Sentences with phrase «for high yield bonds»

The loss of the bid for high yield bonds from CDOs is significant, but that is still not enough.

Here's my bias: at the first investment shop I worked in, the high yield manager told me that there is a nominal yield for high yield bonds which reflects the risk.

Some of the most popular are HYLD for high yield bonds, MUB for general municipal bonds, and JNK for low - rated bonds.

If appetite for high yield bonds continues to moderate, this is indicative of a dampening in risk appetite, a scenario that does not favor small cap names.

In the U.S. those further benefits crucially flowed through the wealth effect channel: substitution of lower risk assets such as bank deposits and Treasuries for high yield bonds and equities led to price increases in those risky assets.

The recent rebound in commodity prices has been good news for high yield bonds, helping the sector (and credit overall) rally since mid-February.

Since interest income is taxed higher than dividends or capital gains, a TFSA is an ideal place for high yield bonds.

Typically, the market for high yield bonds is less liquid than the market for investment grade or government bonds.

Research and monitoring demands Current and accurate information can be more difficult to obtain for high yield bonds.

Default risk Historically, the risk of default on principal, interest, or both, is greater for high yield bonds than for investment grade bonds.

This prompted us to think that VIX futures may hold tail - risk hedging opportunities for high yield bond portfolios.

Exhibit 1 shows risk, return, and drawdown figures for a high yield bond portfolio with allocation to VIX futures ranging from 0 to 100 %.

Not exact matches

LONDON, May 1 (Reuters)- The dollar broke into positive territory for the year and bond yields were creeping higher again on Tuesday, as the recent rise in oil prices fuelled bets that the U.S. Federal Reserve will flag more interest rate hikes this week.

LONDON, May 1 - The dollar broke into positive territory for the year and bond yields were creeping higher again on Tuesday, as the recent rise in oil prices fuelled bets that the U.S. May Day holidays across Asia and Europe meant trading was thinner than usual, though there was more than enough news flow to keep those...

NEW YORK, May 1 - The dollar broke into positive territory for the year and U.S. bond yields inched higher again on Tuesday as the recent rise in oil prices fueled expectations the Federal Reserve could flag more interest rate hikes at its policy meeting this week.

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.

In January, Miller said a rise in the 10 - year Treasury yield above 3 percent «will propel stocks significantly higher, as money exits bond funds for only the second year in the past 10.»

In the short - term, however, this increased leverage may actually be bullish for junk bonds, corporate bonds, emerging market debt and mortgage - backed securities as it brings higher prices and lower yields, he said.

The sell off in the market for high yield debt, or junk bonds, is now hitting a type of structured bond that is similar to the the type that blew up in the financial crisis.

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

It sold the bonds at high enough yields to receive orders for three times that amount.

High - yield bond investors might be looking for the same.

Two are focused on high - yield, or junk, bonds, according to ETF.com, despite repeated warnings on Wall Street that the segment of the market is headed for the rocks.

The SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond fund gathered more than $ 1.1 billion, or about half its total for the year, while the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond took in $ 603 million, pulling it out of negative territory for the full year.

In this regard, our surveillance has been closely monitoring for any signs of liquidity strains associated with the recent increases in spreads for high - yield corporate bonds, as well as for idiosyncratic events affecting particular funds in this segment, such as the events surrounding the abrupt closing of Third Avenue Management's Focused Credit Fund last December.

In the meantime, bond yields have drifted higher and jumped shortly after 2 p.m. ET, finally pushing the 10 - year over 2.6 percent for the first time since mid-December.

Yields for US Treasury bonds have set multi-year highs during the violent selling.

I sent out to some people last Wednesday why I thought the CDS market would outperform ETF's, and that is still my view, and has a lot to do with the bonds that make up the high yield index and their rate risk exposure for some, and horrible convexity for others.

For instance, Morningstar found that passively managed target - date funds tend to have fewer holdings in high - yield bonds and Treasury inflation - protected securities than their actively managed counterparts.

Trump's plans to increase fiscal spending has boosted bond yields — a change that would support higher revenue for banks currently languishing in a low - interest rate environment.

Bonds tumbled as upbeat consumer spending data lowered demand for U.S. debt, pushing the two - year note yield to its highest level since 2011.

These mutual funds have promised higher yields and better returns than bond - only funds, and for the most part they have delivered.

They'll be hoping the benchmark for global borrowing costs rises even further, because their collective bet on higher U.S. bond yields has never been greater.

yields will hit the highs on close end of the day... equity markets setting up to be slammed tomorrow maybe but today they have run over weak shorts in the face of rates... the federal reserve see's this and again will wonder if they are behind on hikes, strong data, major expansion in credit, lack of wage growth rising bond yields and ballooning debt... rates will go much higher and equities will have revelations as to what that means for valuations

I invest in bond funds VBLTX and VWEHX for the higher long term yields.

But a continuation of favorable economic growth and low default levels — which we expect — and measured Federal Reserve tightening — which we also expect — should support more narrow high - yield bond spreads for some time to come.

The $ 1.2 trillion market for U.S. junk bonds yields about 6.6 percent, double what's offered by higher - rated company debt, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch index data.

Elsewhere, at the single country and asset class fund levels, High Yield Bond Funds recorded their ninth consecutive outflow while Inflation Protected Bond Funds took in fresh money for the 10th time in the 11 weeks, year - to - date.

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.

For the 50 % that is not in equites, I have, 10 % in real estate and 5 % in high yield bonds and the rest in cash / cash equivalents.

Appetite for riskier assets such as stocks and high - yield bonds has been suppressed by a number of factors that have come up around the same time, but the headwinds may be transitory, according to the New York - based investment bank.

So far, 2018 has not been an easy year for high - yield bond ETFs.

As rates creep higher overseas in response to the gradual removal of policy accommodation in Europe and Asia, foreign buyers will have less incentive to hunt for yield in U.S. bonds.

To receive the full benefit of a bond ladder, one needs not only to stay the course for a number of years (so that lower yield and higher yield purchases benefit from cost averaging), but also with a relatively stable amount of capital.

Cumulative inflows into the iShares Short Maturity Bond ETF (NEAR), Floating Rate Bond ETF, SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Short Term High Yield Bond ETF, PowerShares Senior Loan Portfolio, and the Vanguard Short - Term Corporate Bond ETF topped $ 400 million in total for the first session of the week, the highest since the inception date of the most recent member of this product group.

iShares S&P ® / TSX ® 60 Index Fund («XIU»), iShares S&P / TSX Capped Composite Index Fund («XIC»), iShares S&P / TSX Completion Index Fund («XMD»), iShares S&P / TSX SmallCap Index Fund («XCS»), iShares S&P / TSX Capped Energy Index Fund («XEG»), iShares S&P / TSX Capped Financials Index Fund («XFN»), iShares S&P / TSX Global Gold Index Fund («XGD»), iShares S&P / TSX Capped Information Technology Index Fund («XIT»), iShares S&P / TSX Capped REIT Index Fund («XRE»), iShares S&P / TSX Capped Materials Index Fund («XMA»), iShares Diversified Monthly Income Fund («XTR»), iShares S&P 500 Index Fund (CAD - Hedged)(«XSP»), iShares Jantzi Social Index Fund («XEN»), iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend Index Fund («XDV»), iShares Dow Jones Canada Select Growth Index Fund («XCG»), iShares Dow Jones Canada Select Value Index Fund («XCV»), iShares DEX Universe Bond Index Fund («XBB»), iShares DEX Short Term Bond Index Fund («XSB»), iShares DEX Real Return Bond Index Fund («XRB»), iShares DEX Long Term Bond Index Fund («XLB»), iShares DEX All Government Bond Index Fund («XGB»), and iShares DEX All Corporate Bond Index Fund («XCB»), iShares MSCI EAFE ® Index Fund (CAD - Hedged)(«XIN»), iShares Russell 2000 ® Index Fund (CAD - Hedged)(«XSU»), iShares Conservative Core Portfolio Builder Fund («XCR»), iShares Growth Core Portfolio Builder Fund («XGR»), iShares Global Completion Portfolio Builder Fund («XGC»), iShares Alternatives Completion Portfolio Builder Fund («XAL»), iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund («XEM») and iShares MSCI World Index Fund («XWD»), iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund («XBZ»), iShares China Index Fund («XCH»), iShares S&P CNX Nifty India Index Fund («XID»), iShares S&P Latin America 40 Index Fund («XLA»), iShares U.S. High Yield Bond Index Fund (CAD - Hedged)(«XHY»), iShares U.S. IG Corporate Bond Index Fund (CAD - Hedged)(«XIG»), iShares DEX HYBrid Bond Index Fund («XHB»), iShares S&P / TSX North American Preferred Stock Index Fund (CAD - Hedged)(«XPF»), iShares S&P / TSX Equity Income Index Fund («XEI»), iShares S&P / TSX Capped Consumer Staples Index Fund («XST»), iShares Capped Utilities Index Fund («XUT»), iShares S&P / TSX Global Base Metals Index Fund («XBM»), iShares S&P Global Healthcare Index Fund (CAD - Hedged)(«XHC»), iShares NASDAQ 100 Index Fund (CAD - Hedged)(«XQQ») and iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond Index Fund (CAD - Hedged)(«XEB»)(collectively, the «Funds») may or may not be suitable for all investors.

European government bond and U.S. 10 - year Treasury yields are trading at their highest levels in more than two months and the U.S. 30 - year Treasury bond yield reached a high for the year on Tuesday.

In other words, at a certain level higher bond yields create real competition for stocks, particularly dividend stocks, and put downward pressure on multiples.

Bloomberg reported Thursday that after Draghi's bold words about protecting the euro last week, markets expect him to deliver some sort of drastic action to do so and to relieve pressure on bond yields, which have climbed steadily higher for Spain and Italy.

The potential for a lower corporate tax rate may also lead to interesting opportunities in BB - rated high - yield bonds.