Sentences with phrase «drives bond performance»

It looks at the market in terms of what specifically drives bond performance.

It looks at the market in terms of what specifically drives bond performance.

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Comments: «In 2013, it will likely be the change in valuation that drives most of the performance of stocks, and the sentiment shift and willingness to take on risk reflected in that movement will be meaningful for bonds as well.

Instead of the weights of different types of bonds, investors can hone in on exposure to factors that drive portfolio performance, such as interest rate risk, credit risk, and others.

Rita is clearly interested and able to focus on the needs of clients as individuals with behavioral finance constraints and relationship dynamics that drive success or failure as much or more than simply the performance of individual stocks and bonds.

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The correlations of China and India with the U.S. were much lower, largely because their bond performances were mainly driven by their central banks and domestic fundamentals.

Instead of the weights of different types of bonds, investors can hone in on exposure to factors that drive portfolio performance, such as interest rate risk, credit risk, and others.

Fund outflows in the municipal bond asset class, in part driven by the Detroit bankruptcy, pushed municipal bond performance down in July according to the S&P National AMT - Free Municipal Bond Inbond asset class, in part driven by the Detroit bankruptcy, pushed municipal bond performance down in July according to the S&P National AMT - Free Municipal Bond Inbond performance down in July according to the S&P National AMT - Free Municipal Bond InBond Index.

John Miller, fund manager and co-head of fixed income at Nuveen, says that the funds» performance is driven not so much by duration or yield - curve positioning, but more by yield, credit selection and bonds that have the opportunity for credit spreads to narrow over time.

A closer look reveals that as the yield starved market pushed yields down the higher yielding sectors of the bond markets have been what is driving the performance of the bond market.

January is typically a strong month for the municipal bond market, but 2018 began with the worst January performance since 1981, driven by rising interest rates and uncertainty over changes in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA).1 The muni market stabilized through late April 2018, but uncertainty remains.2 The tax law changed the playing field for these investments, with a mix of factors that could affect supply and demand.

Hartford World Bond Fund performance was positive over the course of the month, driven by our opportunistic sources of return

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Keep in mind that the performance of a REIT is based on cash flow and profits from selling properties, and may not be impacted much by factors that typically drive the performance of stock and bond funds.