Not exact matches
U.S.
investment -
grade corporate - bond prices had been falling
even before CVS's monster deal.
Although the largesse is restricted to blue - chip eurozone companies such as food producer Danone or telecoms giant Telefónica, ECB - injected liquidity has spilled into the rest of the market, paring average interest rates on
investment -
grade corporate debt by some 30 basis points to an
even 1 %, Deloitte estimates.
But
even within the past few months, spreads between
investment -
grade corporates and Treasuries remain above historical averages.
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.
GICs may
even pay slightly more than
investment -
grade corporate bonds with terms of two to five years, Cunningham says, which is contrary to the usual pattern.
«With today's launch, knowledgeable investors now have an
even larger suite of geared ETFs to help manage their exposures to high yield and
investment grade corporate bonds.»
Rather than pursue cross-over
corporates or high - yield or
even long - term
investment grade corporates, we have stayed near the middle of the curve with funds like: (1) SPDR Nuveen Muni (TFI), (2) Vanguard Total Bond (BND), (3) iShares 7 - 10 Year Treasury (IEF) and (4) iShares 3 - 7 Year Treasury (IEI).
Investment grade corporate bonds issued by «blue chip» companies tracked in the S&P 500 Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index barely held even and corporate junk bonds ended in
corporate bonds issued by «blue chip» companies tracked in the S&P 500
Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index barely held even and corporate junk bonds ended in
Corporate Bond Index barely held
even and
corporate junk bonds ended in
corporate junk bonds ended in the red.
Still, if you hold
corporate bonds,
even investment grade ones, you can lose a lot if you do not diversify, and the bond side is not where you want to take risk.
2) I have exited junk bonds, and
even low
investment -
grade corporates.