to
increase.
The market will do so
by increasing the price of the high quality, long duration
bonds that we currently favor to levels that no longer offer a compelling return and margin of safety.
A less accommodative Fed removes one prop from the
bond market, but the reduction in purchases is dwarfed
by the likely
increase in global savings, i.e. there are plenty of private sector buyers looking to hedge long - term liabilities.
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Bond yields in Japan have
increased by about 110 basis points since mid year, to 1.5 per cent.
Rather, the
increase in spreads appears to reflect both tightness in the Commonwealth Government
bond market (where supply remains limited and demand
by foreign investors appears to have
increased) and upward pressure on swap rates (one benchmark against which corporate
bonds are priced) as companies have sought to lock in fixed - rate borrowings due to expected
increases in interest rates.
Bond yields in Europe have
increased by around 90 basis points since the middle of the year.
However,
bond yields have been mostly driven
by US developments, where
bond yields appear unusually low against a background of strong growth, rising inflation and
increasing short - term interest rates.
For example, a 3 - year duration means a
bond will decrease in value
by 3 % if interest rates rise one percent, or
increase in value
by 3 % if interest rates fall one percent.
They did that
by increasing the rate of reduction of MBS and agency
bonds from $ 8B to $ 12B / month, and Treasuries from $ 12B to $ 18B / month.
The decided to raise the rate of quantitative tightening [QT]
by increasing the rate of Treasury, MBS and agency
bonds rolloff
by $ 10B / month starting in April.
The eurozone's lack of organic growth and its reliance on continued central bank stimulus likely
increased market sensitivity to a report claiming the ECB might be considering tapering its $ 80 billion monthly purchases of
bonds, though the claim was quickly dismissed
by the ECB.
«The surprise decision
by the Fed to continue buying
bonds has maintained the
increased liquidity in the market, helping to support the euro, as well as weakening the dollar,» Hood says.
Balanced Fund — A common style of fund that seeks to
increase value and income
by investing in a variety of stocks or
bonds.