The graph shows a range of
corporate bond maturities and the level of yield available in the market.
Not exact matches
the stated value of an investment at
maturity; includes
bonds, life insurance policies, bank notes, currency, some stocks, and other securities; typically $ 1,000 for a
corporate bond
You can invest in
bond funds by stated
maturities (short - term, intermediate - term, long - term), credit quality (treasuries, junk
bonds, investment grade
corporate bonds) or pretty much any other way you can separate
bond investments.
Blackrock's iShares unit recently came out with four ETFs that will focus on
corporate bonds and have set
maturity dates of 2016, 2018, 2020 and 2023.
SHYL tracks an index of USD - denominated high - yield
corporate bonds with 0 to 5 years remaining to
maturity.
This and tight spreads — the gap between
corporate bond yields and that of comparable -
maturity Treasuries — might mitigate any positive impact from the tax package.
The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate 10 + Year
Bond Index is unmanaged and is composed of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Government / Credit Index and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Mortgage - Backed Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues, and mortgage - backed securities with maturities of 10 years or m
Bond Index is unmanaged and is composed of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Government / Credit Index and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Mortgage - Backed Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues,
corporate bond issues, and mortgage - backed securities with maturities of 10 years or m
bond issues, and mortgage - backed securities with
maturities of 10 years or more.
Most of the
corporate data from the 1950s (e.g. Moodys and Dow Jones Corporate Bond index) is for 20 to 30 year ma
corporate data from the 1950s (e.g. Moodys and Dow Jones
Corporate Bond index) is for 20 to 30 year ma
Corporate Bond index) is for 20 to 30 year
maturities.
The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate 5 — 7 Year
Bond Index is unmanaged and is composed of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Government / Credit Index and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Mortgage - Backed Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues, and mortgage - backed securities with maturities of five to seven ye
Bond Index is unmanaged and is composed of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Government / Credit Index and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Mortgage - Backed Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues,
corporate bond issues, and mortgage - backed securities with maturities of five to seven ye
bond issues, and mortgage - backed securities with
maturities of five to seven years.
Cumulative inflows into the iShares Short
Maturity Bond ETF (NEAR), Floating Rate
Bond ETF, SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Short Term High Yield
Bond ETF, PowerShares Senior Loan Portfolio, and the Vanguard Short - Term
Corporate Bond ETF topped $ 400 million in total for the first session of the week, the highest since the inception date of the most recent member of this product group.
Quality
corporate bonds with
maturities of about five to seven years returned about 9 % in 2011.
The Barclays U.S. Aggregate
Bond Index is a market value — weighted index of investment - grade fixed - rate debt issues, including government,
corporate, asset - backed, and mortgage - backed securities, with
maturities of one year or more.
To implement our long
maturity exposure, we use the iShares iBoxx Investment Grade
Corporate Bond ETF (LQD / NY) because we also wanted exposure to the U.S. dollar.
The iShares Intermediate Credit
Bond ETF tracks a market - weighted index of USD - denominated investment grade
corporate, sovereign, supranational, local authority and non-US agency debt with
maturities between 1 - 10 years.
As we get further along in the business cycle, I tend to keep the
maturities in my
corporate bond exposure a little shorter than I would earlier in the cycle.
The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate 1 — 3 Year
Bond Index is unmanaged and is composed of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Government / Credit Index and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Mortgage - Backed Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues, and mortgage - backed securities with maturities of one to three ye
Bond Index is unmanaged and is composed of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Government / Credit Index and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Mortgage - Backed Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues,
corporate bond issues, and mortgage - backed securities with maturities of one to three ye
bond issues, and mortgage - backed securities with
maturities of one to three years.
Similarly, you should have a variety of
bonds in your portfolio, including Treasury
bonds, municipal
bonds,
corporate bonds,
bonds with different
maturities, foreign
bonds and high - yield
bonds.
Callable and puttable The issuer of a callable
corporate bond maintains the right to redeem the security on a set date prior to
maturity and pay back the
bond's owner either par (full) value or a percentage of par value.
Zero - coupon Zero - coupon
corporate bonds are issued at a discount from face value (par), with the full value, including imputed interest, paid at
maturity.
Call risk Many
corporate bonds may have call provisions, which means they can be redeemed or paid off at the issuer's discretion prior to
maturity.
The fund has no targeted
maturity, but does target a duration within 10 % of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S.
Corporate Investment Grade
Bond Index, which as of the end March was 7.5 years.
RBC Global Asset Management Inc. today announced April 2014 distributions for unitholders of RBC 1 - 5 Year Laddered
Corporate Bond ETF, RBC Target
Maturity Corporate Bond ETFs and RBC Quant Dividend Leaders ETFs...
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RBC Global Asset Management Inc. (RBC GAM) today announced final details regarding the scheduled
maturity of RBC Target 2016
Corporate Bond Index ETF (TSX: RQD)...
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Corporate Bond ETF, RBC Target
Maturity Corporate Bond ETFs and RBC Quant Dividend Leaders ETFs...
Reduces fees on seven RBC Target
Maturity Corporate Bond ETFs TORONTO, January 15, 2014 - RBC Global Asset Management...
RBC Global Asset Management Inc. today announced September 2014 distributions for unitholders of RBC 1 - 5 Year Laddered
Corporate Bond ETF, RBC Target
Maturity Corporate Bond ETFs and RBC Quant Dividend Leaders ETFs...
2016.09.15 RBC Global Asset Management Inc. announces final details on
maturity of RBC Target 2016
Corporate Bond Index ETF RBC Global Asset Management Inc. (RBC GAM) today announced final details regarding the scheduled
maturity of RBC Target 2016
Corporate Bond Index ETF (TSX: RQD)...
2014.05.14 RBC Global Asset Management Inc. announces RBC ETF monthly cash distributions for May 2014 RBC Global Asset Management Inc. today announced May 2014 distributions for unitholders of RBC 1 - 5 Year Laddered
Corporate Bond ETF, RBC Target
Maturity Corporate Bond ETFs and RBC Quant Dividend Leaders ETFs...
2016.03.15 RBC Global Asset Management Inc. announces
maturity date of RBC Target 2016
Corporate Bond Index ETF RBC Global Asset Management Inc. today announced that the RBC Target 2016
Corporate Bond Index ETF (TSX: RQD) will mature on Friday, November 18, 2016...
Both funds spread your investments out among
corporate bonds and U.S. government
bonds with various
maturities.
RBC Global Asset Management Inc. today announced May 2014 distributions for unitholders of RBC 1 - 5 Year Laddered
Corporate Bond ETF, RBC Target
Maturity Corporate Bond ETFs and RBC Quant Dividend Leaders ETFs...
The PowerShares BulletShares 2023
Corporate Bond ETF tracks an index of investment - grade corporate bonds with effective maturities
Corporate Bond ETF tracks an index of investment - grade
corporate bonds with effective maturities
corporate bonds with effective
maturities in 2023.
PowerShares BulletShares 2022
Corporate Bond ETF tracks a market - value - weighted, USD - denominated, investment - grade corporate bond index with effective maturities
Corporate Bond ETF tracks a market - value - weighted, USD - denominated, investment - grade corporate bond index with effective maturities in 2
Bond ETF tracks a market - value - weighted, USD - denominated, investment - grade
corporate bond index with effective maturities
corporate bond index with effective maturities in 2
bond index with effective
maturities in 2022.
The PowerShares BulletShares 2019
Corporate Bond ETF tracks a market - weighted index of USD - denominated corporate investment - grade bonds with effective maturities
Corporate Bond ETF tracks a market - weighted index of USD - denominated
corporate investment - grade bonds with effective maturities
corporate investment - grade
bonds with effective
maturities in 2019.
Exhibit 1: The Yield - to -
Maturity of the S&P Indonesia
Corporate Bond Index and the S&P Indonesia Sovereign
Bond Index
For «A» rated
corporates, the spread over government
bonds of comparable
maturity is currently about 100 basis points, which is noticeably wider than a couple of years ago (Graph 32).
By looking at the difference in yield between a
corporate bond and a Treasury of the same
maturity, you can get an idea of the extra premium investors require for the extra credit risk inherent in the
corporate bond.
Short - term high grade
corporates have become relatively more attractive lately due to a number of technical factors, chief among them a one - time shift out of short -
maturity corporate bonds as companies bring home cash held outside of the United States as a result of the recent tax act.
In a well - diversified investment portfolio, highly - rated
corporate bonds of short - term, mid-term and long - term
maturity (when the principal loan amount is scheduled for repayment) can help investors accumulate money for retirement, save for a college education for children, or to establish a cash reserve for emergencies, vacations or for other expenses.
The Barclays U.S. Credit Index is the credit component of the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate
Bond Index, which is a broad - based bond index comprised of government, corporate, mortgage and asset - backed issues, rated investment grade or higher, and having at least one year to matur
Bond Index, which is a broad - based
bond index comprised of government, corporate, mortgage and asset - backed issues, rated investment grade or higher, and having at least one year to matur
bond index comprised of government,
corporate, mortgage and asset - backed issues, rated investment grade or higher, and having at least one year to
maturity.
The BAA spread refers to the yield on
corporate bonds above the rate on comparable
maturity Treasury debt, and is a market - based estimate of the amount of fear in the
bond market.
However, munis may pay lower yields than Treasury or
corporate bonds of similar
maturity and quality, and are subject to the same rate risks as other
bonds.
The credit spread is the yield the
corporate bonds less the yield on comparable
maturity Treasury debt.
IMTB has a very broad mandate, covering investment grade and high yield
corporate, government, and emerging market
bonds with
maturities between five and ten years.
The Guggenheim BulletShares 2015
Corporate Bond ETF tracks an index of investment grade corporate bonds with effective maturities
Corporate Bond ETF tracks an index of investment grade
corporate bonds with effective maturities
corporate bonds with effective
maturities in 2015.
Premium calculations and SACEVS portfolio allocations derive from quarterly average yields for 3 - month Constant
Maturity U.S. Treasury bills (T - bills), 10 - year Constant
Maturity U.S. Treasury notes (T - notes) and Moody's Seasoned Baa
Corporate Bonds (Baa).
A
bond ladder involves buying a series of individual securities (typically treasury
bonds, municipal
bonds, investment grade
corporate bonds or even CD's) across a variety of
maturity dates.
Treasurys, for example, are backed by the full faith and credit of the federal government, and principal is guaranteed when held to
maturity, while
corporate and covered
bonds have no such guarantee.
Corporate bonds have
maturity dates ranging from one day to 40 years or more and generally make fixed interest payments every six months.