Sentences with phrase «grade bonds do»

The yields on investment grade bonds do not fall as much as yields on Treasury bonds do.

Not exact matches

While credit risk might seem like a bad idea with the U.S. economy still weak and the rest of the world looking equally uncertain, high - yield bonds do offer bigger returns than government and investment - grade bonds.

«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.

At the moment, the ECB can not purchase Greek bonds because they do not have an investment grade rating.

Each account will contain investment - grade taxable bonds rated BBB − or higher at time of purchase.2 The investment team will seek to maintain an overall portfolio credit rating average of A −.2 Please be aware that lower rated bonds do carry additional risk compared to higher rated bonds.

For example, it does not include euro bonds («reverse Yankees») that are hot in Europe, where junk bond yields are at a ludicrously low 2.35 % on average, and the high - grade yield is just above zero.

Property and casualty insurance companies invest a substantial percentage of book value and policyholder «float,» which is money they hold until policy claims are paid out but do not own, in investment - grade bonds, particularly corporate bonds.

On the other end of the scale, Schwab will only let you search investment grade bonds online (you must call the bond desk to trade junk), will only let you buy online (you must call to sell), and does not allow limit orders at all.

Further, with junk grade defaults at negligible levels today, even higher risk bonds have not posed significant problems — although that does not always have to be the case.

With the exception of the very front end of the yield curve, Canadian government bond yields declined, as did spreads on investment grade corporate bonds.

The bonds are all investment - grade and short - term so don't go looking for yield here.

Investment - grade fixed - income and municipal bonds are doing what they should in this environment — protecting your capital and anchoring your portfolio in stability.

If you had your nest egg primarily in GICs or investment - grade bonds before the crash, you avoided the stock market meltdown and did well in the immediate aftermath.

I also reduce the percentage exposure to any bonds that do not qualify as investment grade.

A: When you know you will need the money within 2 years, I don't think you should take any more risk than a short - term investment grade bond fund.

@CC: Why does investing in investment - grade foreign bonds (with currency hedging) raise the risk of a portfolio?

@Jerry, I agree that today the main risk in bonds is duration risk (AKA interest - rate risk)-- last weekend's Barron's has an interview with the UBS Wealth Management top managers pointing out this means convincing investors to switch from Treasuries and investment - grade corporates to well - selected junk (HYLD is a jewel there — DO N'T go for index funds in bonds, very differently from ones in stocks they make no sense... where's the sense in wanting to lend more to companies which are more indebted?!

But I'd be wary of venturing, as some investors seeking higher yields do, into high - yield, or junk, bond funds, as they're generally more volatile than investment - grade funds and don't hold up as well in periods of economic and market stress.

Mike probably owns our Balanced Growth Portfolio which does have 3 bond funds in it; emerging markets, high yield bonds, and high - grade corporate bonds.

But short - term headwinds don't change the important role US investment - grade bonds can play in a portfolio.

A valid concern that arises is what happens if investors do decide investment grade bonds should no longer be part of their diversified investment portfolio and start instructing their bond fund managers to sell their holdings and return their cash.

Those losses did not last too long, however, as the lower credits and investment - grade bonds bounced back in performance in December 2008 and did not look back during 2009.

With a portfolio composed of investment - grade debt from corporate, sovereign and supranational issuers with three - year maximum maturities, the iShares 1 - 3 Year Credit Bond ETF (NYSEARCA: CSJ) aims to offer a higher distribution yield than comparable all - Treasury funds, but it does have a marginally higher credit risk.

U.S. government bond funds are overvalued and I don't have an interest in investment - grade corporate bond funds either.

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).

But you don't invest in high - grade bonds in hopes of earning outsize returns, especially these days given their stingy yields.

An investment grade rating ensures that credit risks are still pretty low, although corporate bonds won't perform as steadily as government bonds if the market ever swoons again like it did in late 2008.

IMPORTANT NOTE: We are intentionally adding foreign currency risk here; do not consider a high - yield (low credit grade), a dollar - hedged foreign, or an emerging markets bond fund if BWX isn't available to you.

Marks: I do think that this love affair of investors with bonds from 2000 to 2012 did cause high - grade and Treasury bonds to be high in price relative to equities, which languished for a decade.

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.

Lower - grade bonds were not widely held in investment portfolios and most dealers did not handle these securities.

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