«The flight to safety
by bond market investors in the post-global financial crisis world drove more cap rate compression,» for both grocery - anchored shopping centers and single tenant net lease deals, according to Jim Costello, senior vice president at RCA.
Not exact matches
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.
First,
by discovering a contributing factor to the October 2014 U.S. Treasury
Bond Flash Crash, this paper lowers impediments to action by both regulators and investors to prevent similar events from occurring in the U.S. Treasury bond market in the fut
Bond Flash Crash, this paper lowers impediments to action
by both regulators and
investors to prevent similar events from occurring in the U.S. Treasury
bond market in the fut
bond market in the future.
Attract a wider array of capital to clean energy investments
by developing innovative financing structures — from reducing investment risk though our Catalytic Finance Initiative to engaging individual
investors through our Socially Responsible Investing platform to building new
markets for green
bonds, yield - cos and other vehicles.
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.
But right now,
bonds aren't the part of the
market taking many
investors by surprise.
With the stock
market in a free - fall, fixed - income
investors anxious about coming interest rate hikes
by the Federal Reserve might feel a little better about boring
bonds and their measly coupons.
Sustainable investing may have been dominated
by stocks in the past, but that may be changing as the green
bond market continues to become more attractive to both retail and institutional
investors.
«This used to be a
market that was driven
by investor demand for sustainable products,» says Navindu Katugampola, an executive director spearheading green
bond origination in Morgan Stanley's global capital
markets group.
That being said, some
investors may feel they are missing out on potential returns when stocks or
bonds rise above their set allocation levels during bull
markets and their strategy calls for paring them back
by rebalancing.
Bonds denominated in renminbi in the Hong Kong market, known as CNH bonds, outperformed dollar - denominated and other local currency bonds in Asia last year, with a more than 6 % total return in dollar terms, as investors sought stability in the resilience of the Chinese currency, according to a report by
Bonds denominated in renminbi in the Hong Kong
market, known as CNH
bonds, outperformed dollar - denominated and other local currency bonds in Asia last year, with a more than 6 % total return in dollar terms, as investors sought stability in the resilience of the Chinese currency, according to a report by
bonds, outperformed dollar - denominated and other local currency
bonds in Asia last year, with a more than 6 % total return in dollar terms, as investors sought stability in the resilience of the Chinese currency, according to a report by
bonds in Asia last year, with a more than 6 % total return in dollar terms, as
investors sought stability in the resilience of the Chinese currency, according to a report
by HSBC.
While there has been a revolution in online trading of stocks
by retail
investors in the last 20 years or so, the
bond market has been slower to replicate the ease, low costs and lack of hassle stock
investors enjoy.
$ 7.6 billion worth of emerging
market stocks and
bonds were purchased
by foreign
investors in March — an «impressive» investment value according to the Institute of International Finance, considering what a volatile month it proved to be.
A deepening and widening of the nascent corporate
bond market in India is on track, following reforms
by the Reserve Bank of India aimed to draw in foreign and small
investors.
During this two - year crisis
investors have continually called on the ECB and euro area leaders to «fix» the debt issue:
by wiping out half of Greece's debt,
by protecting Italy's access to debt
markets through
bond purchases, or
by suggesting a levered EFSF, the euro area's rescue vehicle.
The industry has underperformed the stock and
bond markets as a whole, resulting in massive withdrawals
by their
investors.
While mortgage lenders have tightened their wallets since 2008, corporations have been borrowing with abandon, abetted
by trillions of dollars in central bank liquidity and
investors searching for yield they can no longer find in government
bonds or money
markets.
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) writes
investor protection rules and other rules regulating broker - dealers and banks in the United States municipal securities
market, including tax - exempt and taxable municipal
bonds, municipal notes, and other securities issued
by states, cities, and counties or their agencies to help finance public projects or for other public policy purposes.
-LRB-...) After years of unprecedented monetary stimulus propping up the world's financial
markets,
investors are now confronting the reality of an end to the Federal Reserve's
bond - buying program, which, as expected, the central bank reduced
by another $ 10 billion on Wednesday.
And therefore, those are the sorts of concerns, clearly as
bond investors we have to have in the back of our mind because while we're still very much supported
by central banks continuing to buy government
bonds, the Fed [US Federal Reserve] has announced that it is beginning now to not only end the taper, that ended some time ago, they are potentially selling
bonds back into the
market.
As long as the loans are used to bid up property, stock and
bond prices, they can claim that they are «responding to the
market»
by getting homeowners, commercial real estate
investors, corporate raiders and financial managers to pledge their assets as collateral for yet new loans in a process that seems to be self - sustaining.
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.
$ 7.6 billion worth of emerging
market stocks and
bonds were purchased
by foreign
investors in March, according to data from the Institute of International Finance (IIF).
Investors appear to be increasing their defensive positioning in the
market as evidenced
by the continued relative strength in the Precious Metals / Precious Metals Miners and Treasury
Bond composites.
Capital
Markets Corporate Debt As Russian companies strive to cope with higher borrowing costs and a shortage of dollars and euros to repay foreign debt, emerging markets bonds are coming under increasing scrutiny by inv
Markets Corporate Debt As Russian companies strive to cope with higher borrowing costs and a shortage of dollars and euros to repay foreign debt, emerging
markets bonds are coming under increasing scrutiny by inv
markets bonds are coming under increasing scrutiny
by investors.
Currency impact can be managed
by hedging local currencies back into U.S. dollar, allowing
investors to potentially earn local
market yields and take advantage of potential local
bond price appreciation, with less currency fluctuations.
The «
bond market» is the trading,
by investors, of these
bonds.
When it comes to both stocks and
bonds,
market inefficiencies can be driven
by powerful forces like
investor behavior and structural impediments.
Many
investors make only passing ventures into
bonds because they are confused
by the apparent complexity of the
market.
This fund is most appropriate for
investors who are looking for exposure to U.S. TIPS but also do not mind having inflation - linked
bonds issued
by emerging
market countries, which offer higher rates of return when compared to ETFs investing only in U.S. TIPS.
Because yield to maturity is the interest rate an
investor would earn
by reinvesting every coupon payment from the
bond at a constant interest rate until the
bond's maturity date, the present value of all the future cash flows equals the
bond's
market price.
Added to that the $ 500 billion that has left the
market by way of the individual
investor and a lot of that money has been going into
bond funds as a result.
Even if the primary
market were dominated
by buy - and - hold
investors (more common in
bonds, less common in stocks), the speculation inherent in much secondary trading provides real value to the IPO syndicates, and longer - term
investors.
How could an
investor in California's municipal
bonds be comforted
by a company that during a potential liquidity crisis might find the capital
markets closed to it, versus the nation's largest state with its obvious ongoing taxing authority?
This means that it may actually be prudent for an average
investor to shorten the duration
by moving a part of investment in
bonds to money
market funds.
Building a ladder of strip
bonds is a popular strategy for fixed - income
investors, and it's one advocated
by Hank Cunningham in his excellent book, In Your Best Interest: The Ultimate Guide to the Canadian
Bond Market.
The major stock and
bond index returns are reported so
investors can judge funds
by an appropriate
market benchmark.
Besides taking a closer look at how «rigorous» the tax - related calculations employed
by different outside managers and institutional brokers to
market different managed accounts and
bond funds are, advisor Munson says he's taking more care to talk to HNW
investors about their «average» tax obligations.
Bond investors identify a bond's value in terms of its yield, generally the coupon rate divided by the market pr
Bond investors identify a
bond's value in terms of its yield, generally the coupon rate divided by the market pr
bond's value in terms of its yield, generally the coupon rate divided
by the
market price.
As a value
investor Sparinvest has built an investment process to capture opportunities in the corporate
bond market by value screening.
Euphoric - buying as the
market peaks, followed
by panic - selling when it comes back down leads to horrible returns for the average stock and
bond investor.
These
bond issues are generally governed
by the law of the
market of issuance, e.g., a samurai
bond, issued
by an
investor based in Europe, will be governed
by Japanese law.
A mutual fund is a portfolio of
bonds, stocks, or other investable assets, such as, money
market products, that are selected and managed
by a professional on behalf of many
investors, like yourself.
For example, many
investors drawn to emerging
market bond funds in recent years
by payouts that were sometimes more than twice that of U.S. Treasuries have experienced double - digit losses over the past 12 months, as growth prospects for emerging
market economies have begun to fade in the face of China's economic troubles and falling commodity prices.
Imagine, for a moment, that we could split the U.S. high yield
bond market into two categories: those securities owned
by the passive
investors, and everything else, which is owned
by the active
investors.
It also applies to
investors deciding whether or how much to invest in the U.S. high yield
market in the first place, which similarly occupies a proportion of the overall U.S.
bond market that is determined
by the activities of active
investors.
Annette wrote «The
Bond Book» to fill a need for a book that would explain bonds and the bond market in clear language that could be understood by any individual inves
Bond Book» to fill a need for a book that would explain
bonds and the
bond market in clear language that could be understood by any individual inves
bond market in clear language that could be understood
by any individual
investor.
Bond ETFs add incremental liquidity to the bond markets by allowing investors to trade shares on an excha
Bond ETFs add incremental liquidity to the
bond markets by allowing investors to trade shares on an excha
bond markets by allowing
investors to trade shares on an exchange.
Stocks Better than
Bonds in the Long Run
Bonds, which are often seen as «safe»
by investors who have never invested in the stock
market, or those who have lost a lot of money in stocks, are «risky» in the long run owing to the inability of their returns (interest) to beat inflation.