Sentences with phrase «bonds over government bonds»

If interest rates are rising, he argues, it means the economy is improving and the risk inherent in corporate bonds over government bonds is minimal.

Not exact matches

Issuing bonds is one of the most routine things that happens in today's financial system; governments and companies get a sum of money today and pay interest on it over time, before paying back the principal at some agreed - upon future date, when the bond «matures.»

«If they do target aggressively the 2 percent inflation target, and undertake a significant amount of QE, that may have an impact on underlying JGB (Japanese government bond) yields as investors become concerned over Japan's debt,» he said.

There were a few dissents, but a majority of the Monetary Policy Committee also opted to create # 60 billion (about $ 100 billion) to buy government bonds over the next six months and # 10 billion to purchase corporate debt over 18 months.

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 FinancOver 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 Financover to the U.S.» said Anthony Valeri, senior vice president of fixed income research at LPL Financial.

In certain cases, unscrupulous politicians from the north took over southern state governments during Reconstruction, issued bonds and made off with the proceeds.

«But due to the low coupons prevailing, even a gradual rise in yields will result in negative returns on a wide range of government bonds over the coming quarters.»

«Over the last 15 years, the difference between the five year government bond yield and the overnight Bank of Canada rate has been a reliable indicator of the trend growth in the Canadian economy.

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.

He also talked about Japan and Japanese Government Bonds, which are up over 30 % with extremely low trading volume.

The list of individuals and organizations losing sleep over household debt — the government, bond - rating agencies, senior bank executives, economists — is long and growing.

It also appears that the ECB will concentrate on reducing its purchases of government (rather than corporate) bonds, but here issuance is increasing, with the net amount of eurozone government debt set to expand in 2018, in contrast to the contraction seen over the previous 18 months.

Colonial, which recently announced plans to move its headquarters to Madrid from Barcelona, where Catalonia's local government is in turmoil over its attempt to split from Spain, said the transaction was fully financed through a combination of equity, bonds and the disposal of non-core assets.

Over 70 % of XLB's allocation is in federal and provincial government bonds.

The Government of Canada 10 - year bond yield is currently 1.4 %, which offers a real yield of minus 0.6 % (1.4 % yield less 2 % inflation) over 10 years.

As COO, he had full responsibility for all Portfolio Management, Investment Research and Office Operations of the firm, designing and developing new products for the firm in the asset classes of preferred shares and common stock, in addition to his responsibility for the firm's Government bond portfolios under management (over $ 1.7 billion).

In addition, large, broad - based indexes such as the Barclays Aggregate Bond Index have become less diversified over time, and now are dominated by U.S. government and agency debt.

Consider these risks before investing: The value of securities in the fund's portfolio may fall or fail to rise over extended periods of time for a variety of reasons, including general financial market conditions, changing market perceptions, changes in government intervention in the financial markets, and factors related to a specific issuer, industry, or sector and, in the case of bonds, perceptions about the risk of default and expectations about changes in monetary policy or interest rates.

We prefer selected subordinated financial debt within European credit and favor high - quality U.S. credit and emerging market debt over government bonds, but credit valuations are elevated across the board.

A reflationary outlook also underpins our preference for U.S. credit over government bonds.

What about the argument that the equity - risk premium (the premium that investors demand over risk - free assets such as government bonds) has fallen close to zero because of greater economic stability?

Government bond auctions should be permitted to fail as a means of expressing disproval over government policGovernment bond auctions should be permitted to fail as a means of expressing disproval over government policgovernment policy choices.

estimate of annual income from a specific security position over the next rolling 12 months; calculated for U.S. government, corporate, and municipal bonds, and CDs by multiplying the coupon rate by the face value of the security; calculated for common stocks (including ADRs and REITs) and mutual funds using an Indicated Annual Dividend (IAD); calculated for fixed rate bonds (including treasury, agency, GSE, corporate, and municipal bonds), CDs, common stocks, ADRs, REITs, and mutual funds when available; not calculated for preferred stocks, ETFs, ETNs, UITs, international stocks, closed - end funds, and certain types of bonds

In addition, sovereign wealth funds — which generally diversify their portfolios to include a small portion of alternate assets such as gold, private equity and real estate — are likely to raise their allocations following the low yield in government bonds over the last couple of years.

China's benchmark 10 - year government bond yield traded just shy of 4 percent in early December, up almost 100 basis points over the course of 2017.

The continuing low level of government bond yields has supported the search for yield that has been evident over the past couple of years, with the spread between yields on US government debt and yields on both corporate and emerging market debt remaining around historical lows over the past three months (Box B).

The economy is going to get worse before it gets better, but I think it's very hard to make a bear case at these levels, with dividend yields well over stupidly expensive government bonds in the US and the UK.

The cash yield on the iShares CDN REIT Sector ETF (TSX: XRE) is approximately 5.45 %, a spread of less than 2 % over the 10 - year Government of Canada bond, which is currently yielding 3.55 %.

For «A» rated corporates, the spread over government bonds of comparable maturity is currently about 100 basis points, which is noticeably wider than a couple of years ago (Graph 32).

10 - year Canadian government bond yields had declined to as low as 0.90 % during mid-February, when recession fears hit an apex but ended the quarter at just over 1.2 %.

Yields on 10 - year US government bonds have remained within a relatively narrow range around 4.2 per cent over the past three months.

In short, equities should outperform government bonds and deliver reasonable returns relative to alternatives over the medium - to - long run.

It will buy $ 600 billion worth of US long - term bonds in the open market, close to 7 % of all Treasury securities in public hands, or about the amount the debt that the federal government will issue over that time period.

In just one quarter the S&P 500 returned more than a seven - year U.S. government bond would have returned over its entire lifetime.

They can get over 4 % fixed from 10 - year UK government bonds — a huge spread over short - term rates, but still not very attractive compared to 3.25 % from the FTSE 100, given that dividend income should rise over time.

UK government bonds actually beat shares over some lengthy periods ending in recent years.

Such tight spreads mean that even a small selloff can wipe out credit's extra income over government bonds.

As well as indicating the reductions would be concentrated on its purchases of government (rather than corporate) bonds, the ECB subsequently provided details of its previously purchased securities that are set to mature over the next 12 months.

Track Down Information on Available Bonds -: There are over twenty thousand municipal bonds available each year; both from the state and local governBonds -: There are over twenty thousand municipal bonds available each year; both from the state and local governbonds available each year; both from the state and local government.

Some of the so - called peripheral government bonds — for example Italy and Spain — have done well over time.

-- Governments panic over Brexit pushed out liquidity and the potential for stimulus and now that there is not much fallout money rushing into stocks — US 10Y bond sub 1.5 % — Commodities ramp (Gold, Silver, Copper)

We remain overweight equities over both 3 and 12 months and balance this with an underweight in cash over 3 months and an underweight in commodities and government bonds over 12 months.

We expect earnings growth to take over from multiple expansion as a driver of returns, and the decline in risk premia to largely be offset by a rise in underlying government bond yields.

Abstracting from changes in the composition of corporate bond indices, spreads between yields on government and corporate bonds have shown a small net decline over the past three months (Graph 48).

This reduced call by the Government has opened up the market to private sector borrowers; issues of corporate bonds over the past year were the highest since 1991.

Spreads between yields on highly - rated corporate bonds and government bonds rose slightly over the past three months (Graph 54).

Over 2/3 rds of BND is invested in US government backed bonds.

Additionally, 27 percent said they prefer bitcoin to stocks; 30 percent would choose bitcoin over government bonds; and 22 percent would choose bitcoin over real estate.

The bond purchases were started March 2015 to help the eurozone bounce back from troubles over government and bank debt in several member countries including Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Cyprus, Spain and Italy.

Long - Term Interest Rates — The the value of government - issued bonds that gain maturity over a period of time, generally 10 years or more.