Sentences with phrase «cash in short duration»

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Meanwhile, actual and anticipated selling of short - duration bonds as companies repurpose repatriated cash has led to a widening in spreads.

Some of the best and most experienced investors in the world have a habit of routinely keeping 20 % of their net assets in cash and cash equivalents, often the only truly safe place for parking these funds being a United States Treasury bond of short - duration held directly with the U.S. Treasury.

Given that shorter duration bonds hold up better when interest rates rise and benefit from the increase faster, they make a great choice for investors looking to cash in on the Fed's decision.

Others, eschewing conventional personal - finance advice, are even opting for «cash - in» refinancings, paying thousands of dollars out of pocket to settle old loans — and then taking out new mortgages with lower payments, shorter durations or both.

In other words, we've seen that cash is a reasonable form of ballast, but only if it's held for short durations, when the compounding effect of inflation is relatively small.

«The immediate cause of these lower returns is undisputed: Fidelity allocated MIP investments away from higher - return, but higher - risk sectors (e.g., corporate bonds, mortgage pass - throughs, and asset - backed securities) and toward treasuries and other cash - like or shorter duration instruments,» the appellate court wrote in its opinion.

By investing in real estate, the risk you assume is minimized with tangible assets that don't significantly change in value over short periods of time not to mention real estate generates steady monthly cash flow each month for the duration of the investment.