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The team focuses on selecting investment - grade bonds which offer strong relative value in an effort to generate income while seeking to limit risk to the money invested.

The team focuses on selecting investment - grade bonds which offer strong relative value in an effort to generate income while seeking to limit risk to the money invested.

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Canada's DBRS is the only credit rating agency willing to give Portugal an investment grade, which allows the European Central Bank to buy Portuguese government bonds.

By contrast, many investors are moving into diversified investment - grade fixed products, such as the IShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG), which has had net inflows of $ 435 million this quarter and $ 2.2 billion of net inflows year - to - date.

By secular reflation, we mean at least a decade in which short - and long - term interest rates stay habitually below nominal GDP growth and high grade bonds are not really bonds any more: delivering trend returns that are close to zero or even negative.

The trio of ETFs, when they launch, will round out Franklin's bond ETF lineup, which already includes a variety of actively managed fixed - income funds covering short - duration U.S. government debt, municipal bonds and the investment - grade corporate debt.

Invest in high - yield bonds and dividend - yielding stocks, says the BofA - Merrill team, which is overweight high - grade and high - yield corporate bonds, including financial sector names that are especially sensitive to the housing market.

A good example of non-investment grade bond can be seen with the S&P's stance on Southwestern Energy Company, which was given a rating of «BB +» bond rating and negative outlook.

Vaselkiv pointed out there was a «game changer» in February this year when «Moody's took a chainsaw to $ 150 billion of investment - grade oil and gas bonds, and downgraded very high - quality investmen - grade companies to BB,» which he noted was a one - time opportunity to prove the strength of their portfolios.

Represents the corporate and government - related sectors of Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Bond Index (which provides a broad - based measure of the global investment - grade, fixed - rate debt markets) and is considered representative of global investment - grade debt.

Interest - rate risk is generally greater for longer - term bonds, and credit risk is generally greater for below - investment - grade bonds, which may be considered speculative.

Retirement accounts, which are tax - advantaged, will have more investment - grade bonds.

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.

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.

The committee members also voted unanimously to maintain the current asset - purchase program, which includes purchasing UK government bonds at # 435 billion and non-financial investment - grade corporate bonds at # 10 billion per month respectively.

The eventual downgrade to junk, aka non-investment grade, will make IL debt ineligible for investment for some of their major institutional investors (one of which has already called for a boycott of Illinois debt) which are restricted by mandate to purchase only investment grade muni bonds.

Companies with excellent to low credit ratings issue investment - grade corporate bonds, which have lower interest rates because of the safety of the investment.

The Barclays U.S. Credit Index is the credit component of the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, which is a broad - based bond index comprised of government, corporate, mortgage and asset - backed issues, rated investment grade or higher, and having at least one year to maturBond Index, which is a broad - based bond index comprised of government, corporate, mortgage and asset - backed issues, rated investment grade or higher, and having at least one year to maturbond index comprised of government, corporate, mortgage and asset - backed issues, rated investment grade or higher, and having at least one year to maturity.

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

It's also interesting to examine the changing significance and dynamics of the European bond market in general, which has almost doubled in size since 2005 to more than $ 10 trillion today, including government, investment - grade corporate debt and high yield.

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.

But sectors are also just one consideration in a well - diversified portfolio, which can have a mix of domestic, foreign, small -, mid - and large - sized company stocks as well as investment - grade corporate and government bonds.

The European Central Bank, in addition to buying member country sovereign - issued debt is now buying corporate bonds, some of which are non-investment grade.

Lower fuel bills will act as a tax cut to boost growth instead, said Mark Dowding, the co-head of investment - grade bonds at BlueBay Asset Management, which oversees $ 66 billion.

High - yield corporate bonds are rated below investment grade and are subject to greater risk of default, which could result in loss of principal — a risk that may be heightened in a slowing economy.

If you think interest rates are going to remain steady or fall, you might choose a fund which invests in investment grade bonds with long durations.

CNH is now rated investment grade by two of the three ratings agencies, making its bonds eligible for investment - grade indexes, which will lead to lower spreads.

Even by the generous standards of Bond pictures, which have been graded on a curve since 1962, «Spectre» has to be considered a missed opportunity.

Further strength is added via the 3D forged, aircraft - grade, aluminium hub which is bonded to the rim using aerospace strength titanium fasteners.

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.

Assuming the bond rating agencies grading of a bond issuance is accurate then it should be very easy to determine based on risk aversion which type of bond and investor would buy.

The iShares Canadian Universe Bond Index ETF (XBB), which tracks the overall Canadian investment - grade bond market, has a duration of Bond Index ETF (XBB), which tracks the overall Canadian investment - grade bond market, has a duration of bond market, has a duration of 6.9.

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

Which means that of all the bonds issued that are investment grade, there is about a 1/2 percent chance that you lose your original investment.

As a result, I've shifted to XBB (or VAB) which contains a mix of short, medium and long - term bonds, all investment grade.

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.

Investment Grade Corporate Bonds are represented by the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Index which measures the performance of investment grade corporate bBonds are represented by the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Index which measures the performance of investment grade corporate bondsbonds.

High Yield Bonds are represented by the Bloomberg Barclays Corporate High Yield Index, which covers the USD - denominated, non-investment grade, fixed - rate, taxable corporate bond market.

Franklin Liberty Intermediate Municipal Opportunities ETF (FLMI) will have a bent toward intermediate - and higher - yielding opportunities versus the Franklin Liberty Municipal Bond ETF (FMLB), which will be investing more in high - grade bonds with slightly longer maturities.

GICs may even pay slightly more than investment - grade corporate bonds with terms of two to five years, Cunningham says, which is contrary to the usual pattern.

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.

The indicative yield of U.S. preferred stocks was 5.90 % YTD, which offered a significant yield pick - up over investment - grade corporates and comparable yield to high - yield bonds.

@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?!

Below investment grade issuers, whose credit risks rating agencies view as a higher concern, and which comprise the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index, are yielding 4.66 % (YTW).

This flight to quality movement also impacted credit spreads, which widened for both investment grade and high yield corporate bonds, negatively impacting the returns of bonds in those sectors.

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.

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.

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-...]

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 %.

The higher default risk is the chief reason that speculative - grade bond issuers have to pay higher interest rates that go hand - in - hand with the so - called credit migration risk (or credit rating risk), which is part of the credit risk by extension.