Sentences with phrase «grade bonds from»

CSJ bets on investment grade bonds from both the U.S. government and corporations that have maturities of one to three years.

The new ProShares S&P 500 Bond ETF holds 1,000 of the most liquid, investment - grade bonds from companies in the S&P.

Not exact matches

One «canary in the coal mine» could be a move further away from high - yield bonds and into investment - grade fixed income.

We trade all fixed income assets, with a focus on more illiquid situations, from high yield, distressed and investment grade bonds and convertible bonds to public and private corporate securities and leveraged loans.

When there is a downgrade from investment - grade to high - yield status, this inevitably means managers with mandates permitting only investment - grade bonds will have to indiscriminately liquidate the downgraded bond.

Blackrock Muni Yield Investment Quality (MFT) is a closed end fund that seeks current income exempt from regular Federal income tax through investment in insured investment grade municipal bonds.

Blackrock Muni Holdings Quality (MUS) is a closed end fund that seeks current income exempt from regular Federal income tax through investment in investment grade municipal bonds.

High yield (non-investment grade) bonds are from issuers that are considered to be at greater risk of not paying interest and / or returning principal at maturity.

In pursuance of the Union Budget 2018 announcement, the board also cleared a proposal on changing the investment grade rating from AA to A for corporate bonds, which would boost investment scope while ensuring credit quality.

For example, Fidelity will allow you to search both investment grade and junk bonds, show you the number of bonds available at both the bid and ask price, and will even allow you to submit a limit order (although you can not put in a good until cancelled order or one that is more than a small amount away from the current bid / ask).

Plenty of investment - grade credit bonds suspended coupon payments in the Depression, transiting directly from A to D rating without even making a pit stop at a C junk rating.

A novel feature was the decision to include investment - grade eurodenominated bonds issued by non-bank corporations in the asset purchases from Q2.

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.

The same could be said for lower - grade, dollar - denominated bonds except the improvement in credit quality brought from accelerating economic growth will partially protect these bonds from the full extent of the losses suffered by high - grade bonds.

There's a variety of funds to choose from: iShares Floating Rate Note ETF (FLOT) and iShares Short Maturity Bond ETF (NEAR) hold investment grade floating and fixed rate bonds, respectively.

Portugal received a vote of confidence from S&P, which upgraded the country's bonds to investment - grade status.

If your goal is to seek an overall tax advantage: Consider an investment - grade municipal bond fund with income that is usually exempt from federal income tax.4

Currently, BBB - rated bonds are equal to 45 % of the entire outstanding high - yield market, which has increased from 30 % a decade ago.3 Since BBB is the lowest investment - grade bond rating, the risk is that many poor credits will fall, like angels, from the investment - grade into the high - yield universe.

He joined Leith Wheeler from TD Bank in January 2009, where he'd spent the previous 10 years trading a proprietary bank portfolio of credit default swaps, investment grade and high yield bonds for TD in New York and London.

In all, IGIH provides the credit risk and return of investment - grade corporate bonds while aiming to screen out risk from rising rates.

While the city's bond rating was downgraded to A +, the third - highest grade issued by S&P Global Ratings, last year, the agency improved the city's outlook to «stable» due to the city increasing non-property tax revenues, decreasing discretionary spending and securing $ 12.5 million from the state that wasn't an advance on payments the state owes the city for the Empire State Plaza.

Teachers rely heavily on the bond that evolves between them and their students as they move together from the first grade until the students graduate from eighth grade.

It includes the following: Park City High School expansion and gym remodel ($ 27.5 million); a new fifth - and sixth - grade school at Ecker Hill campus ($ 24.8 million); improvements to McPolin Elementary School, including moving the parking lot ($ 1.4 million); demolition of Treasure Mountain Junior High ($ 606,336 — none from the bond); athletic facilities improvements ($ 12 million).

The bond would help fund a $ 66 million project list that includes: Park City High School expansion and gym remodel ($ 27.5 million); a new fifth - and sixth - grade school at Ecker Hill campus ($ 24.8 million); improvements to McPolin Elementary School, including moving the parking lot ($ 1.4 million); demolition of Treasure Mountain Junior High ($ 606,336 — none from the bond); athletic facilities improvements ($ 12 million).

The Permanent School Fund (PSF) allows schools to participate in a bond guaranty program and in order to be eligible for PSF, charter schools must achieve an investment grade rating from a national firm.

FairTest compared the results from the NAEP 1996 grades 4 and 8 math tests (Quality Counts, 1998) with whether a state required its students to pass a test to obtain a high school diploma in 1994 - 95 and 1995 - 96 (Bond, et al., 1996a, 1996b).

Each project, at the time of its application for assistance, is required to furnish a preliminary rating opinion letter from one of the bond rating agencies identified by the Securities and Exchange Commission as a «Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization,» indicating that the project's senior debt obligations have the potential to achieve an investment - grade bond rating.

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.

Investment grade corporate bonds and emerging market debt have benefited from this trend for most of 2016.

The drugmaker's bonds were cut to junk from investment grade by Moody's after its US$ 41 - billion buyout of Allergan Plc's generics business in 2016 left the company with a debt load that outweighed its value in the stock market.

Teva Pharmaceutical's bonds were cut to junk from investment grade by Moody's after its US$ 41 - billion buyout of Allergan's generics business in 2016 left the company with a debt load that outweighed its value in the stock market.

The portfolio managers focus on identifying investment grade bonds or sectors whose valuations have become dislocated from the underlying fundamentals, primarily due to technical reasons.

There's a variety of funds to choose from: iShares Floating Rate Note ETF (FLOT) and iShares Short Maturity Bond ETF (NEAR) hold investment grade floating and fixed rate bonds, respectively.

Bond choices range from U.S. Treasury securities, which are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government and are free from credit risk, to bonds that are below investment grade and considered speculative.

Income Investing: The idea behind income investing is to provide most or all of your cash flow needs through reliable dividends from stocks and reliable interest from investment grade bonds.

These are bonds from issuers whose risk levels prevent them from qualifying for «investment grade ratings» by the primary bond credit rating agencies.

A diversified portfolio of nearly 200 dollar - denominated investment grade corporate bonds from both U.S. and foreign issuers.

The Vanguard Canadian Short - Term Bond ETF will track an index of Canadian government and investment grade corporate bonds with maturities ranging from 1 to 5 years.

High yield bonds are more volatile than investment grade securities, and they involve a greater risk of loss (including loss of principal) from missed payments, defaults or downgrades because of their speculative nature.

@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?!

High - yield bonds (sometimes referred to as junk bonds) typically offer above - market coupon rates and yields because their issuers have credit ratings that are below investment grade: BB or lower from Standard & Poor's; Ba or lower from Moody's.

Market Vectors thinks that the best way to get ahead in the bond market is with the «Falling Angels,» bonds that have fallen from investment grade to below investment grade.

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.

For the previous week, Lipper data reported positive flows into investment - grade corporate bonds (June 3, 2015), which appeared to be buying on the dip, as the index moved from a Read more -LSB-...]

Since 90 % of the index is made up of investment - grade debt from blue - chip companies, it can be viewed as a proxy for the U.S. investment - grade bond market.

For the previous week, Lipper data reported positive flows into investment - grade corporate bonds (June 3, 2015), which appeared to be buying on the dip, as the index moved from a yield of 2.89 % on May 29, 2015, to the June 3, 2015, level of 3.10 %.

If your goal is to seek an overall tax advantage: Consider an investment - grade municipal bond fund with income that is usually exempt from federal income tax.4

We made a similar tactical shift from a 30 % -35 % basket of diversified income (e.g., short, long, investment grade, higher yielding, foreign, etc.) down to roughly 25 % investment grade bonds exclusively.

For example, both the price and the availability of credit to the high grade and high yield bond markets have assumed a very different tone from earlier in this decade.

As inflation was tamed and interest rates descended from an eye - popping 15.8 % in 1981, the value of high - yielding investment - grade bonds increased dramatically.