While the bond market in general has become relatively illiquid,
the corporate junk bond market is now largely trading in «step function» prices for anything larger than «one - sies and two - sies» ($ 1 to $ 2 million bond trades).
Not exact matches
In the short - term, however, this increased leverage may actually be bullish for
junk bonds,
corporate bonds, emerging
market debt and mortgage - backed securities as it brings higher prices and lower yields, he said.
Some 5.7 % of
corporate junk bonds from emerging
markets are trading at prices below 70 cents on the dollar, more than double the rate for higher - risk U.S.
bonds, according to JPMorgan.
The broad lineup of Fixed Income ETFs allow investors to tap into nearly every corner of the
bond market, including government
bonds,
corporate bonds,
junk bonds, and international
bonds.
Van Eck adds another yield - generating ETF, this one focused on emerging
market corporate junk bonds.
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.
However, the homogenization of the US
corporate bond markets is worrisome and should begin to raise some eyebrows in the
junk bond markets.
The BMO Monthly Income ETF (ZMI) is a portfolio of 10 other high - yield exchange - traded funds, covering real estate investment trusts (REITs),
corporate bonds (both investment grade and
junk), emerging
market bonds, and dividend - paying stocks.
In 2008 while most
corporate and
junk bond funds were negative for the year, US Treasury long term
bonds were up 30 - 40 % which almost completely offset the stock
market losses that year.
Recently, emerging -
markets bonds were 44 % of assets and
corporate junk bonds were 24 %.
The stock
market ran, and all
corporate bonds tightened, Investment Grade and
Junk.
That said, research also shows that investment - grade
bonds as a group, which includes not just Treasuries but government agency issues and high - quality
corporates (though not high - yield, or
junk,
bonds), can also provide solid diversification during periods of stock
market turbulence.
: 1.56 % Intermediate - / Long - Term / U.S.
Bond Index (Barclays & S&P US Aggregate
Bond): 7.84 % High - Yield (
junk)
Bond Index (Barclays High - Yield
Corporate Bond): 4.98 % Int» l (not global)
Bond Index (Citi WGBI Non-USD
Bond): 5.17 % Emerging
Markets Bond (Citi EMBI Capped Brady): -13.96 % Large - cap Value Index (Russell 1000 Value): 0.39 % Large - cap Growth Index (Russell 1000 Growth): 2.64 % Mid-cap Index (Russell Mid-cap): -1.55 % Small - cap Index (Russell 2000): -4.18 % Technology (DJ US Technology Trust USD): 0.16 % Biotech / Health Care Index (DJ Healthcare): 11.75 % Micro-cap Index (Bridgeway Ultra-Small Company
Market): -7.86 % Internet Index (First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index): -5.82 % Int» l All - cap Index (MSCI EAFE USD): -12.14 % Int» l Small - cap Index (MSCI EAFE Small - cap NR USD): -15.94 % Emerging
Markets Index (MSCI EM USD): -18.42 % Real Estate Index (FTSE NAREIT All REITs): 7.28 % Tangibles Index (Goldman Sachs Natural Resources): -7.35 %
The primary
junk bond funds include the SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond ETF (JNK) and the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond Fund (HYG), but these two funds are very different from one another, and the junk bond market as a wh
bond funds include the SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield
Bond ETF (JNK) and the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond Fund (HYG), but these two funds are very different from one another, and the junk bond market as a wh
Bond ETF (JNK) and the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield
Corporate Bond Fund (HYG), but these two funds are very different from one another, and the junk bond market as a wh
Bond Fund (HYG), but these two funds are very different from one another, and the
junk bond market as a wh
bond market as a whole.