Sentences with phrase «by bond investors»

The move to the new tranche was led by bond investors uncomfortable with deteriorating mortgage underwriting.

It's not that stock investors collectively take on more risk than the risk that is taken on by bond investors collectively.

These changes are not taken lightly by bond investors.

Not exact matches

Global investors should not be concerned by a report that China is looking to curb its purchases of U.S. bonds, one economist told CNBC.

Court documents also show Smith told an investor of $ 800,000 that the bonds were backed by gold or silver.

During the 19 th century, government bonds were often held by London - based investors.

By selling the bonds to Monaco, investors were trying to get around the 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which says, «The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by citizens of another state, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign state.&raquBy selling the bonds to Monaco, investors were trying to get around the 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which says, «The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by citizens of another state, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign state.&raquby citizens of another state, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign state.&raquby citizens or subjects of any foreign state.»

Investors can still play it safe by buying well - known, large - capitalization stocks, he notes, but it may be time to move money out of bonds, which continue to experience record inflows, and into stocks.

The rise in bond yields, which investors fear could hurt equities, has been partly fuelled by the spike in crude oil prices, which on Tuesday crossed $ 75, boosting energy shares.

Investors increasing their current yield by taking credit risk in junk bonds have recently learned a similar lesson.

While offshore investors can buy bonds listed on the exchange, he said, they are discouraged by the lack of a central depositary.

Icelandic banks played the carry trade too, and foreign banks followed suit by creating «glacier bonds,» which were repackaged Icelandic bonds sold to investors outside the country.

The move rattled investors because the sanctions require that U.S. citizens must divest of any stocks, bonds or other holdings in the targeted firms by May 7.

Buffett has said the best investment he ever made was not a stock or a bond or even in real estate, but buying a copy of The Intelligent Investor, a book written by Benjamin Graham.

Some investors might react by moving capital from the U.S. to safe, stable Canada, putting some downward pressure on Canadian bond yields and pushing up the loonie, said Burleton.

Back in 2010 it paid $ 550 million to settle charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission that it mislead investors into buying a so - called synthetic collateralized debt obligation named Abacus, which was made up of a bundle of financial instruments tied to subprime mortgage bonds, many of which plummeted in value shortly after the deal was sold.

«It is a terrible mistake for investors with long - term horizons... to measure their investment «risk» by their portfolio's ratio of bonds to stocks,» Buffett wrote in the February 24 letter.

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.

By contrast, many investors are moving into diversified investment - grade fixed products, such as the IShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG), which has had net inflows of $ 435 million this quarter and $ 2.2 billion of net inflows year - to - date.

In an era when the pension liabilities of local governments remain a concern, investors may want to consider the debt offered by established public enterprises — airports and utilities, for example — as an attractive alternative to lease revenue and pension obligation bonds.

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.

We believe the treatment of bond investors by Detroit and Stockton represents the bleeding edge of a trend that accords a higher priority to some public expenditures over others.

Investors should begin their research by checking out S&P's, Moody's Investors Service's and Fitch's online credit ratings for cultural nonprofit bonds.

A downgrade by a credit rating agency usually means investors will demand a higher interest rate when a company goes to raise cash by issuing bonds or other debt.

Higher yields generally hurt stock prices by making bonds more appealing to investors.

The online lender, founded by Renaud Laplanche in 2006, has decided to package its loans and sell them to investors as bonds, The Wall Street Journal reports.

History suggests this reversal will be driven by inflation fundamentals, and leave investors worse off than the 1994 «bond massacre.»

By reevaluating the current bond purchase program and refusing to rule out a rate cut, the European Central Bank opened a new set of opportunities for investors.

The yield on a Treasury bill represents the return an investor will receive by holding the bond to maturity, and should be monitored closely as an indicator of the government debt situation.

But more than anyone, Mr. Schäuble has come to embody the consensus that has helped shape European economic policy for years: that the path to sustained economic recovery for financially troubled countries is to slash spending, raise taxes when necessary and win back the trust of bond markets and other investors by displaying commitment to fiscal prudence — even if that process imposes deep economic pain as it plays out.

Bond prices falling along with a falling dollar reflect an exit by foreign investors from US bonds that were attractive when risk off from non US markets was the theme and the dollar was strong.

But at least one analyst who tracks big Wall Street firms» bonds says there may be an even bigger problem: Investors, pressured by the need to generate income, simply don't care whether the banks are too big to fail — one way or the other.

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What should worry you is the absence of long - term fundamental investors who will buy bonds — intermediated by dealers, sure — when everyone else is selling.

However, investors of junk bonds should note the implications and risks that are involved with investing in bonds that are issued by companies with liquidity issues.

Below is my updated recommendation of stocks and bonds by age for most investors.

According to fund tracker Morningstar: «A mutual fund is a basket of stocks, bonds or other types of assets that is professionally managed by an investment company on behalf of investors who don't have the time, know - how or resources to buy a diversified collection of individual securities (stocks, bonds etc.) on their own.

Barclays» Wall Street rivals saw bond trading revenues rise by an average of 21 percent in the first quarter, with investors adjusting their portfolios in response to rising interest rates, and elections in Europe.

There is no doubt that, based on pure, cold, logical data, stocks are the single best long - term performing asset class for disciplined investors who are not swayed by emotion, focus on earnings and dividends, and never pay too much for a stock, often as measured on a conservative beginning earnings yield relative to the Treasury bond yield basis.

For example, some investors may have taken on more risk in their portfolios in recent years by moving into lower - quality bonds or dividend stocks, in an attempt to generate additional yield.

Studies have consistently shown that the returns achieved by the average stock or bond fund investor have lagged the reported returns of the average stock or bond index, often by a large margin.

While investors probably don't want to overweight TIPS in a portfolio, those whose portfolios are dominated by traditional bonds may want to consider some exposure to inflation - protected instruments.

Bond funds took in more than twice the amount of investor money as equity funds did in 2017, despite being outperformed by equities six to one.

Equity markets fell as investors shifted to the relative safety of bonds issued by the major countries — even though S&P had announced a downgrade of the US sovereign credit rating.

Against this backdrop, some investors are taking a look at convertible bonds, which are debt instruments issued by a company that can be converted into stock of the same company.

Last year's poor showing by Canadian equities, combined with the Euro - zone crisis saw panicked investors flock to the safety of quality bonds.

If a fund investor is resident in the state of issuance of the bonds held by the fund, interest dividends may also be exempt from state and local income taxes.

And even if the indicator was valid (counterfactually), the article asks readers to accept as given that earnings are properly reported here, that they will grow by nearly 50 % over the coming year, and that investors are willing to key the long - term return they require from stocks to the yield on 10 - year bonds, which has been abnormally depressed in a flight to safety.

That will be important to private investors, because if the central bank held itself out as a privileged bondholder, effectively passing more risk on to other bond holders, other buyers might undermine the stimulus program by demanding higher interest rates.