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While the underperformance of high yield bonds since my post The Case Against High Yield has certainly made high yield bonds more attractive (yields went from sub 6 % to north of 8 %), I still prefer the risk / return profile of a stock / bond allocation (more here).

Not exact matches

The main stock index dropped by as much as 2.4 percent earlier, while the benchmark 10 - year government bond yield rose to 6.944 percent, the highest since August 2017.

That relationship has played out this year — as interest rates have risen since January, the HYG high yield corporate bond ETF has come under pressure.

Typically, higher interest rates make existing bonds less attractive to buyers, since they can get new notes at loftier yields.

The yield on the U.S. 10 - year Treasury jumped to its highest level since 2014 on Friday morning, underlining a wider move in bond markets caused by central banks moving away from financial crisis policies.

Their declining currencies against the dollar (8 - 9 percent over the past 12 months), falling stock market values since the beginning of the year and high (India) and rising (Brazil) bond yields are reflecting their funding difficulties.

In the meantime, bond yields have drifted higher and jumped shortly after 2 p.m. ET, finally pushing the 10 - year over 2.6 percent for the first time since mid-December.

Bonds tumbled as upbeat consumer spending data lowered demand for U.S. debt, pushing the two - year note yield to its highest level since 2011.

Rising inflation expectations in recent months have been reflected in U.K. government bond (gilt) prices with the yield on 10 - year gilts touching its highest level since April this year at 1.509 percent in Monday's session.

The market's price action since late January hasn't been inspiring, and with bond yields up, commodity prices higher and sharp price moves among equities, it might be time to break out the bear suit.

The U.S. 10 - year Treasury yield reached nearly 2.65 %, the highest level since 2014, as investors shunned bonds amid expectations that the economy and inflation will pick up.

Cumulative inflows into the iShares Short Maturity Bond ETF (NEAR), Floating Rate Bond ETF, SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Short Term High Yield Bond ETF, PowerShares Senior Loan Portfolio, and the Vanguard Short - Term Corporate Bond ETF topped $ 400 million in total for the first session of the week, the highest since the inception date of the most recent member of this product group.

China's one - year sovereign bond yield has climbed 14 basis points since the devaluation, while the cost to insure the nation's debt against default jumped to a two - year high.

The iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond (NYSEArca: HYG) reached $ 94.23 a share — its highest level since 2008 — while the SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond (NYSEArca: JNK) hit a two - year high of $ 41.05, says ETF TreHigh Yield Corporate Bond (NYSEArca: HYG) reached $ 94.23 a share — its highest level since 2008 — while the SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond (NYSEArca: JNK) hit a two - year high of $ 41.05, says ETF TreHigh Yield Bond (NYSEArca: JNK) hit a two - year high of $ 41.05, says ETF Trehigh of $ 41.05, says ETF Trends.

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The leveraged loan market just achieved something it hasn't been able to do since 2008 — moved within $ 100 billion of the U.S. high - yield bond...

Bond yields — from government to high yield to corporates — have all fallen precipitously since the financial crisis.

The 30 - year bond yield TMUBMUSD30Y, -0.86 % added 3.3 basis points to 3.138 %, the highest since March 9.

Toronto - Dominion Bank has lifted its posted rate for five - year fixed mortgages by 45 basis points to 5.59 percent as government bond yields touched their highest levels since 2011 this week.

High Yield Bond Funds posted outflows for the 13th time in the past 15 weeks, with the latest redemptions the biggest since early March, while Emerging Markets Bond Funds recorded their largest outflow since the second week of February.

High - yield bond funds were down $ 5.3 billion, the eighth consecutive week of outflows and the longest streak since the financial crisis in 2008.

Last week, the average yield on corporate bonds sat around its highest levels since January 2012.

The Treasury yield curve has been steepening since the election, with 10 - year yields hitting one - year highs in recent days amid a bond sell - off.

High yield bonds have only been around since the 1980s, so they've never really experienced a sustained rising rate environment.

Stocks and bonds have been in a tug - of - war since a blowout jobs report early this month sent Treasury yields spiking, raising the specter of higher interest rates to come.

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.

Now, since his stunning upset victory in the U.S. presidential election, bond yields have spiked to their highest levels since last January, and many people are putting the blame on him for that.

High - yield bonds have followed suit, hitting decade - tight levels in credit spreads in October, though they have widened slightly since then.

Toronto — Dominion Bank has lifted its posted rate for five - year fixed mortgages by 45 basis points to 5.59 % as government bond yields hit their highest levels since 2011.

Government bond yields have surged higher in Canada and the U.S. since the summer, but that isn't equating too much for investors trying to generate income from their portfolios.

A high - yield bond fund run by BlackRock Inc. slumped on Thursday to its lowest level since March, a day after Morgan Stanley warned a correction may already be underway.

With a normal yield curve, bond buyers essentially demand a higher rate of interest in order to lend money for 30 years than they will to loan money for 30 days since they will be locking up their money for a longer period of time.

Since interest income is taxed higher than dividends or capital gains, a TFSA is an ideal place for high yield bonds.

Government bond yields have surged higher in Canada and the U.S. since the summer, but that isn't equating too much for investors trying to generate income from their portfolios.

The recent rebound in commodity prices has been good news for high yield bonds, helping the sector (and credit overall) rally since mid-February.

The S&P 500 High Yield Corporate Bond Index performance behaved similarly returning 3.43 % for March, which was the index's largest return since a 3.86 % return in October, 2011.

The par amount outstanding of investment - grade corporate debt, as measured by the S&P U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index, has increased over USD 4 trillion since September 2007, while the amount of speculative - grade outstanding, as measured by the S&P U.S. High Yield Corporate Bond Index, has increased by USD 800 billion.

They offer higher yields than interest bearing cash accounts while still offering some safety, since they mature within shorter time periods relative to other bond variants, and have prices that are less affected by interest rate fluctuations.

The yield on the benchmark 10 - year Treasury note climbed to 3.122 percent Thursday, its highest market since July 8, 2011, while the yield on the 30 - year Treasury bond hit 3.248 percent, its highest level since July 13, 2015.

Spreads (the difference between the yield of a high yield bond and a U.S. Treasury) have come in considerably since the winter lows.

Starting in 2008 and into 2009, high yield corporate bonds (otherwise known as junk bonds) saw huge drops in price under the premise the America was going to see a massive wave of corporate defaults, the likes of which we hadn't seen since the Great Depression.

Indeed, the SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond Fund (JNK) has been flashing warning signs since January.

Investors seeking income can find stocks with reasonable yield (not too high, since you do not want a bond - equivalent) and good fundamentals.

Since high - yield bonds have far more credit risk than government bonds of the same maturity, investors should naturally expect higher returns.

This fund has been around since 2007, though it didn't start tracking the RAFI High Yield Bond Index until last August.

Just as our fashion choices since the 1980s have expanded beyond parachute pants, Member's Only jackets and Jordache jeans, the U.S. bond market has markedly evolved with the growth of high yield corporate bonds, dollar - denominated emerging markets (EM) bonds, asset - backed securities, collateralized mortgage - backed securities and more.

Looking at performance since Sept. 30, 2015, the S&P 500 Bond Mega 30 High Yield Index outperformed and rose 28 %, while the S&P 500 Bond Mega 30 Investment Grade Index gained 9.04 % and the S&P China Corporate Bond Index gained 6.35 %.

The S&P Municipal Bond High Yield Index has shown a positive total return of over 1.68 % year to date and over 14 % since this time last year.

High yield municipal bond yields and relative spreads to investment grade munis have moved to lows not seen since 2008.