Sentences with phrase «for bonds have»

The other equity bear market performances for bonds have been much more muted.

First, the same macro trends that are almost uniformly negative for bonds have some undeniable upside for stocks.

Or the reason may be that the interest rates for bonds have gone down, thus increasing the principal value of bonds.

Yields are at historic lows and demand for bonds have remained quite high ever since the credit crisis of 2007 - 08 for a variety of reasons:

The other equity bear market performances for bonds have been much more muted.

«The pricing and performance of the new issues this week indicates the demand for bonds has remained strong despite the broader market weakness,» Yuriy Shchuchinov, credit strategist at BofAML, said in a note to clients.

A concern for this bond would lead us back, in turn, to Kant's «fretting» over the link between the moral law within and the starry heavens above.

Park District officials estimated that debt service for the bonds would add $ 22 annually to the tax bill for a $ 200,000 home over the 13 - year life of the bonds.

As demand for bonds has soared, the yield has plummeted.

During the financial crisis year of 2008, for example, the 37 % loss for stocks and 5 % gain for bonds would have reduced a 60 % stock allocation at the beginning of the year to 47 % by the end of the year and boosted a 40 % bond position to 53 %.

According to the Climate Bonds Initiative, the worldwide market for these bonds has skyrocketed from $ 11 billion in total issuance in 2013 to nearly $ 157 billion in 2017.

Not exact matches

Joseph and Ted Burnett jointly head up Burnac Corp., a family - run firm that invests in real estate and grocery produce distribution, but in recent years they have been exiting these businesses and transitioning into bonds for their estate - planning purposes.

«Finally, the increased role of bond and loan mutual funds, in conjunction with other factors, may have increased the risk that liquidity pressures could emerge in related markets if investor appetite for such assets wanes.»

Unless there is some wrinkle to the green bond plan that has yet to be revealed, this appears to be just a way for the province to load up on debt.

«The worldwide market for green bonds in the last year has doubled, and it's now estimated to be more than $ 346 billion — those are U.S. dollars.»

Also, a bond fund is only going to have so much cash on hand, so if the investors in a certain fund all want to redeem their shares of the fund at the same time, it will pose problems for the fund manager trying to meet redemption requests.

The two most northern countries of North America have had a unique economic bond for as long as anyone can remember.

It is not as if Ontario is having problem finding takers for its debt and yields on the province's bonds are competitive with other provinces.

The dollar has rallied through much of the past week as concerns over the U.S. - China trade dispute receded, and as the U.S. 10 - year bond yield shot past 3 percent for the first time in four years.

Although last year was favorable for developing countries, investors remember the painful «taper tantrum» that ensued several years ago, when the Fed signaled it would begin pulling back on its massive bond purchases that kept rates low while injecting liquidity in markets.

It is possible there is enough of a demand for «green» debt investments that the province can sell this debt for a higher price than it would get for non-green bonds, thereby reducing their borrowing costs.

However, there does not appear to be much evidence that the demand for these investments is sufficient to create a yield gap between green and non-green bonds; tellingly, the province has not attempted to provide any information showing that a yield gap exists.

As the business sector accumulates more surplus cash, it has the effect of driving down interest rates because there's less demand for corporate bonds and other forms of business lending.

That's exactly what has happened over the last month, as shown in this graph of the yield on the 10 year US treasury bond for the last year (keep in mind that yields going up means prices going down):

One net result of these reforms — and there are certainly many others — has thus far been for banks to hold less Treasury securities and corporate bonds.»

For the past seven years, low rates have made bonds relatively unattractive, and the stock market comparatively more attractive.

While investors will have to find stocks with higher yields, pay more for them and take on more risk in bonds, the biggest change in a permanently low - rate world is that people will need to set aside more of every paycheque if they want to keep the same goal for retirement income.

More specifically, investors have sought the potential for higher returns from riskier assets like private company stocks, as safer investments like T - bills and bonds pay out next to nothing.

People with investments in stocks, bonds and other securities can donate those that have appreciated in value that they've held for at least one year, resulting in significant income - tax savings.

What that means is that you are in an environment that is going to have further trouble in terms of investment returns that are in areas that are based on economic growth and areas that do relatively well like bonds... Broadly speaking, I think that investors should be looking for lower prices on most risk assets in these developed countries with the exception of Japan.»

«If the BOJ were to ease policy, it would therefore be most natural for it to increase government debt purchases and target longer - dated bonds,» Kuroda said in a confirmation hearing in the lower house of parliament.

And indeed, Rosneft this week raised some $ 9.4 billion through the sale of local currency bonds, at a time when it has no other conceivable use for such a huge pile of cash.

The easiest way for the central bank to ramp up the size of its balance sheet would be to buy longer - dated government bonds.

But some observers expect Russia's strongest efforts may be reserved for Serbia, which has close cultural and religious bonds with Moscow — and whose membership in NATO or the European Union would be seen by the Kremlin as a severe blow.

An executive board member of the European Central Bank (ECB) has told CNBC that it is too early for the central bank to start discussing a reduction in its bond - buying program.

Prices of the riskiest portions of collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) have fallen 50 % as of the end mid-December since mid-year, and are now trading at $ 0.25 for every dollar that investors have put in the structured bonds.

Still, combine the indications of the short - term bond market with today's 5 % GDP news and you get the sense that stock traders betting on low interest rates for longer periods of time may soon have to bail out.

The Fed's low interest rate policy has driven more and more money into bond funds as investors search for higher yields.

The bond offering was not only a big win for CVS, but also for a market that has had its worst start to the year in decades.

To toy with your emotions and forge an emotional bond to its products that will have you coming back for more, hopefully in time to tuck a few beneath the tree.

So for example if you bought a bond with 25 percent of each of the major economies, and Italy defaulted, you would still be paid on the remaining 75 percent, presumably at least,» he added.

«I can say with confidence,» he says, «if you invest in just bonds for the rest of your life, you are not going to have a retirement.»

She has her finger on the pulse of what's going on behind closed doors at the country's biggest corporations and calls herself «the female James Bond for innovation.»

Over the past several years, quantitative easing has taken money originally allocated for bonds, fixed income, and designated fixed return, and pushed it to take risks.

«It's on the way» to junk status, said Carlos Gribel, the head of fixed income at private investment bank Andbanc Brokerage in Miami, adding the bonds still have room to fall before becoming attractive to investors with an appetite for risk.

New bond investors would probably demand a higher return to compensate for the added costs of investing in bond funds.

«I think people should continue to stay calm — if you've got a properly diversified portfolio, which the bulk of people do, you've got bonds for a reason and you've got stocks for a reason.

Wall Street has found a semblance of stability after a roller - coaster week, but some investors are convinced the rockiness in stocks and bonds isn't quite over for one main reason: The markets have yet to fully come to terms with how aggressively the Federal Reserve may respond to surprising economic strength.

While market turmoil has led investors to safety in the form of Treasurys and muni bonds, the outlook for the tax - exempt market is murky.

Trump's apparent desire to rewrite trade rules has been the biggest reason for volatility in the stock and bond markets.