Sentences with phrase «higher asset yields»

CYS Investments (CYS) had an eventful week, first announcing Q1 EPS of $ 0.24, surpassing estimates of $ 0.22, mainly driven by higher asset yields, while book value fell -11.6 % to $ 7.41 (0.87 x P / B).

Not exact matches

«If U.S. rates move too quickly, they will dislocate [high yielding] assets more broadly and the most liquid emerging markets will not be immune to a selloff,» he added, pointing to the 2013 taper tantrum as an illustration of this idea in action.

Other than real estate, which has higher yields and can act as a diversifier, Turnbull won't hold any sector or alternative - asset ETFs.

Bond investors like mutual funds and pension funds hope to buy securities with comparatively higher yields than other asset - backed debt that could also provide diversification benefits.

Yields on the securities have climbed to their highest levels in six years, and total returns were negative 2.6 percent for the first two months of 2018, making for the worst start of a year for the asset class since 1981.

«Higher U.S. yields have contributed to the rise in the dollar,» said Chuck Tomes, senior investment analyst at Manulife Asset Management in Boston.

«Shorter duration hedge fund assets have grown at a rapid pace even as market liquidity has deteriorated, particularly in the high yield and distressed debt markets.

With rates at near zero in the United States, and negative in Japan and Europe, the differential is a powerful lure for carry trades, in which investors borrow at ultra-low rates in currencies such as yen or sterling and buy high - yielding assets such as the kiwi.

What's more, the iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) was No. 10 among all ETFs in August in asset gathering, according to ETF.com.

There is also opportunity abroad: Non-U.S. stocks with the highest dividend yields (average price / earnings ratio of 15.8) are cheaper than domestic counterparts (23.1), according to O'Shaughnessy Asset Management.

With stocks trading near all - time highs and bond yields still relatively low, some investors have turned to alternative asset classes.

QE could be described as a tax on the private sector since it removes high yielding safe assets from the private sector and swaps them with low yielding less safe assets.

These funds offer diversification across multiple asset classes, including domestic and international stocks across varying styles and market capitalization ranges, investment grade and high yield fixed income, and short - term investments.

Rotation towards assets, sectors, markets that benefit from higher inflation and steeper yield curve may take longer to play out but destination is clear.

They could then reinvest that cash into higher yielding assets such as, say, emerging market debt.

Treasury yields inched higher Tuesday as a global rally for assets perceived as risky suggested that fears over a trade conflict between China and the U.S. were easing following a speech by China's President Xi Jinping.

The two largest funds in the segment — the $ 15 billion iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) and the $ 9 billion SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Bond ETF (JNK)-- have faced sizable asset outflows as investors fret over high valuations and rising interest raHigh Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) and the $ 9 billion SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Bond ETF (JNK)-- have faced sizable asset outflows as investors fret over high valuations and rising interest raHigh Yield Bond ETF (JNK)-- have faced sizable asset outflows as investors fret over high valuations and rising interest rahigh valuations and rising interest rates.

The selling has extended into other asset classes, notably commodities and high yield, and has been accompanied by an abrupt spike in market volatility.

Our team of credit professionals deliver sales and trading capabilities across a wide range of fixed income asset classes including high yield, distressed and investment grade bonds, convertible bonds, public and private corporate securities, leveraged loans and emerging market debt.

It will also invest in emerging market assets that have a compelling case for consistent and high yielding passive income streams.

The asset class, represented by the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid High Yield Index, has seen spreads relative to Treasuries widen sharply, despite the fact that defaults remain well below historical levels.

Elsewhere, at the single country and asset class fund levels, High Yield Bond Funds recorded their ninth consecutive outflow while Inflation Protected Bond Funds took in fresh money for the 10th time in the 11 weeks, year - to - date.

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.

Appetite for riskier assets such as stocks and high - yield bonds has been suppressed by a number of factors that have come up around the same time, but the headwinds may be transitory, according to the New York - based investment bank.

It'd be hard for any fixed income asset class to match the 2016 performance of the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid High Yield Index, which returned 15.31 % (source: Bloomberg).

Moderate Growth and Income Four Asset Group model portfolio without private capital: 3 % Bloomberg Barclays 1 — 3 Month Treasury Bill Index, 11 % Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (5 — 7Y), 6 % Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (10 + Y), 6 % Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield Bond Index, 3 % JPM GBI Global ex. - U.S. Index, 5 % JPM EMBI Global Index, 20 % S&P 500 Index, 8 % Russell Midcap ® Index, 6 % Russell 2000 ® Index, 5 % MSCI EAFE Index (USD), 5 % MSCI EM Index (USD), 5 % FTSE EPRA / NAREIT Developed Index, 2 % Bloomberg Commodity Index, 3 % HFRI Relative Value Index, 6 % HFRI Macro Index, 4 % HFRI Event - Driven Index, 2 % HFRI Equity Hedge Index.

The era of cheap or zero - interest money that led to a wall of liquidity chasing high yields and assets — equities, bonds, currencies, and commodities — in emerging markets is drawing to a close.

Should the Fed be more hawkish and raise rates in the next couple of meetings, both gold and the miners will likely underperform as investors position towards higher yielding assets.

For example, if rates are rising, you can reinvest the proceeds of a fund that will be distributing its assets to shareholders into a fund with a higher yield.

Moderator Sumit Desai of Morningstar began the panel discussion Tuesday by framing high - yield bond growth and volatility, both in performance and assets.

The Carlyle Group («Carlyle») is one of the world's largest global alternative asset management firms that originates, structures and acts as lead equity investor in management - led buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, growth capital financings, real estate opportunities, bank loans, high - yield debt, distressed assets, mezzanine debt and other investment opportunities.

The fund invests primarily in investment grade debt securities, but may invest up to 10 % of its total assets in high yield securities rated B or higher by Moody's.

With market volatility hitting multi-decade lows, junk bond yields also at record lows, the median price / revenue ratio of S&P 500 constituents at a record high well - beyond 2000 levels, and the most strenuously overvalued, overbought, overbullish syndromes we define, I'm increasingly concerned about the potential for an abrupt «air pocket» in the prices of risky assets that could attend even a modest upward shift in risk premiums.

Incorporating potentially higher - yielding asset classes into a portfolio without carefully considering the additional risks that these securities may pose could prove to be a costly mistake.

Mark Vaselkiv, portfolio manager at T. Rowe Price, noted that «Einstein said there were three great forces of nature: gravity, electro magnetism, and compounded interest... high yield is an asset class that ultimately capitalizes on the latter.

High - yield bonds are in the eighth year of an investment cycle that has seen assets under management grow threefold, to $ 300 billion, so interest among investors remains hHigh - yield bonds are in the eighth year of an investment cycle that has seen assets under management grow threefold, to $ 300 billion, so interest among investors remains highhigh.

«This asset class has a high level of current income, and every academic study has shown if you hold your portfolio over long period, you could get yield of 8 % a year over five to 10 years.»

He completed high yield credit internships at Marret Asset Management in Toronto and at Connor, Clark & Lunn in Vancouver before joining the firm.

Fear drives investors away from higher - yielding assets as they flock towards safer assets, such as gold.

Higher - yielding risk assets such as local emerging market (EM) bonds look relatively attractive.

«Perhaps the biggest issue we have with high yield is that the asset class» performance has been driven over the last several years not by fundamental strength, but by QE and a lack of global yield,» BofAML credit strategist Michael Contopoulos and others said in a note to clients.

Banks «earned their way out of debt» by lending to global speculators who used the yen loans to convert into foreign currency and buy higher - yielding assets abroad — capped by Icelandic government bonds paying 15 %, and pocketing the arbitrage difference.

Although, you've got a lot of exposure to some high - yield assets, like TAL, ARCP, DLR, ESV, and your P2P lending accounts which are providing the bulk of your income.

At a time when demand for income generating assets is at an all - time high, the yields on income generating assets are at, or near, all - time lows.

Franklin Limited Duration Income (FTF) is a closed end fund that seeks high current income and capital appreciation through investment in high yield corporate bonds, floating rate bank loans and mortgage and other asset backed securities.

They automate the loan underwriting, data management and risk assessment processes and provide a platform where accredited and institutional investors seeking high - yield, short - term, asset - collateralized investments can be matched with borrowers seeking more timely and consistent sources of funding for rehabbing properties across America.

Biofuels don't help, but biofuels are the result of high oil prices, which are the result of poor incentives to bring oil up (both because of low yielding U.S. assets and political resentment over U.S. foreign policy).

For the most part, investors cite the market's four - year climb off its 2009 lows and the Dow's record closing to the Federal Reserve's aggressive and unprecedented monetary stimulus measures, which have helped push equities higher by driving down yields in safe - haven assets.

Correlations between crude oil and other higher risk assets, such as stocks, emerging market assets and high yield...

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...