That said, the investment
grade corporate bond market, the junk bond market, and the bank loan markets can't have a better year in 2010.
There are many other aspects of risk and reward related to the senior loan and high
yield corporate bond markets that can be discussed in additional posts.
Our global / international active fixed income strategies take advantage not only of sovereign debt, but the increasingly robust
global corporate bond market, utilizing our expertise in corporate bond analysis.
The new - issue bond market is expanding (Shin (2013)-RRB- and assets under the management of investment funds that promise daily liquidity are growing rapidly - as suggested by the increasing presence of exchange - traded funds
in corporate bond markets in recent years (see also Box 2).
The investment grade
U.S. corporate bond market tracked in the S&P 500 Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index has had a modest negative return of 0.29 % month - to - date so Apple bonds appear to be moving in line with the rest of the bond market.
The S&P Municipal Bond Index has recorded a 4.21 % year - to - date total return for the first three quarters of 2016 lagging the
taxable corporate bond market returns of nearly 9 % as tracked by the S&P 500 Bond Index.
As we near the end of the first quarter, investment grade tax - exempt bonds tracked in the S&P National AMT - Free Municipal Bond Index have returned 0.93 % year - to - date underperforming relative to the over 2 % return of the investment grade
corporate bond market tracked in the S&P U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index.
Especially
when corporate bond markets are a mess, municipal bonds are suffering under the weight of Puerto Rico's problem, Europe's continued woes, instability in the Middle East, a stalled out stock market and oil prices drop due to oversupply.
The size of the local - currency -
denominated corporate bond market in China, as measured by the S&P China Corporate Bond Index, currently stands at CNY 7.58 trillion, representing an expansion by more than 14 times since December 2009.
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 Bond Index.
And, the
local corporate bond markets in these countries are not very well developed, which means, unlike in the United States, there are not many opportunities outside of government securities.
For example, the Bloomberg Barclays MSCI U.S. Corporate ESG Focus Index contains bonds from corporate issuers with higher ESG scores relative to the
broad corporate bond market.
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.
Banco de Chile led the local stock market with 10 equity deals valued at $ 1.1 billion, and it dominated the local
corporate bond market with 10 debt deals that were also valued at $ 1.1 billion.
For one, the share of securities whose 12 - month trading volume equals at least half of the number of securities outstanding has fallen from 20 % to less than 5 % in the US
corporate bond market since 2007 (CGFS (2014)-RRB-.
They note, for example, that the size of large trades of US investment grade corporate bonds (so - called «block trades») has continuously declined in recent years.6 Furthermore, in
most corporate bond markets, trading appears to be highly concentrated in just a few liquid issues, and concentration appears to be increasing in some market segments.
Meanwhile, bid - ask spreads in
major corporate bond markets have narrowed sharply in recent years, but remain somewhat wider than the levels observed immediately before the global financial crisis (Graph 2, right - hand panel).
This could possibly lead to a revived
domestic corporate bond market, with institutions such as superannuation funds holding a lot of the private long term bonds.
If you are looking for a place to ride out these choppy market waters while awaiting more compelling equity valuations, the short end of the US investment - grade
corporate bond market looks to be a less risky part of the market.
Economies across Asia should be able to generate good corporate prospects, enabling an ever -
improving corporate bond market and creating a strong tax feedback loop that could allow governments to fund new investments and create even more attractive long - term opportunities.
As US corporations continue to utilize copious amounts debt capital to finance themselves, the US
corporate bond market gradually assumes the position of being the most systemically important market in the US financial system.
Tracked by the S&P / ASX Corporate Bond Index, the size of the Australian dollar denominated
corporate bond market currently stands at 57 billion, which is one - tenth of the broader benchmark, the S&P / ASX Australian Fixed Interest Index.
The talk regarding an illiquid
public corporate bond market goes on, and if you've read me over the past year on this topic, you know that I don't think it is a serious issue.
However, a look at spreads in the high yield
corporate bond market yesterday shows that investors were warming back up to the sector (at least temporarily).
Shearman's European practice head Stephan Hutter and fellow securities partner Katja Kaulamo will join Skadden's Frankfurt office later this month as the latter firm seeks to capitalize on the
booming corporate bond market.
The S&P 500 Bond Index seeks to measure the broad and relatively liquid
U.S. corporate bond market, and it is designed to be a corporate - bond counterpart to the iconic S&P 500, widely regarded as the best single gauge of large - cap U.S. equities.
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High - Yield Bond Index covers the U.S. dollar - denominated, non-investment grade, fixed - rate,
taxable corporate bond market.
The bonds of these entities haven't reacted too much as they closely match the performance of the high grade
corporate bond market tracked by the S&P 500 Bond Index.
The
Canadian corporate bond market is very small compared with that of the US (especially in high - yield bonds) and the interest rate trends are significantly different in the two countries.
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