Not exact matches
yields will hit the
highs on close end of the day... equity markets setting up to be slammed tomorrow maybe but
today they have run over weak shorts in the face of rates... the federal reserve see's this and again will wonder if they are behind on hikes, strong data, major expansion in credit, lack of wage growth rising
bond yields and ballooning debt... rates will go much
higher and equities will have revelations as to what that means for valuations
An article in
today's Wall Street Journal warns of the liquidity risk inherent in
high -
yield bond ETFs.
Also, the
yield on the 10 - year Treasury note was over 6 % 15 years ago versus roughly 2 %
today, making the risk premium of stocks versus
bonds much
higher today than it was then.
RBC Global Asset Management Inc.
today announced that effective January 25, 2016, the name of RBC Monthly Income
High Yield Bond Fund will change to RBC Strategic Income
Bond Fund...
2016.03.21 RBC Global Asset Management Inc. re-opens PH&N
High Yield Bond Fund to new investors RBC Global Asset Management Inc.
today announced that PH&N
High Yield Bond Fund will re-open to new investors on March 28, 2016...
2015.12.10 RBC Global Asset Management Inc. announces fund name change RBC Global Asset Management Inc.
today announced that effective January 25, 2016, the name of RBC Monthly Income
High Yield Bond Fund will change to RBC Strategic Income
Bond Fund...
2016.04.05 RBC Global Asset Management Inc. closes PH&N
High Yield Bond Fund to New Investors RBC Global Asset Management Inc.
today announced that as of April 7, 2016, PH&N
High Yield Bond Fund («the Fund») will be closed to new investors...
2014.11.13 RBC Global Asset Management Inc. closes PH&N
High Yield Bond Fund to new investors RBC Global Asset Management Inc.
today announced the following change to the PH&N
High Yield Bond Fund...
Another statistic courtesy of Mike Goldstein is that utility stocks, a
high -
yield group I call the most
bond - like of all stocks,
today sell for almost the same P / E multiple as the S&P 500.
I suspect FWIW that it's very likely
bond prices will be lower and
yields higher in five years
today.
The iShares
High Yield Corporate
Bond ETF has bounced from the low 60s five years ago to 94
today, a gain of over 30 percent.
Today, thirty year
bond yields are 1.11 %
higher (111 basis points) than those on five year
bonds.
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.
The question for any investor given
today's
high stock multiples AND low
bond yields globally is how much this matters not only over an intermediate time frame, but over a period potentially
Compared to
bonds, stocks have a
higher current
yield, and unlike
bonds are likely to be worth more in a decade than they are
today.
We favor a more even
yield - curve exposure
today (with positions across maturities) and a more defensive (
higher - quality) credit profile — as volatility and heightened credit concerns could lead to significantly wider spreads in the
high -
yield -
bond market.
Today three Deutsche Bank ETFs — the Deutsche X-trackers Emerging Markets
Bond Interest Rate Hedged ETF (EMIH), the Deutsche X-trackers Investment Grade
Bond Interest Rate Hedged ETF (IGIH) and the Deutsche X-trackers
High Yield Corporate
Bond - Interest Rate Hedged ETF (HYIH)-- delisted from the NYSE Arca exchange and listed on Bats» BZX Exchange.
What's more, GICs pay
higher yields than government
bonds:
today you can build a five - year ladder with an average
yield over 2 %, with no credit risk and no chance of a capital loss.
Minneapolis, MN: Freddie Mac
today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey ® (PMMS ®), showing fixed mortgage rates pulling back and following
bond yields lower after gradually moving
higher over the past month.
Even if
bond yields top out
today and start to drift lower rather than
higher,
yields just aren't
high enough in most traditional income sectors to be worthwhile.
With
today's
higher rates, if you are looking to sell a treasury
bond you purchased a couple years ago that
yielded 2 %, nobody wants it because they can buy other
bonds that
yield 3 %.
This, though, was a function of the trend in interest rates; at the start of those periods, the funds were buying
bonds with
higher yields than
bonds offer
today.
In 2000, there was $ 330 billion in
high -
yield bonds;
today that's grown to $ 1.5 trillion.
«With
today's launch, knowledgeable investors now have an even larger suite of geared ETFs to help manage their exposures to
high yield and investment grade corporate
bonds.»
Also, the
yield on the 10 - year Treasury note was over 6 % 15 years ago versus roughly 2 %
today, making the risk premium of stocks versus
bonds much
higher today than it was then.
Many of
today's
high -
yield bonds, particularly those rated Ba by Moody's or BB by other rating agencies, are not considered «junk.»
Another incident seemed unrelated at the time, but
today seems very related — one day I asked the
high yield manager what sorts of spreads he looked for in buying
bonds.
Not only that, but also the dividend
yields today are
higher than
bond returns.
«Athens» two year
bond yield maturing in April 2019 has hit its
highest level in 8 months
today, gaining more than 1.7 per cent since Monday, when the IMF voiced fresh concerns about the country's debt trajectory and growth prospects»
If future
bond yields are
higher it is bad news for someone investing in
bonds today.
True
today the
bonds have low
yields but as for the future we don't know they could be
high as they were in the past.
Bethesda, MD, March 22, 2011 — ProShares, a premier provider of alternative exchange traded funds (ETFs),
today announced the launch of the first ETF that provides inverse exposure to the
high yield bond market.
Why are
high -
yield bonds so popular
today?
With
bond prices at all - time
highs as a result of the Fed pushing
yields to unnatural lows, it's safe to say the U.S.
bond market has never been as overvalued as it is
today.