Sentences with phrase «especially at these low yield»

The real risk for bonds, especially at these low yield levels, will almost always come from inflation.

The duration that's relevent here is modified duration (spreadsheet function MDURATION), which is slightly lower than Macaulay duration (spreadsheet function DURATION), but the difference is small enough to ignore, especially at low yields.

Not exact matches

Especially right now, with bond yields at historic lows, balanced portfolio returns are that much leaner.

Besides, while bonds certainly seem risky in that at their current low yields they're especially vulnerable to rising rates, viewed from another angle they may be a lot more valuable than many investors realize.

At lower latitudes, especially the seasonally dry tropics, crop yields are likely to fall - even for small temperature increases, increasing the risk of hunger.

This suggests that NTRs may offer a better option for investors who are concerned about rich public REIT valuations that may overstate underlying asset value, especially now, when traded REIT prices are at historic highs and yields are near historic lows.

At times when the yield spread was less than 80 basis points — when REIT dividend yields were extraordinarily high, reflecting REIT stock prices that were especially low relative to current distributions — REIT performance over the next year tended to be especially strong, with total returns that averaged 20.81 percent and outpaced the broad stock market by 5.67 percentage points.

At times when the yield spread was greater than 180 basis points — that is, when REIT dividend yields were extraordinarily low, reflecting REIT stock prices that were especially high relative to their current distributions — REIT performance over the next year tended to be weak, with total returns that averaged 6.98 percent and underperformed the broad stock market by 1.84 percentage points.