It may be a while before government yields in the developed world rise enough to entice income seekers, but other areas of
the broader global bond market may be attractive.
Not exact matches
Represents the corporate and government - related sectors of Bloomberg Barclays
Global Aggregate Bond Index (which provides a broad - based measure of the global investment - grade, fixed - rate debt markets) and is considered representative of global investment - grade
Global Aggregate
Bond Index (which provides a
broad - based measure of the
global investment - grade, fixed - rate debt markets) and is considered representative of global investment - grade
global investment - grade, fixed - rate debt
markets) and is considered representative of
global investment - grade
global investment - grade debt.
Composite Treasuries Sentiment: Taking a
broader view of
bond market sentiment (our composite
bond market sentiment indicator combines the signal from futures positioning, fund flows, implied volatility, and
global bond market breadth), it's readily apparent that
bond market sentiment has seen a reset from relatively stretched bearishness to just on the bullish side of neutral (i.e. the indicator is saying participants have gone from expecting higher
bond yields to expecting lower
bond yields).
We continue to keep a close eye on the evolution of the corporate
bond markets in China; the more transparency and steps towards
global standards may help open the
market up to a
broader global market.
A low fee,
broad market exchange traded fund for the U.S. economy as a whole, a
global ETF and a Canadian
broad ETF equally weighted to reduce concentration in banks and energy, and a 5 to 10 year corporate
bond ladder would add diversification with dividends from stocks and interest from
bonds and produce a more secure portfolio.
7Bloomberg Barclays
Global Aggregate ex-USD
Bond Index provides a broad - based measure of the international investment - grade bond market hedged against the U.S. dol
Bond Index provides a
broad - based measure of the international investment - grade
bond market hedged against the U.S. dol
bond market hedged against the U.S. dollar.
Cash — 5 % — Claymore Premium Money
Market ETF (CMR)-- MER 0.27 %
Bonds — 20 % — Claymore 1 - 5 Year Laddered Government
Bond ETF (CLF)-- MER 0.17 % Canadian Stocks — 20 % — Claymore Canadian Fundamental Index ETF (CRQ)-- MER 0.71 % US Stocks — 21.5 % — Claymore US Fundamental Index ETF (CLU.C)-- MER 0.73 % International Stocks — 21.5 % — Claymore International Fundamental Index ETF (CIE)-- MER 0.73 % Emerging
Markets — 7 % — Claymore
Broad Emerging
Markets ETF (CWO)-- MER 0.71 % Real Estate — 5 % — Claymore
Global Real Estate (CGR)-- MER 0.74 %
Bond ETF (TSX: CLF), Horizons S&P / TSX 60 Index ETF (TSX: HXT), Claymore US Fundamental Index ETF (TSX: CLU.C), Claymore International Fundamental Index ETF (TSX: CIE), Claymore
Broad Emerging
Markets ETF (TSX: CWO) and perhaps a smidgen of Claymore
Global Real Estate ETF (TSX: CGR).
In 2008, when the
global stock
market shed about a third of its value,
broad -
market bond index funds delivered over 6 %.
The Bloomberg Barclays
Global Aggregate Bond Index provides a broad - based measure of the global investment - grade fixed income ma
Global Aggregate
Bond Index provides a
broad - based measure of the
global investment - grade fixed income ma
global investment - grade fixed income
markets.
Notes: U.S. stocks represented by Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock
Market Index through April 2005, MSCI US
Broad Market Index through June 2013 and CRSP US Total
Market Index thereafter; emerging
markets stocks are represented by MSCI Emerging Markets Index; REITs by FTSE NAREIT Equity REIT Index; dividend stocks by Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index; commodities by S&P GSCI Commodity Index; high yield bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield Bond Index; emerging markets bonds by Bloomberg Barclays EM USD Aggregate Index; investment - grade corporate bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Index; U.S. Treasury bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Bond Index; Hedge fund index by HFRI fund - weighted total return Index and international bonds by Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Bond
markets stocks are represented by MSCI Emerging
Markets Index; REITs by FTSE NAREIT Equity REIT Index; dividend stocks by Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index; commodities by S&P GSCI Commodity Index; high yield bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield Bond Index; emerging markets bonds by Bloomberg Barclays EM USD Aggregate Index; investment - grade corporate bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Index; U.S. Treasury bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Bond Index; Hedge fund index by HFRI fund - weighted total return Index and international bonds by Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Bond
Markets Index; REITs by FTSE NAREIT Equity REIT Index; dividend stocks by Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index; commodities by S&P GSCI Commodity Index; high yield
bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield
Bond Index; emerging
markets bonds by Bloomberg Barclays EM USD Aggregate Index; investment - grade corporate bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Index; U.S. Treasury bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Bond Index; Hedge fund index by HFRI fund - weighted total return Index and international bonds by Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Bond
markets bonds by Bloomberg Barclays EM USD Aggregate Index; investment - grade corporate
bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Index; U.S. Treasury
bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury
Bond Index; Hedge fund index by HFRI fund - weighted total return Index and international
bonds by Bloomberg Barclays
Global Aggregate ex-USD
Bond Index.
60/40 benchmark is 42 % Spliced Total Stock
Market Index (Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock
Market Index (formerly known as the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index) through April 22, 2005; MSCI US
Broad Market Index through June 2, 2013; and CRSP US Total
Market Index thereafter); 18 % Spliced Total International Stock Index (Total International Composite Index through August 31, 2006; MSCI EAFE + Emerging
Markets Index through December 15, 2010; MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI Index through June 2, 2013; and FTSE
Global All Cap ex US Index thereafter); 40 % Spliced Bloomberg Barclay's US Aggregate Float Adjusted
Bond Index (Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate
Bond Index through December 31, 2009; Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index thereafter) through May, 2013; thereafter, fixed income portion is 28 % Spliced Bloomberg Barclay's U.S. Aggregate
Bond Index, 12 % Bloomberg Barclays
Global Aggregate ex-USD Float Adjusted RIC Capped Index Hedged; after December 2014 equity portion of the benchmark is 36 % Spliced Total Stock
Market Index, 24 % Spliced Total International Stock Index.