Some of those risks include general economic risk, geopolitical risk, commodity - price volatility, counterparty and settlement risk, currency risk, derivatives risk, emerging markets risk, foreign securities risk, high - yield bond exposure, noninvestment -
grade bond exposure commonly known as «junk bonds,» index investing risk, industry concentration risk, leveraging risk, market risk, prepayment risk, liquidity risk, real estate investment risk, sector risk, short sales risk, temporary defensive positions, and large cash positions.
Not exact matches
«What we're doing is reducing
exposure to more cyclical industrial corporate credit risk around the globe — high yield
bonds, bank loans, investment -
grade corporate
bonds,» said Collins.
«Market volatility should be a reminder for you to review your investments regularly and make sure you consider an investing strategy with
exposure to different areas of the markets — U.S. small and large caps, international stocks, investment -
grade bonds — to help match the overall risk in your portfolio to your personality and goals,» says Dowd.
We would reduce
exposure to non-investment
grade bonds (high - yield debt).
Eligible funds provide
exposure to five broad asset classes: developed international growth stocks, US growth stocks, US investment -
grade bonds, US REITs, and gold.
Meanwhile, US investment -
grade bonds have come somewhat into vogue among European and Asian investors seeking
exposure to the seemingly unstoppable dollar and respite from their own fragile economies, Deutsche Bank reports.
Each month for investment
grade and high yield
bond market segments separately, they construct an equally - weighted long - only portfolio consisting of the 10 % of
bonds with the highest
exposure to each factor.
For example, investors seeking
exposure to investment
grade bonds know that an index investment
grade bond ETF will only hold these
bonds, and won't dip into high yield securities.
IGIH provides
exposure investment -
grade, US - dollar - denominated corporate
bonds while minimizing interest - rate risk by shorting U.S. Treasurys that match in terms of duration.
The fund seeks to achieve this by leveraging BlackRock's global capabilities to strategically gain
exposure to thousands of investment -
grade and high - yield
bonds from Canada, the U.S., Europe and emerging markets.
I also reduce the percentage
exposure to any
bonds that do not qualify as investment
grade.
Accordingly, we are migrating some of our duration
exposures to the shorter part of the curve and layering in partially (or fully) rate - hedged investment -
grade and municipal
bonds out the curve to capture higher - quality spread.
The corporate
bonds, both investment
grade and high yield, replace equity
exposure.
Investing in a portfolio of taxable
bonds can be an attractive option for investors who want broad
exposure to investment -
grade bonds1 or are seeking a source of income.
Ideally, you want to choose a combination of low - cost funds that will give you
exposure to stocks of all types and styles (domestic, foreign, large, small, growth and value) as well as
bond funds that track the broad investment -
grade bond market (government and corporate issues in a range of maturities).
The suite of Strategic Income fixed income ETFs provide more balanced
exposure with allocations to U.S. investment
grade and high yield credit, as well as emerging market
bonds.
«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.»
Aside from Treasurys and Treasury futures (including possible short positions), FIBR has
exposure to MBS, short - and intermediate - term investment -
grade bonds, and high - yield securities.
They can also reduce their
exposure to bank failure by diversifying out of bank deposits into stocks and investment
grade corporate
bonds or a broad
bond index through use of low fee exchange traded funds.
High Yield
Bonds ETFs offer investors
exposure to debt issued by below investment
grade corporations.
The investment
grade portion of the index offers
exposure to the more liquid, cash - pay
bonds.
«Market volatility should be a reminder for you to review your investments regularly and make sure you consider an investing strategy with
exposure to different areas of the markets — U.S. small and large caps, international stocks, investment -
grade bonds — to help match the overall risk in your portfolio to your personality and goals,» says Dowd.
In the fixed income space, investors can look to the S&P International Corporate
Bond Index to bolster the stability and diversity of their investments through
exposure to investment
grade corporate debt outside the United States.
Actively managed strategy with broad
exposure to European markets through investment
grade bonds across sectors and maturities.
If you want to pick your own non-core high - yield North American corporate
bond fund, TD offers the TD High Yield Bond Fund, which focuses mainly on BB and B rated issues at the higher quality end of below - investment grade and mostly hedges its U.S. currency exposure back to the Canadian dol
bond fund, TD offers the TD High Yield
Bond Fund, which focuses mainly on BB and B rated issues at the higher quality end of below - investment grade and mostly hedges its U.S. currency exposure back to the Canadian dol
Bond Fund, which focuses mainly on BB and B rated issues at the higher quality end of below - investment
grade and mostly hedges its U.S. currency
exposure back to the Canadian dollar.
The NuShares ESG U.S. Aggregate
Bond ETF is designed to offer
exposure to the U.S. investment -
grade, taxable, fixed - income market while adhering to ESG principles.
The fund offers investors low - cost
exposure to the broad U.S. investment -
grade corporate
bond market through a single fund.
VCSH offers
exposure to investment
grade corporate
bonds that fall towards the short end of the maturity spectrum, thereby delivering a moderate amount of credit risk but limiting
exposure to rising interest rates.
Finally, investors who would like to access investment
grade or high yield
bonds through more defensive
exposure may want to consider iShares Edge Investment
Grade Enhanced
Bond ETF (IGEB), or iShares Edge High Yield Defensive
Bond ETF (HYDB).
Our analysis yielded that the
exposure in the LQD ETF (iShares investment -
grade corporate
bonds) has roughly the
exposure of 75 % government
bonds (IEF = 7 -10-year US Treasuries) and 25 % US equities (VTI = Vanguard US Total Equity Market ETF).
This index provides
exposure to the broad U.S. investment
grade bond market.
In short, long - term investors should carry the majority of their
bond exposure in more reliable, income - producing
bonds that carry investment
grade bond ratings.
Most long - term investors may benefit from carrying the bulk of their fixed - income
exposure in investment
grade bonds for the sake of reliable, long - term cash flow.
Meanwhile, adding
exposure to international investments can help savings weather downturns in the U.S. markets, and high - yield
bonds can provide an alternative to investment -
grade corporate
bonds.
Do that, and you'll gain
exposure to virtually every type of publicly traded stock in the world (large and small, growth and value, domestic and foreign, all industries and sectors) as well as the entire U.S. investment -
grade taxable
bond market (short - to long - term maturities, corporates, Treasuries and mortgage - backed issues).
«So to postpone the impact of any increase as long as possible, we've shifted some of our long
bond exposure to U.S. investment -
grade corporate
bonds offering decent yields.»
Seeks to provide
exposure to agency mortgage backed securities of the U.S. investment
grade bond market
In all, VCIT delivers on its mandate for balanced
exposure to the 5 - 10 year pocket of the investment -
grade corporate
bond space and earns its spot on our «Opportunities List».
The index is designed to give investors
exposure to a laddered basket of US - dollar - denominated, investment -
grade corporate
bonds.
The Vanguard Total
Bond Market Index Fund Investor Shares (VBMFX) provides
exposure to intermediate investment -
grade debt securities in the U.S..
Bethesda, MD, March 29, 2011 — ProShares, a premier provider of alternative exchange traded funds (ETFs), today announced the launch of the first ETF in the United States that provides inverse
exposure to the investment
grade corporate
bond market.
Its current portfolio yield is around 5.6 % after management expenses, reflecting a midway
exposure between investment -
grade bonds and their high - yield cousins.
He had 60 % invested in a broad
bond fund which had a high
exposure to investment
grade corporates and high yield (and AAA CMBS), and 40 % in a stable value fund.
Exposure to a broad range of U.S. dollar - denominated, investment
grade corporate
bonds issued by companies that have positive environmental, social and governance (ESG) characteristics
Diversified
exposure to global investment -
grade corporate, government, high yield, and emerging market
bonds