Corporate bonds tend to carry a higher level of risk than government bonds, but they generally are associated with
higher potential yields.
After you have 4 to 6 months worth of emergency money, start channeling money into mutual funds, bonds and stocks, anything with
a higher potential yield than cash?
For example, Immigration law, Employment law, Discovery review / coding, IP, and form agreements all have
high potential yields.
Not exact matches
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And for taxable accounts with balances over $ 500,000, the robo - advisor offers «advanced indexing,» where it weights the stocks in a portfolio based on various factors, including low volatility and
high dividend
yield, to further power
potential returns, all for the same advisory fee that applies to all accounts.
The
potential for a lower corporate tax rate may also lead to interesting opportunities in BB - rated
high -
yield bonds.
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.
Growth returned to favor in early September, a
potential harbinger for what historical valuations would argue is an overdue correction in
high -
yielding stocks.
These behavioral finance influences can skew a portfolio's overall allocations toward an overemphasis of potentially
higher -
yielding equities that in some instances may represent more downside risk than upside
potential at current valuation levels.
• Lower - quality debt securities generally offer
higher yields but also involve greater risk of default or price changes due to
potential changes in the credit quality of the issuer.
So while these «fallen angel» bonds have the
potential to be intrinsically
higher quality than debt originally issued at the junk or
high -
yield level, undue structural selling pressure from the downgrade can cause them to sell at a discount.
ZIRP and NIRP policies are forcing investors out of cash and near - zero or negative
yielding «havens» and into slightly
higher yielding investments in which the
potential rate of return does not even remotely reflect the degree of risk being taken.
Large upside
potential coupled with SCS» 4 % dividend
yield provides investors a low risk /
high reward opportunity.
Capital appreciation
potential Companies issuing
high yield bonds have the
potential to turn around their financial standing, creating the opportunity for investors to realize capital gains as bond values increase, due to improving business conditions or improved credit ratings.
The
potential for investors unloading
high - dividend - paying stocks through the Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (VYM A-97), the Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD A-92) and other high - yielding ETFs leaves portfolios more sensit
high - dividend - paying stocks through the Vanguard
High Dividend Yield ETF (VYM A-97), the Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD A-92) and other high - yielding ETFs leaves portfolios more sensit
High Dividend
Yield ETF (VYM A-97), the Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD A-92) and other
high - yielding ETFs leaves portfolios more sensit
high -
yielding ETFs leaves portfolios more sensitive.
Investors like the industry's stability and
high yields, while China Tower also boasts some growth
potential.
More flexible approaches to fixed income investing can make more sense, offering
higher yield potential and meaningful diversification while at the same time seeking to reduce overall volatility.
For those investors who are moving funds into fixed income investments, they have the
potential to benefit from lower prices and
higher yields.
The bottom line: In an environment of generally decent (albeit recently disappointing) growth and gently rising
yields,
high yield offers attractive
potential in a
yield - starved world.
Floating - rate loans» low credit ratings indicate greater
potential risk of default relative to investment - grade bonds (though default rates for floating - rate loans historically have been lower than on
high -
yield bonds).
To screen for «dividend growth» shares that may have lower starting
yields but have more
potential to grow future payouts at
high rates, we simply need to make a few adjustments to our screening parameters.
An undervalued dividend growth stock should present a
higher yield, greater long - term total return
potential, and less risk.
The report always has market - moving
potential, but it may carry some extra weight this time around considering Treasury
yields aren't far off from multi-year
highs.
As usual, I don't place too much emphasis on this sort of forecast, but to the extent that I make any comments at all about the outlook for 2006, the bottom line is this: 1) we can't rule out modest
potential for stock appreciation, which would require the maintenance or expansion of already
high price / peak earnings multiples; 2) we also should recognize an uncomfortably large
potential for market losses, particularly given that the current bull market has now outlived the median and average bull, yet at
higher valuations than most bulls have achieved, a flat
yield curve with rising interest rate pressures, an extended period of internal divergence as measured by breadth and other market action, and complacency at best and excessive bullishness at worst, as measured by various sentiment indicators; 3) there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index in the months ahead, and; 4) there remains substantial
potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weakness.
This combination of
potential growth,
high -
yield, and a modest valuation make IBM a solid choice for income investors.
These stocks generally offer competitive
yield and upside
potential through capital appreciation, and they have historically delivered attractive performance in rising rate environments relative to the
highest yielding stocks.
That's the trade - off we're making whenever we make a
high -
yield trade: We're limiting our
potential upside in return for guaranteed income.
For example, in
high yield strategies, we may want to screen for value and quality to potentially lower downside risk without giving up
potential yield.
The Oakmark Equity and Income Fund invests in medium - and lower - quality debt securities that have
higher yield potential but present greater investment and credit risk than
higher - quality securities, which may result in greater share price volatility.
A
potential surprise: A rally in risk assets prompted by investors shifting out of cash and low -
yielding assets in search of
higher returns.
Meanwhile, emerging market bonds that make up the J.P. Morgan EMBI Global Core Index, currently offer similar
yields and may benefit from global reflationary trends despite the
potential challenge of
higher valuations and a rising U.S dollar in the short term.
You're essentially defeasing a portion of your liability with a lower amount of assets than the value of that liability, and of course, the
potential for
higher yield comes with greater risk.
With
high yields, appreciation
potential, inflation protection, liquidity, pass - through tax benefits, and easy access to capital markets, REITs are an attractive investment class for investors, owners and operators alike.
View our latest analysis for RGC Resources 5 questions to ask before buying a dividend stock Whenever I am looking at a
potential dividend stock investment, I always check these five metrics: Does it pay an annual
yield higher than 75 % of dividend payers?
By purchasing these companies after a price decline, we find we are able to control risk in the portfolio as these investments often have less downside while offering a decent
potential return.The U.S. Equity Fund seeks to invest in companies with a lower Price to Book Ratio, lower Price to Earnings Ratio and
higher Dividend
Yield than the S&P 500 index.
High yield in my opinion is used more effectively as a complement to a core bond position: A
potential yield tilt that can help boost income without compromising that diversification benefit investors look for in bonds.
The emerging markets have been the repository of the Bernanke QE2 program as low rates have led to the search for
higher yields and let
potential risk be damned or rather rationalized away by dusting off the models of Long Term Capital Management.
Through IRRI and Vietnam partnerships, Vietnamese farmers are now able to maximize the full
potential of the
high -
yielding rice varieties being grown in the Mekong and Red River Deltas.
We develop
higher -
yielding varieties by focusing on key physiological plant traits and genes expected to increase
yield potential.
IRRI breeders had earlier observed traits related to
higher yield potential — such as large panicles, large leaves, a vigorous root system, and thick stems — in several Indonesian tropical japonica rice varieties.
In this light, IRRI develops elite inbred rice lines with
higher yield potential, multiple resistance to insects and diseases, and superior grain quality.
Cook & Hold ovens — a staple in casinos for more than 50 years — increase profit
potential with
higher protein
yields compared to conventional cooking methods.
Nathan believes there is massive
potential for the organic industry to develop, but the more demanding crops and the ability to achieve
higher yields is holding the industry back.
Research in Jakenan, Central Java found three drought - tolerant
potential rice varieties from IRRI with
high -
yield potential that are suitable for the second crop — IR68833, IR68836, and S3376e.
IRRI and Indonesia's partnership covers breeding rice varieties with
high yield potential, grain quality, and resistance to pests.
So, rice varieties must have
higher yield potential and crop management techniques have to help achieve this
potential.
A particular advantage of GM is its
potential to allow farmers to grow crops with
high yields while using less herbicide.
«We're now working on converting
high -
yielding indeterminate cultivars to semideterminate types to test their
yield potential.»
Soybean farmers in Africa may either only have access to a few seed varieties with an unimpressive
yield potential, or a few
high -
yielding varieties for which no performance data exists for their latitude and altitude.
Despite recent concerns that important crops in
high -
yielding regions have reached their production maximum, the rise in
yield potential of new cultivars does not yet level off.