will seek to track the Bloomberg Barclays U.S.
Corporate Bond Index by investing in other Vanguard products that are tied to subsets of that index.
The Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF will seek to track the Bloomberg Barclays U.S.
Corporate Bond Index by investing in other Vanguard products that are tied to subsets of that index.
Spreads of the S&P Eurozone Investment Grade
Corporate Bond Index by rating category show that since mid-February 2016, the Option Adjusted Spreads (OAS) are significantly tighter for the AA, A, and BBB categories.
Not exact matches
Bloomberg's Global Investment Grade
Corporate Bond Index sank
by 4 % last year to a trough in early November, then stabilized as high - yield cratered further.
The Bloomberg Barclays Long - Term Government /
Corporate Bond Index is an unmanaged index that includes fixed - rate debt issues rated investment grade or higher by Moody's Investors Services, Standard & Poor's Corporation, or Fitch Investor's Service, in o
Index is an unmanaged
index that includes fixed - rate debt issues rated investment grade or higher by Moody's Investors Services, Standard & Poor's Corporation, or Fitch Investor's Service, in o
index that includes fixed - rate debt issues rated investment grade or higher
by Moody's Investors Services, Standard & Poor's Corporation, or Fitch Investor's Service, in order.
The Bloomberg Barclays High - Yield
Bond Index is an unmanaged index of corporate bonds rated below investment grade by Moody's, S&P or Fitch Investor Ser
Index is an unmanaged
index of corporate bonds rated below investment grade by Moody's, S&P or Fitch Investor Ser
index of
corporate bonds rated below investment grade
by Moody's, S&P or Fitch Investor Service.
In 2015, munis, as represented
by the Barclays Municipal
Bond Index, were actually the top fixed - income asset class, beating both Treasuries and
corporate debt.
All markets will continue to focus on the volatility in the equity and
bond markets, geopolitical events, developments with the Trump Administration,
corporate earnings, oil prices, and will turn to this afternoon's Commitment of Traders Report, followed
by reports Monday on Chinese PMI, German CPI and Retail Sales, US Personal Income, Personal Spending, PCE, Chicago PMI, Pending Home Sales, and the Dallas Fed's Manufacturing
Index for near term direction.
The components of the S&P Canada Aggregate
Bond Index are all wider
by an average of 29 bps as of March 6, 2015; S&P Canada Sovereign
Bond Index (28 bps), S&P Canada Provincial & Municipal
Bond Index (32bps), S&P Canada Investment Grade
Corporate Bond Index (26 bps), and S&P Canada Collateralized
Bond Index (32 bps).
Fixed income sectors shown to the right are provided
by Barclays and are represented
by the following Bloomberg Barclays
Indices — Treasury Inflation Protected Securities: U.S. Treasury Inflation - Protected Securities (TIPS)
Index; Floating Rate Loans: US Floating - Rate Note
Index (BBB); Asset - backed securities: US Asset - Backed Securities
Index; High Yield: US
Corporate High - Yield
Bond Index; Convertibles: US Convertible
Bond Index; Mortgage - backed securities: US Aggregate Securitized MBS
Index; Broad Market: US Aggregate
Bond Index; Municipals: Municipal
Bond 10 - Year
Index; Investment Grade
Corporates: US
Corporates Index
The par amount outstanding of investment - grade
corporate debt, as measured by the S&P U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index, has increased over USD 4 trillion since September 2007, while the amount of speculative - grade outstanding, as measured by the S&P U.S. High Yield Corporate Bond Index, has increased by USD 800
corporate debt, as measured
by the S&P U.S. Investment Grade
Corporate Bond Index, has increased over USD 4 trillion since September 2007, while the amount of speculative - grade outstanding, as measured by the S&P U.S. High Yield Corporate Bond Index, has increased by USD 800
Corporate Bond Index, has increased over USD 4 trillion since September 2007, while the amount of speculative - grade outstanding, as measured
by the S&P U.S. High Yield
Corporate Bond Index, has increased by USD 800
Corporate Bond Index, has increased
by USD 800 billion.
Investment grade
bonds as measured
by the S&P U.S. Issued Investment Grade
Corporate Bond Index turned it up a notch as the index's yield tightened by 9 basis points on the week to a 2.
Index turned it up a notch as the
index's yield tightened by 9 basis points on the week to a 2.
index's yield tightened
by 9 basis points on the week to a 2.76 %.
Reversing the trend seen in 2015, the S&P Pan Asia Government
Bond Index was down
by 1.33 % in 2016, still outperforming the S&P Pan Asia
Corporate Bond Index, which fell 3.11 % over the same period.
The average yield of
bonds in the S&P 500 7 - 10 Year Investment Grade
Corporate Bond Index has fallen
by 94bps since year end as the yield thirsty market place has hunted yield oriented products.
The RBC ETFs will employ a sampling methodology to replicate the DEX Target Date Maturity
Corporate Bond Indexes provided
by PC -
Bond Analytics, a provider of Canadian fixed income
indices.
Further evidence is shown
by the S&P U.S. Distressed High Yield
Corporate Bond Index.
The average yield of
bonds in the S&P 500 7 - 10 Year Investment Grade
Corporate Bond Index has fallen
by 94bps Read more -LSB-...]
The fact that the S&P U.S. High Yield Low Volatility
Corporate Bond Index is located above the straight line linking the investment - grade and high - yield bond sectors demonstrates that the index outperforms the return frontier established by the two bond sect
Bond Index is located above the straight line linking the investment - grade and high - yield bond sectors demonstrates that the index outperforms the return frontier established by the two bond sec
Index is located above the straight line linking the investment - grade and high - yield
bond sectors demonstrates that the index outperforms the return frontier established by the two bond sect
bond sectors demonstrates that the
index outperforms the return frontier established by the two bond sec
index outperforms the return frontier established
by the two
bond sect
bond sectors.
The duration matched spread to Treasuries or the OAS (Option Adjusted Spread) for both the S&P U.S. Issued Investment Grade
Corporate Bond Index and the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield
Corporate Bond Index are tighter
by 16 and 33 basis points respectively.
Size Tracked
by the S&P U.S. Issued Investment Grade
Corporate Bond Index and the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index, the total size of the U.S. corporate bond market is around USD 4.8 trillion, which is approximately four times that of the Chinese corporate bon
Corporate Bond Index and the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index, the total size of the U.S. corporate bond market is around USD 4.8 trillion, which is approximately four times that of the Chinese corporate bond mar
Bond Index and the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield
Corporate Bond Index, the total size of the U.S. corporate bond market is around USD 4.8 trillion, which is approximately four times that of the Chinese corporate bon
Corporate Bond Index, the total size of the U.S. corporate bond market is around USD 4.8 trillion, which is approximately four times that of the Chinese corporate bond mar
Bond Index, the total size of the U.S.
corporate bond market is around USD 4.8 trillion, which is approximately four times that of the Chinese corporate bon
corporate bond market is around USD 4.8 trillion, which is approximately four times that of the Chinese corporate bond mar
bond market is around USD 4.8 trillion, which is approximately four times that of the Chinese
corporate bon
corporate bond mar
bond market.
Tracking the trade activity of
corporate bonds issued
by the «blue chip» companies of the S&P 500
Index indicates liquidity is improved for these
bonds over other
bond issues.
High Yield's month - to - date return is presently negative at a -0.44 %, while for the year it is returning a 4.05 % as measured
by the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield
Corporate Bond Index.
The S&P 500 Investment Grade
Corporate Bond Index provides a view of the performance of corporate bonds issued by the blue chip companies in the iconic S&P 500 Index, other index inclusion criteria including par amount minimums are the same as the broader corporate bo
Corporate Bond Index provides a view of the performance of corporate bonds issued by the blue chip companies in the iconic S&P 500 Index, other index inclusion criteria including par amount minimums are the same as the broader corporate bond in
Bond Index provides a view of the performance of corporate bonds issued by the blue chip companies in the iconic S&P 500 Index, other index inclusion criteria including par amount minimums are the same as the broader corporate bond i
Index provides a view of the performance of
corporate bonds issued by the blue chip companies in the iconic S&P 500 Index, other index inclusion criteria including par amount minimums are the same as the broader corporate bo
corporate bonds issued
by the blue chip companies in the iconic S&P 500
Index, other index inclusion criteria including par amount minimums are the same as the broader corporate bond i
Index, other
index inclusion criteria including par amount minimums are the same as the broader corporate bond i
index inclusion criteria including par amount minimums are the same as the broader
corporate bo
corporate bond in
bond indexindex.
Of the USD 3.7 trillion of
corporate debt tracked
by the S&P 500
Bond Index, over USD 1.5 trillion (approximately 40 %) is set to mature through 2020 (see Exhibit 3).
Within the Chinese
corporate bond market, the offshore market, denoted by the S&P / DB ORBIT Credit Index, is relatively small compared with the onshore market, represented by the S&P China Corporate Bo
corporate bond market, the offshore market, denoted by the S&P / DB ORBIT Credit Index, is relatively small compared with the onshore market, represented by the S&P China Corporate Bond In
bond market, the offshore market, denoted
by the S&P / DB ORBIT Credit
Index, is relatively small compared with the onshore market, represented
by the S&P China
Corporate Bo
Corporate Bond In
Bond Index.
As tracked
by the S&P Japan
Bond Index, a broad base benchmark that measures the performance of the government and
corporate local currency
bonds in Japan, the total outstanding par amount have reached over 1,070 trillion Yen this August.
Let's take a look at the performance relationships between the stocks and the
bonds by using the S&P 500 Energy Total Return and the S&P 500 Energy
Corporate Bond Index Total Return to see how the market views the equity risk premium, or in other words how strongly the market believes oil stocks will rise (equity performance) or fall (bond performan
Bond Index Total Return to see how the market views the equity risk premium, or in other words how strongly the market believes oil stocks will rise (equity performance) or fall (
bond performan
bond performance.)
The high - yield
corporate bond segment, as measured by the S&P U.S. High Yield Corporate Bond Index, was the top - performing asset class for 2016, posting a total return o
corporate bond segment, as measured by the S&P U.S. High Yield Corporate Bond Index, was the top - performing asset class for 2016, posting a total return of 17.
bond segment, as measured
by the S&P U.S. High Yield
Corporate Bond Index, was the top - performing asset class for 2016, posting a total return o
Corporate Bond Index, was the top - performing asset class for 2016, posting a total return of 17.
Bond Index, was the top - performing asset class for 2016, posting a total return of 17.2 %.
Unlike Treasuries and investment grade
corporates, the high yield market as measured
by the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield
Corporate Bond Index touch a low point for yield earlier in the month at a 5.87 % on October 6th.
Short - Duration
Bonds are represented by the Bloomberg Barclays 1 - 3 Gov» t. / Credit Index which is composed of the Bloomberg Barclays Government and Corporate Bond Indexes, including U.S. government Treasury and agency securities as well as corporate and Yankee bonds, with maturities between 1 and 3 y
Bonds are represented
by the Bloomberg Barclays 1 - 3 Gov» t. / Credit
Index which is composed of the Bloomberg Barclays Government and
Corporate Bond Indexes, including U.S. government Treasury and agency securities as well as corporate and Yankee bonds, with maturities between 1 and
Corporate Bond Indexes, including U.S. government Treasury and agency securities as well as
corporate and Yankee bonds, with maturities between 1 and
corporate and Yankee
bonds, with maturities between 1 and 3 y
bonds, with maturities between 1 and 3 years.
Below is a chart of the historical S&P GSCI Energy TR
index levels versus the equity risk premium as measured by the S&P 500 Energy Total Return monthly minus the S&P 500 Energy Corporate Bond Index Total Return mon
index levels versus the equity risk premium as measured
by the S&P 500 Energy Total Return monthly minus the S&P 500 Energy
Corporate Bond Index Total Return mon
Index Total Return monthly.
Investment Grade
Corporate Bonds are represented by the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Index which measures the performance of investment grade corpora
Corporate Bonds are represented by the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Index which measures the performance of investment grade corporate b
Bonds are represented
by the Bloomberg Barclays U.S.
Corporate Investment Grade Index which measures the performance of investment grade corpora
Corporate Investment Grade
Index which measures the performance of investment grade
corporatecorporate bondsbonds.
High Yield
Bonds are represented
by the Bloomberg Barclays
Corporate High Yield Index, which covers the USD - denominated, non-investment grade, fixed - rate, taxable corporate bon
Corporate High Yield
Index, which covers the USD - denominated, non-investment grade, fixed - rate, taxable
corporate bon
corporate bond market.
High - yield
bonds did not sell off quite as much, as the shorter duration (4.97 years)
index dropped by only -0.09 % for the day as measured by the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond I
index dropped
by only -0.09 % for the day as measured
by the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield
Corporate Bond IndexIndex.
The S&P U.S. Issued Investment Grade
Corporate Bond Index was down 0.72 % for the day, led by the Atmos Energy Corp. 4.15 % January 2043 bond, whose daily total return was -0.0
Bond Index was down 0.72 % for the day, led
by the Atmos Energy Corp. 4.15 % January 2043
bond, whose daily total return was -0.0
bond, whose daily total return was -0.03 %.
The S&P China
Corporate Bond Index outperformed the S&P China Sovereign
Bond Index and gained 4.26 % YTD, and its yield - to - maturity tightened
by 110 bps to 4.26 % as of June 29, 2015 — a level last seen in late 2010.
Recent innovations include the S&P 500 ®
Bond Index covering corporate bonds issued by the companies in the S&P 500, the S&P U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, as well as indices that track the global developed sovereign, China onshore, Pan Asia, ESG, Indian, and African bond mark
Bond Index covering
corporate bonds issued
by the companies in the S&P 500, the S&P U.S. Aggregate
Bond Index, as well as indices that track the global developed sovereign, China onshore, Pan Asia, ESG, Indian, and African bond mark
Bond Index, as well as
indices that track the global developed sovereign, China onshore, Pan Asia, ESG, Indian, and African
bond mark
bond markets.
The market value tracked
by the
index reached CNY 48 trillion, whereas
corporate bonds represented 34 % of the overall market.
The Markit iBoxx ® $ Liquid Investment Grade
Index is a modified market - value weighted index designed to provide a balanced representation of U.S. dollar - denominated investment grade corporate bonds publicly offered in the United States by means of including the most liquid investment grade corporate bonds available as determined by the index prov
Index is a modified market - value weighted
index designed to provide a balanced representation of U.S. dollar - denominated investment grade corporate bonds publicly offered in the United States by means of including the most liquid investment grade corporate bonds available as determined by the index prov
index designed to provide a balanced representation of U.S. dollar - denominated investment grade
corporate bonds publicly offered in the United States
by means of including the most liquid investment grade
corporate bonds available as determined
by the
index prov
index provider.
By comparison, the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield
Corporate Bond Index has a duration of over 4.8 years and is up 3.6 % year to date.
The Markit iBoxx ® $ Liquid High Yield
Index is a modified market - value weighted index designed to provide a balanced representation of U.S. dollar - denominated high yield corporate bonds for sale within the United States by means of including the most liquid high yield corporate bonds available as determined by the index prov
Index is a modified market - value weighted
index designed to provide a balanced representation of U.S. dollar - denominated high yield corporate bonds for sale within the United States by means of including the most liquid high yield corporate bonds available as determined by the index prov
index designed to provide a balanced representation of U.S. dollar - denominated high yield
corporate bonds for sale within the United States
by means of including the most liquid high yield
corporate bonds available as determined
by the
index prov
index provider.
High yield municipal
bonds tracked in the S&P Municipal
Bond High Yield Index have continued to outperform their corporate junk bond counterparts by returning 9.67 % year to d
Bond High Yield
Index have continued to outperform their
corporate junk
bond counterparts by returning 9.67 % year to d
bond counterparts
by returning 9.67 % year to date.
The investment - grade
corporate component of the aggregate index, as measured by the S&P U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index, is 29 % of the parent index, and has contributed 1.09 % of total return YTD, while also providing -1.44 % re
corporate component of the aggregate
index, as measured by the S&P U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index, is 29 % of the parent index, and has contributed 1.09 % of total return YTD, while also providing -1.44 % return
index, as measured
by the S&P U.S. Investment Grade
Corporate Bond Index, is 29 % of the parent index, and has contributed 1.09 % of total return YTD, while also providing -1.44 % re
Corporate Bond Index, is 29 % of the parent index, and has contributed 1.09 % of total return YTD, while also providing -1.44 % return
Index, is 29 % of the parent
index, and has contributed 1.09 % of total return YTD, while also providing -1.44 % return
index, and has contributed 1.09 % of total return YTD, while also providing -1.44 % return MTD.
The growth of the high yield market since the 2008 financial crisis has been significant; the par amount outstanding of the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield
Corporate Bond Index increased
by 65 % from Dec. 31, 2008, to Dec. 15,, 2015.
They can also reduce their exposure to bank failure
by diversifying out of bank deposits into stocks and investment grade
corporate bonds or a broad
bond index through use of low fee exchange traded funds.
High - yield
bonds, as measured
by the S&P U.S. High Yield
Corporate Bond Index, lost 1.41 % in June, but the index had returned 0.25 % for the first two days of July and 3.58 %
Index, lost 1.41 % in June, but the
index had returned 0.25 % for the first two days of July and 3.58 %
index had returned 0.25 % for the first two days of July and 3.58 % YTD.
The S&P 500 Energy
Corporate Bond Index has lost 3.71 % YTD, followed
by a 0.87 % YTD drop in the S&P 500 Materials
Corporate Bond Index.
Green project
bonds have also outpaced high yield corporates by nearly 95 %, as the S&P U.S. Issued Corporate Bonds Index is up 4.56 %
bonds have also outpaced high yield
corporates by nearly 95 %, as the S&P U.S. Issued
Corporate Bonds Index is up 4.56 %
Bonds Index is up 4.56 % YTD.
High - yield
bonds, as measured
by the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield
Corporate Bond Index, have increased
by 3.4 %.
Much of last week's leveraged loan positive return accompanied a 3.2 % rally in equities (S&P 500) and a 0.8 % high - yield
bond rally as measured by the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond In
bond rally as measured
by the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield
Corporate Bond In
Bond Index.