Sentences with phrase «bonds less appealing»

Another casualty could be bond investments because the escalating rates on new bonds make current bonds less appealing, and investors start selling them.

They also make other investments like bonds less appealing, enticing more people to invest in buildings.

Not exact matches

High - dividend stocks such as utilities and phone companies fell; those stocks are often compared to bonds and they tend to fall when bond yields rise, as higher bond yields make the stocks less appealing to investors seeking income.

As a result, the biggest losses went to high - dividend companies such as utility and real estate companies whose stocks become less appealing than bonds to investors seeking income.

This method also gives children a weekly family bonding time to look forward to during the long school days, and makes solo TV watching less appealing.

Petit's mindless rigidity in voting against any and all spending — including bond issues for road and bridge projects — may appeal to die - hard Conservatives, less so to more independent - minded Indies.

The showroom sheen applies to the casting, too: To match Craig's chiseled appeal — his is surely the most camera - ogled Bond body of them all — Mendes casts two of the most beautiful actresses in the world, though Monica Bellucci has much less to do than Léa Seydoux, whose gun - proficient doctor proves a marginally more proactive Bond girl.

As the Union - Tribune recently reported, «The idea is to give students a personalized education that appeals to their interests, fosters strong bonds with teachers, and presents less opportunity to slip through the cracks.»

Although there is a theoretical appeal to this argument, the relationship between stocks and bonds is not stable and tends to be less linear when rates are this low.

The appeal of bonds is that they are a reasonably high - return asset class that carries less risk than stocks.

If an existing bond receives a downgrade in its credit rating, it is less appealing to investors and they will require a higher interest rate to invest, which, again, occurs through a lowering of the bond price.

Inflation makes bonds and other fixed income assets less appealing and helps to keep interest rates low.

The appeal, of course, is the higher yield compared with less risky investment - grade corporate bonds or government bonds.

Munis are considered less risky than corporate bonds and less sensitive to changing interest rates than Treasuries, making them an appealing middle ground for many investors.