Sentences with phrase «credit quality investment»

The inclusion of lower credit quality investment grade bonds may introduce additional risk for the portfolio.

Seeks to generate higher levels of income by having the flexibility to invest a portion of the portfolio in lower credit quality investment - grade bonds2

The dual coverage from the issuer and the cover pool typically makes covered bonds a high credit quality investment.

Not exact matches

Cannon figures that the average credit quality of a the big banks lending portfolio probably falls halfway between high - yield debt and investment grade.

(«AAA» and «AA» indicate a high credit - quality investment grade.)

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.

Achievement of these goals was considered by the HRC as very challenging, even aggressive, given the expected modest economic growth for 2007 for the financial services industry, the impact and duration of the on - going flat / inverted yield curve (meaning short - term interest rates that are virtually equal to or exceed long - term interest rates, thus lowering profit margins for financial services companies that borrow cash at short - term rates and lend at long - term rates), potentially higher credit losses, fewer available high - quality, high - yielding loans and investment opportunities, and a consumer shift from non-interest to interest - bearing deposits.

The fund can purchase securities of any credit quality, including those in default, but it will primarily invest in investment - grade debt, with no more than 20 % of the portfolio invested in junk bonds.

In the credit markets, both investment - grade and high - yield corporate bonds had negative returns for the first time in eight quarters, with down - in - quality subsectors in each unconventionally outperforming higher quality ones.

Another way is to boost yield is to relax credit quality a little by opting for investment grade corporate bonds instead of triple - A government treasuries.

Similarly, when it comes to your bond investments, consider varying maturities, credit qualities, and durations, which measure sensitivity to interest - rate changes.

Within fixed income, we suggest raising average credit quality, particularly focusing on investments in areas like high - grade corporate and municipal bonds.

Ratings by S&P and Fitch apply to the credit quality of a portfolio and are not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities of a fund, are subject to change, and do not remove market risks associated with investments in the fund.

Fixed - income investments are subject to various other risks including changes in credit quality, market valuations, liquidity, prepayments, early redemption, corporate events, tax ramifications, and other factors.

In pursuance of the Union Budget 2018 announcement, the board also cleared a proposal on changing the investment grade rating from AA to A for corporate bonds, which would boost investment scope while ensuring credit quality.

Should our credit markets — already the most highly leveraged of all time — continue to suffer from deteriorating credit quality, our expectation is that FCN will continue to show its investment merits.

Fixed income investments are subject to various risks including changes in interest rates, credit quality, inflation risk, market valuations, prepayments, corporate events, tax ramifications and other factors.

By contrast, high - quality bonds such as those found in investment - grade corporate funds like the iShares 1 - 3 Year Credit Bond ETF (CSJ A-89) and the iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD A-66), etc.), or in Treasury portfolios such as the iShares 1 - 3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY A-97) or the iShares 10 - 20 Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLH B - 65), etc.) tend to buffer portfolio volatility to a much greatinvestment - grade corporate funds like the iShares 1 - 3 Year Credit Bond ETF (CSJ A-89) and the iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD A-66), etc.), or in Treasury portfolios such as the iShares 1 - 3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY A-97) or the iShares 10 - 20 Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLH B - 65), etc.) tend to buffer portfolio volatility to a much greatInvestment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD A-66), etc.), or in Treasury portfolios such as the iShares 1 - 3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY A-97) or the iShares 10 - 20 Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLH B - 65), etc.) tend to buffer portfolio volatility to a much greater degree.

Credit Quality is one of the principal criteria for judging the investment quality of a bond or bond mutuaQuality is one of the principal criteria for judging the investment quality of a bond or bond mutuaquality of a bond or bond mutual fund.

We like U.S. investment - grade credit, hard - currency EM debt, stocks in selected EMs and global quality and dividend growth stocks.

The Oakmark Equity and Income Fund invests in medium - and lower - quality debt securities that have higher yield potential but present greater investment and credit risk than higher - quality securities, which may result in greater share price volatility.

Now, there is nothing wrong with stock buybacks and dividends per se, and indeed they can contribute to a very sensible corporate capital allocation strategy, but should this use of capital crowd out long - term capital expenditure (investment) in a firm's core business, or begin to threaten its credit quality, then it can become concerning.

Ratings by S&P, Moody's, and Fitch apply to the credit quality of a portfolio and are not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities of a fund, are subject to change, and do not remove market risks associated with investments in the fund.

The integrated housing and community renewal agencies of HCR worked together to provide $ 2.2 million from the Homes for Working Families Program and sufficient Low Income Housing Tax Credits to leverage $ 18.9 million in private investment, which makes it possible for Astoria seniors to live comfortably, affordably, and independently in a place that enhances quality of life throughout the entire community.»

Such investments, however, are made by school districts characterized by a wide distribution of credit profiles and quality of existing infrastructure, attributes that vary widely by district urbanicity and student socioeconomic traits.

In general, bonds are divided into two broad levels of credit quality — investment grade (IG) and high yield (HY).

«Many investors are interested in high credit quality bonds, but the supply of AAA - rated corporate debt in the U.S. is very limited,» said Michael L. Sapir, Chairman and CEO of ProShare Advisors LLC, ProShares» investment advisor.

Two of the largest risks are that the average credit quality of bonds in this sector is well below investment grade and the heavy issuance of zero coupon bonds creates a sector that has one of the longest durations in the municipal bond market.

Obviously, the better the credit quality, the less risk there is to your investment.

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Investors and fund managers search for yield, extend maturities, reach for lower credit quality and shift assets from short term floating rate money market funds to bonds, bond funds and similar investments.

Interest rates in these countries are at least 4 % higher than in the U.S. or Europe and the credit quality of most of these countries is investment grade, plus the holdings of the larger ETFs are so widely distributed that unless one had a major financial crisis, similar to the Asian crisis in 1995 or the financial meltdown in 2008, one's investment should weather most isolated storms.

Credit quality, as with any bond investment, is one relatively easily quantifiable parameter.

Although the fund only buys high - quality investments, investments backed by a letter of credit have the risk that the provider of the letter of credit will not be able to fulfill its obligations to the issuer.

There would be less need to constrain maturity and credit quality of the investments in the MMFs so tightly.

A second core idea is that some people are so risk averse that they only accept the safest investments, which leaves investment opportunities for those that are willing to compromise a little with credit quality or maturity.

To mitigate the risk of the company going bankrupt, risk - averse investors will typically purchase high credit - quality investment grade bonds with AAA or AA ratings.

Liquid and UST funds also hold an equally good credit quality (investment grade AA / AAA) in their portfolios.

As we mentioned in a previous shareholder letter, Jason Zweig, the noted Wall Street Journal columnist and author of Your Money and Your Brain (2007), credited much of the investment success of value investors such as Warren Buffett (Trades, Portfolio) and Benjamin Graham to being «inversely emotional,» i.e., sharing a quality that goes beyond calm, «a certain imperturbability or implacability.»

Recent events have highlighted the importance of the credit quality of investment holdings.

This flight to quality movement also impacted credit spreads, which widened for both investment grade and high yield corporate bonds, negatively impacting the returns of bonds in those sectors.

Investment grade bonds are the highest quality bonds as assessed by a credit ratings agency.

While the two main categories of funds are those that provide taxable or tax - exempt income to investors, bond funds also vary based on maturity (short - term, long - term), type of issuer (municipal, corporate, etc.), strategy, investment objective and credit quality.

The credit quality of the investments in the Fund's portfolio does not apply to the stability or safety of the Fund.

These are bonds paying a high rate of interest because the issuers are of lesser credit quality than government and investment - grade corporate bonds.

Similarly, when it comes to your bond investments, consider varying maturities, credit qualities, and durations, which measure sensitivity to interest - rate changes.

In addition, these funds must invest primarily in investment - grade fixed - income securities, such that the average credit quality of the portfolio as a whole is investment grade (BBB or equivalent rating or higher) and not more than 25 % of the portfolio's holdings are invested in high yield fixed income securities.

The investment team tactically manages duration, yield curve positioning, credit quality and sector exposure.

Jettison a lower quality junk bond ETF for a higher quality investment grade corporate bond ETF like iShares Intermediate Credit (CIU).

My old boss at the Mt. Washington Investment Group would always say, «Liquidity follows credit quality.»