We have
global bond investors facing up to near zero & even negative yields.
Interviews earlier this year with nearly 60
global bond investors found that more than expected - 29 % - either currently make prices in the corporate bond market or plan ton do so in the next 12 months.
But ultimately this Washington conversation is ignoring the most important constituency, namely
global bond investors in the US and around the world.
Not exact matches
Global investors should not be concerned by a report that China is looking to curb its purchases of U.S.
bonds, one economist told CNBC.
NEW YORK, Jan 18 - U.S. fund
investors pulled $ 3.1 billion from high - yield «junk»
bonds during the latest week, Lipper data showed on Thursday, offering new warning signs about risk appetite despite
global markets» continuing triumph.
Global uncertainty may not be a good thing for U.S. equities markets and exports, but it is driving investors toward U.S. bonds, according to Richard Clarida, global strategic advisor and managing director at
Global uncertainty may not be a good thing for U.S. equities markets and exports, but it is driving
investors toward U.S.
bonds, according to Richard Clarida,
global strategic advisor and managing director at
global strategic advisor and managing director at Pimco.
Treasury yields pull back sharply Thursday after the reemergence of trade tensions between
global powerhouses rattles
investors, pushing stocks down and
bond prices up
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.
«This used to be a market that was driven by
investor demand for sustainable products,» says Navindu Katugampola, an executive director spearheading green
bond origination in Morgan Stanley's
global capital markets group.
Global investors snapped up a net $ 10 - billion in Canadian
bonds in April, Statistics Canada said today, with most of the action in government paper.
To build a diversified portfolio, an
investor generally would select a mix of
global stocks and
bonds based on his or her individual goals, risk tolerance and investment timeline.2 The chart below highlights how those broad asset classes have moved in different directions over the past 20 years.
Source: Allianz
Global Investors, Bloomberg,
Global Green
Bonds represented by the Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Green
Bond index,
Global Aggregate represented by the Bloomberg Barclays
Global Aggregate Index.
2014.10.08 RBC
Global Asset Management Inc. re-opens PH&N High Yield
Bond Fund to new
investors RBC
Global Asset Management Inc. re-opens PH&N High Yield
Bond Fund to new
investors...
2016.03.21 RBC
Global Asset Management Inc. re-opens PH&N High Yield
Bond Fund to new
investors RBC
Global Asset Management Inc. today announced that PH&N High Yield
Bond Fund will re-open to new
investors on March 28, 2016...
2017.07.26 RBC
Global Asset Management Inc. re-opens Phillips, Hager & North Short Term
Bond & Mortgage Fund to new
investors RBC
Global Asset Management Inc. (RBC GAM Inc.) announced that effective today the Phillips, Hager & North Short Term
Bond & Mortgage Fund (the Fund) will re-open to new
investors...
2016.06.20 RBC
Global Asset Management Inc. closes three PH&N Funds to new
investors RBC
Global Asset Management Inc. («RBC GAM Inc.») today announced that PH&N Short Term
Bond & Mortgage Fund, PH&N
Bond Fund and PH&N Community Values
Bond Fund («the Funds») will be closed to new
investors effective Monday, July 4, 2016.
2016.04.05 RBC
Global Asset Management Inc. closes PH&N High Yield
Bond Fund to New
Investors RBC Global Asset Management Inc. today announced that as of April 7, 2016, PH&N High Yield Bond Fund («the Fund») will be closed to new inv
Investors RBC
Global Asset Management Inc. today announced that as of April 7, 2016, PH&N High Yield
Bond Fund («the Fund») will be closed to new
investorsinvestors...
2014.11.13 RBC
Global Asset Management Inc. closes PH&N High Yield
Bond Fund to new
investors RBC
Global Asset Management Inc. today announced the following change to the PH&N High Yield
Bond Fund...
Pacific Investment Management Co., which runs the world's biggest
bond fund, is forecasting that advanced economies will stall over the next year as Europe slides into a recession, underscoring mounting
investor concern about the
global economic outlook.
But a deeper decline in Italy's economy this year that pushed debt to GDP ratios materially higher would likely catch
bond investors» attention, and then ultimately the attention of
global stock
investors.
Ahead of Tuesday's presidential election,
global investors moved en masse into
bonds — including mortgage - backed ones.
ANSWER: - Morgan Stanley's
Global Investment Committee supports that interest rate normalization will provide headwind for
investors using
bonds for principal preservation, as rates rise its likely longer duration
bonds will fall.
In BlackRock's annual
Global Investor Pulse survey, Canadians expressed a strong bias to domestic funds; the research revealed that Canadian
investors hold approximately two - thirds of their investments in Canadian stocks and
bonds [1].
For the first time since the
global financial crisis,
investors can earn positive after - inflation returns from these
bonds.
On 26 October 2013, a Hong - Kong based bitcoin trading platform owned by
Global Bond Limited (GBL) vanished with 30 million yuan (US$ 5 million) from 500
investors.
On the heels of that decision by the FOMC, the Federal Reserve's policymaking body, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management's
Global Investment Committee (GIC) recommended that
investors position their portfolios to overweight equities and underweight fixed income, or
bonds.
Central bank intervention in
global bond markets has «crowded out» many traditional fixed income
investors, driving them to seek yield and income from non-traditional and riskier asset classes such as high yield, emerging markets debt, leveraged loans and private credit.
The
global search for yield has driven many fixed income
investors into unfamiliar territory, leading them to embrace more credit risk and even venture beyond the
bond markets — not just into dividend - paying equities but also into selling equity options.
We think that's an important development for the diversification of the European
bond markets, but also for
investors who need to have that
global reach to be able to understand all the names being issued in Europe.
The dollar's weakness should continue in at least the very short term, as
bond yields keep on descending in the wake of QE2 and
investors flock to non-dollar-denominated assets, says Marc Chandler,
global head of currency strategy at Brown Brothers Harriman, based in New York.
I think it's a very careless time for equity and
bond investors from a longer term perspective whereas those of us who are Austrian have a bend for the idea of real money, sound money, and one of the things that looks pretty attractive in a Ponzi finance
global macroeconomic backdrop would be precious metals I would say.
Morgan Stanley's
Global Investment Committee recommends that
investor portfolios be overweight stocks and underweight
bonds.
Cash Allocations: I talked about this chart in the video on the
Global Risk Radar, specifically I talked about this alongside the chart which showed valuations as expensive for the major assets (property, stocks, and
bonds), and how it reflects the trend where central banks have bullied
investors out of cash and into other assets.
This is important because, as Jean demonstrated, there is a link between
global savings and the U.S. term premium, i.e. the extra rate
investors receive for investing in long - term
bonds.
For
investors looking to minimize the volatility, short - term, tax - free municipal
bonds continue to be attractive on
global negative interest rates and falling currencies.
This year, based on the
Global Investor Pulse survey results,
investors» moderate risk appetite coupled with their desire for safeguarded capital could mean ongoing demand for
bonds, assuming
investors are comfortable with low yields.
Performance prior to 10/24/16 for Class I - shares reflects the performance, fees, and expenses of the
Investor Class of the predecessor fund Schroder
Global Strategic
Bond Fund.
As a result, the demand for US Dollars increases as
global investors purchase US Treasury
Bonds.
The money market mutual fund is a
global network of financiers and other
investors trading the short - term debt instruments, known as
bonds, corporations, and Government Issue to meet these short - term commitments.
Despite the
global stock market selloff,
investors are showing little interest in the safest government
bonds.
One of the good things about
global uncertainty is that
investors seek the security of
bonds, thereby lowering
bond yields.
Global beer giant SABMiller has completed its first ever Australian corporate
bond issue, raising $ 700 million of five year debt from local and international
investors.
According to the data, the
global bond market more often than not disagrees with Standard and Poor's and Moody's
Investor Services.
Mr. Genfi said that a single
investor, Franklin Templeton Investment Limited, an American
global investment management organisation founded in 1947, purchased 95 percent of the
bond issued.
The British sports car maker has secured a # 304 million
bond - about $ 440 million at the current rates - from
global investors at a rather high 9.25 % interest over the next seven years.
Thanks to lackluster
global growth, and rock - bottom interest rates in the United States — and even negative rates in other parts of the world —
investors face the choice of either accepting lower income or increasing risk in their
bond portfolios in the search for yield.
When the
investors in the Big Short predicted the
Global Financial Crisis by examining the credit quality of the
bonds underlying the popular mortgage - backed securities, they purchased credit default swaps against the MBSs & CDOs and profited tremendously.
Global investors continue to explore investment opportunities in China onshore
bond market.
However, the high correlation between risky assets experienced recently like during the recession of 2001 - 2003 and the
global financial crisis in 2007 - 2009 has caused many
investors to reconsider allocating by traditional asset classes defined by security type like stocks,
bonds and real estate or commodities.
According to EPFR
Global, a company that tracks worldwide fund flows, between October 17 and October 24,
investors sucked $ 4.2 billion out of equity funds and pushed $ 9.4 billion into
bond funds.