As higher volatility creates opportunities for generating income from covered calls, we have added to this allocation at
higher yield levels.
And after five years the fund may continue to be investing at
higher yield levels, potentially resulting in higher returns.
Over time, more and more of the fund could become invested at this new
higher yield level, resulting in rising distributions of income.
With yields having been so low for so long, bonds are suddenly providing some competition with equities at
these higher yields levels.
Over time, more and more of the fund could become invested at this new
higher yield level, resulting in rising distributions of income.
Not exact matches
NEW YORK, April 23 - The U.S. dollar rallied to a four - month
high on Monday as the 10 - year Treasury
yield's climb toward the psychologically important 3 percent
level spurred buying of the greenback, leaving the euro and yen lower.
Elsewhere, the dollar held at a three - month
high against a basket of currencies, after having received a boost from U.S. 10 - year Treasury
yields holding near the key 3 percent
level.
The two - year note
yield climbed to 2.504 percent and hit its
highest level since September 2008, when it hit 2.542 percent.
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.
The 10 - year U.S. Treasury
yield climbed to 2.43 percent, marking its
highest level since October 2014.
The
yield on the 10 - year note notched a four - year
high of 2.95 percent last week, just below the key psychological
level of 3 percent.
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.
The benchmark 10 - year JGB
yield was up 9 basis points at minus 0.050 %, touching its
highest levels since early April.
The benchmark 10 - year
yield rose to its
highest levels in four years.
U.S. two - year Treasury
yields reached 2.453 percent on Friday, the
highest level since September 2008 as the two - year's spread versus two - year German Bunds grew to 302 basis points, the widest in more than three decades.
Poland's 10 - year government bond
yield rose 7 basis points to 3.14 percent, its
highest level in four weeks, rising more than U.S. and German
yields which it often tracks.
This supports our view that by year end credit spreads will be wider than current
levels which was predicated by our belief in
higher inflation,
yields and volatility in 2018.»
The
yield on 10 - year Treasury bond is hovering near its
highest levels in four years.
The two - year Treasury
yield hit its
highest level in nearly a decade Monday morning, leaving investors questioning what this could signal for America's economy in the longer term.
Ultimately, he sees the S&P 500 in 2018 ending 9 percent
higher than current
levels as long as the 10 - year Treasury
yield stays below 3 percent.
The benchmark 10 - year Treasury
yield hit its
highest level in four years Friday.
The U.S. 10 - year Treasury
yield hit a
high of 2.854 percent, its
highest level since Jan. 23, 2014.
Those concerns sent the 10 - year U.S. note
yield to its
highest level in four years.
The benchmark 10 - year U.S. note
yield rose to a four - year
high last week, while the short - term two - year
yield reached its
highest level since 2008 on Tuesday.
Yields on 10 - year Treasurys spiked to their
highest level in roughly 10 months after Chinese officials recommended slowing or halting purchases of them.
Bond prices fell, sending the
yield on the U.S. 10 - year Treasury note to its
highest level in four years, following newly released minutes from the U.S. Federal suggesting bullish sentiment among policy - makers and signalling more interest rate hikes ahead.
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.
The 10 - year
yield barreled through 3 percent on Tuesday, its
highest level since January 2014.
The
yield on the benchmark 10 - year Treasury ended the session at 2.71 percent, down dramatically from 2.852 percent on Friday, the
highest level since January 2014.
Since then, the benchmark 10 - year
yield has climbed about 20 basis points to its
highest level since the middle of May.
Short - term
yields turned positive, with the two - year note
yield near its
highest level of the year after comments from the Fed's Stanley Fischer.
The next key technical
level for the 10 - year
yield is 3.05 percent, which would put the
yield at 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.
Concern remained over
higher bond
yields after the
yield on the U.S. 10 - year Treasury breached 3 percent
level on Tuesday, making equities relatively less attractive.
No one really knows, but the
levels of risk (with CDs or anything) is a decision you make, you want a
higher yielding MM or a Treasury MM?
Long - dated Treasury
yields early Thursday trade at the
highest level in nearly a month, but shorter maturities saw a slight pullback in rates, as inflation expectations rose
U.S. stock futures were mixed this morning as the
yield on the 10 - year Treasury hit new 16 - month
highs, on the verge of exceeding the psychologically key
level of 3 percent.
But a continuation of favorable economic growth and low default
levels — which we expect — and measured Federal Reserve tightening — which we also expect — should support more narrow
high -
yield bond spreads for some time to come.
Higher yields require higher levels of
Higher yields require
higher levels of
higher levels of risk.
All in all, we believe eurozone bond
yields may move a little
higher, but any increase is likely to be capped by the ECB's ongoing
level of purchases, at least until policymakers start to signal their next steps on monetary policy later in the year.
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.
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.
The
yield of 10 - year Treasury notes, which tend to rise on signs of inflation, also jumped to its
highest level since early 2014.
European government bond and U.S. 10 - year Treasury
yields are trading at their
highest levels in more than two months and the U.S. 30 - year Treasury bond
yield reached a
high for the year on Tuesday.
In other words, at a certain
level higher bond
yields create real competition for stocks, particularly dividend stocks, and put downward pressure on multiples.
Treasury
yields stayed around
levels they were at all morning Thursday, but the volume was
higher than usual.
For example, U.S. 10 - year Treasury
yields closed in on 2.50 percent last week, roughly 50 basis points (0.50 percent)
higher than their late April
levels.
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.
Moody's also recently evaluated the
level of interest expense to EBITDA for 18 corporate sectors across investment grade and
high -
yield.