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The PowerShares BulletShares 2023 Corporate Bond ETF tracks an index of investment - grade corporate bonds with effective maturities in 2023.

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The PowerShares BulletShares 2019 Corporate Bond ETF tracks a market - weighted index of USD - denominated corporate investment - grade bonds with effective maturities in 2019.

According to Bloomberg data on the S&P AMT - Free National Municipal Bond Index, munis returned 3.3 percent in 2015, beating taxable investment grade bonds.

The Bloomberg Barclays Long - Term Government / Corporate Bond Index is an unmanaged index that includes fixed - rate debt issues rated investment grade or higher by Moody's Investors Services, Standard & Poor's Corporation, or Fitch Investor's Service, in oIndex is an unmanaged index that includes fixed - rate debt issues rated investment grade or higher by Moody's Investors Services, Standard & Poor's Corporation, or Fitch Investor's Service, in oindex that includes fixed - rate debt issues rated investment grade or higher by Moody's Investors Services, Standard & Poor's Corporation, or Fitch Investor's Service, in order.

The sentiment stands in contrast to what Bank of America Merrill Lynch indexes showed as the «steepest first - quarter losses on U.S. investment - grade company bonds since 1996.»

Investment grade municipal bonds tracked in the S&P National AMT - Free Municipal Bond Index have seen a negative total return of 4.97 % in June so far, the worst month since September 2008 when the index was down 5.Index have seen a negative total return of 4.97 % in June so far, the worst month since September 2008 when the index was down 5.index was down 5.13 %.

The Guggenheim BulletShares 2015 Corporate Bond ETF tracks an index of investment grade corporate bonds with effective maturities in 2015.

By investing in a total U.S. stock market and total U.S. bond market index fund, you'll own a piece of virtually all publicly traded U.S. companies and a share of the entire investment - grade bond market.

According to Bloomberg, as of June 15, 2016, more than 60 % of the issuers in the iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond Index are rated investment grade.

By comparison the investment grade tax - free muni market tracked in the S&P National AMT - Free Municipal Bond Index is up 2.98 %.

As we near the end of the first quarter, investment grade tax - exempt bonds tracked in the S&P National AMT - Free Municipal Bond Index have returned 0.93 % year - to - date underperforming relative to the over 2 % return of the investment grade corporate bond market tracked in the S&P U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bond InBond Index have returned 0.93 % year - to - date underperforming relative to the over 2 % return of the investment grade corporate bond market tracked in the S&P U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bond Inbond market tracked in the S&P U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bond InBond Index.

In the case of stocks, a good example is a total U.S. stock market index fund or ETF, which gives you virtually all domestic publicly traded stocks, while a total U.S. bond market index fund or ETF would essentially give you the entire taxable investment - grade bond market.

The Aggregate (often abbreviated Agg), which is historically the most popular index, more or less includes all bonds in the Universal rated investment grade.

Note: Under S&P Dow Jones Indices methodology, the lowest rating determines if the bonds remain in the investment grade indices or are shifted to the high yield caIndices methodology, the lowest rating determines if the bonds remain in the investment grade indices or are shifted to the high yield caindices or are shifted to the high yield category.

The S&P US Issued Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index is comprised of US corporations issuing investment grade bonds in US dollars.

The S&P International Corporate Bond Index is comprised of non-U.S. investment grade corporate issuers and is calculated in US dollars.

In response to the most recent events, the Under Armour bond has been downgraded to BB + and will be moved out of the investment - grade index and into the S&P 500 High Yield Corporate Bond Index at the next month - end rebalancing (February 2017), as per the index rubond has been downgraded to BB + and will be moved out of the investment - grade index and into the S&P 500 High Yield Corporate Bond Index at the next month - end rebalancing (February 2017), as per the index rindex and into the S&P 500 High Yield Corporate Bond Index at the next month - end rebalancing (February 2017), as per the index ruBond Index at the next month - end rebalancing (February 2017), as per the index rIndex at the next month - end rebalancing (February 2017), as per the index rindex rules.

Underneath the S&P 500 Bond Index are two subindices, as the debt in the index is divided into investment grade and high yIndex are two subindices, as the debt in the index is divided into investment grade and high yindex is divided into investment grade and high yield.

As expected, the S&P U.S. High Yield Low Volatility Corporate Bond Index sat between the high - yield and investment - grade bond sectors in the volatility spectBond Index sat between the high - yield and investment - grade bond sectors in the volatility spectbond sectors in the volatility spectrum.

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For instance, in 2008, the Vanguard index fund returned 5.1 %, beating its peers — funds that invest mainly in taxable investment - grade, intermediate - term bonds — by an average of 9.8 percentage points.

Investment grade municipal bonds tracked in the S&P National AMT - Free Municipal Bond Index have seen a negative total return of 4.97 % in June so far, the worst month since September 2008 when the index was down 5.Index have seen a negative total return of 4.97 % in June so far, the worst month since September 2008 when the index was down 5.index was down 5.13 %.

Unlike Treasuries and investment grade corporates, the high yield market as measured by the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index touch a low point for yield earlier in the month at a 5.87 % on October 6th.

The 19,000 tax - exempt municipal bonds tracked in the S&P Municipal Bond Infrastructure Index mainly consist of investment grade bonds Read more -LSB-...]

So if a company is drowning in debt and has little capacity to pay it back, its bonds will get a junk rating and they won't make into indexes that hold only investment - grade issues.

PowerShares also has an ETF in the works that will track a RAFI index of investment - grade corporate bonds.

For example, the CIBC Global Bond Index Fund, the only one of its kind in Canada, tracks the cap - weighted J.P. Morgan Global Government Bond Index, which includes only investment - grade bonds.

We also compared the five - year annualized volatilities of the S&P Pan Asia Bond Index (denominated in USD) with other major bond markets, such as the U.S. treasury, U.S. investment grade corporate, U.S. high yield corporate, Eurozone sovereign and Australian bond markets, see the exhibit beBond Index (denominated in USD) with other major bond markets, such as the U.S. treasury, U.S. investment grade corporate, U.S. high yield corporate, Eurozone sovereign and Australian bond markets, see the exhibit bebond markets, such as the U.S. treasury, U.S. investment grade corporate, U.S. high yield corporate, Eurozone sovereign and Australian bond markets, see the exhibit bebond markets, see the exhibit below.

@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?!

Coupon cash flow: Investment grade, tax - exempt municipal bonds tracked in the S&P National AMT - Free Municipal Bond Index have an average coupon of 4.61 % vs. the average coupon of 3.72 % of the bonds in the S&P 500 / MarketAxess Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index.

Duration: Investment grade corporate bonds of the issuers of the S&P 500 Index are tracked in the S&P 500 / MarketAxess Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index.

Starting with the investment grade BBB ratings category, municipal bonds have had a return of nearly 3.5 % year - to - date while the large entities tracked in the S&P 500 BBB Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index has recorded a negative 0.46 %.

According to Bloomberg data on the S&P AMT - Free National Municipal Bond Index, munis returned 3.3 percent in 2015, beating taxable investment grade bonds.

The Markit iBoxx ® $ Liquid Investment Grade Index is a modified market - value weighted index designed to provide a balanced representation of U.S. dollar - denominated investment grade corporate bonds publicly offered in the United States by means of including the most liquid investment grade corporate bonds available as determined by the index provIndex is a modified market - value weighted index designed to provide a balanced representation of U.S. dollar - denominated investment grade corporate bonds publicly offered in the United States by means of including the most liquid investment grade corporate bonds available as determined by the index provindex designed to provide a balanced representation of U.S. dollar - denominated investment grade corporate bonds publicly offered in the United States by means of including the most liquid investment grade corporate bonds available as determined by the index provindex provider.

The Barclays US Treasury Bond Index is a market capitalization weighted index that is often used to represent investment grade bonds being traded in the United StIndex is a market capitalization weighted index that is often used to represent investment grade bonds being traded in the United Stindex that is often used to represent investment grade bonds being traded in the United States.

Investment grade municipal bonds tracked in the S&P National AMT - Free Municipal Bond Index have seen a 3.95 % return.

Lower - rated credit indices such as the S&P U.S. High Yield Corporate Bond Index and the S&P / LSTA U.S. Leveraged Loan 100 Index have not greatly outpaced investment grade corporates YTD, given the increase in risks.

Bloomberg Barclays Aggregate Index provides a measure of the performance of the U.S. investment grade bonds market, which includes investment grade U.S. Government bonds, investment grade corporate bonds, mortgage pass - through securities and asset - backed securities that are publicly offered for sale in the United States.

Investment grade corporate bonds issued by «blue chip» companies tracked in the S&P 500 Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index barely held even and corporate junk bonds ended in the red.

Barely in positive territory, investment grade tax - exempt bonds tracked in the S&P National AMT - Free Municipal Bond Index have returned a positive 0.11 % ytd.

For those investment grade and high yield bonds that are considered liquid, represented by constituents in Markit iBoxx $ Liquid Investment Grade and High Yield Indexes, they only trade 3 - 4 times per day on average.

The Portfolio invests in two Vanguard stock index funds and two Vanguard bond index funds, resulting in an allocation of 62.5 % of its assets to stocks and 37.5 % of its assets to investment - grade bonds.

The BofA Merrill Lynch Index tracks the performance of U.S. dollar - denominated investment grade government and corporate public debt issued in the U.S. domestic bond market with at least 1 year and less than 10 years remaining maturity, including U.S. treasury, U.S. agency, foreign government, supranational and corporate securities.

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.

Through its investment in Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund, the Portfolio also indirectly invests in government, government agency, corporate, and securitized non-U.S. investment - grade fixed income investments, all issued in currencies other than the U.S. dollar and with maturities of more than 1 year.

On a nominal return basis, investment grade corporate bonds tracked in the S&P 500 Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index have outperformed tax - exempt bonds tracked in the S&P National AMT - Free Municipal Bond Index.

This index measures a wide spectrum of public, investment - grade, taxable, fixed income securities in the United States — including government, corporate, and international dollar - denominated bonds, as well as mortgage - backed and asset - backed securities, all with maturities of more than 1 year.

It is based on the ICE BofAML Diversified High Yield US Emerging Markets Corporate Plus Index which tracks the performance of corporate bonds denominated in US dollars with an average credit rating below investment grade.