Sentences with phrase «in bonds»

You can even diversify by investing in a bond market index to protect you during the bad times.

They represent the average dollar invested in the bond markets.

There's also the idea that the whole point of investing in a bond fund is to diversify away equity risk — bond funds usually do well when stock funds are doing poorly.

The largest type of closed - end fund according to managed assets is municipal bond funds, which invest in bonds of state and local governments and agencies.

For me, it meant owning about 25 percent of the portfolio in bonds yielding less than 1.5 percent and paying 3.5 percent on the mortgage.

I won't accept risk in a bond portfolio when they aren't paying me enough to do so.

It is another way to measure interest - rate risk, similar to duration which measures the percent change in a bond price given a 1 % change in rates.

I think a lot of people invest in bonds for the same reason — income and stability of that income.

A target maturity fund invests in bonds with a fixed maturity date.

We don't want to have too much money in bonds in brokerage because the interests gets taxed as ordinary income.

If you own individual bonds, it's a good idea to stay on top of changes in bond yield just in case.

It is used as a measure of risk in the bond market.

Be aware, too, that the fund has about 70 % of its assets in bonds issued by industrial and financials companies, which tend to rise and fall with the economic cycle.

The rise in bond yields over the past few of weeks typically stimulates an increase in mortgage rates.

When you pay more in bond mutual fund fees, you are just wasting your money.

Then you get the price appreciation in the bonds as interest rates went all the way to zero.

This may make trading in bond ETFs less complicated and more efficient than trading individual bonds.

One catalyst will be absolute losses in bond mutual funds.

We are witnessing a gradual degradation of corporate credits, and an increase in bond market volatility appears likely over the coming months.

They trade in the bond market at prices reflecting current interest rates.

On average, Canadian institutions have about a quarter of their fixed - income assets in bond ETFs.

I don't think it makes sense to put money in bonds at your age.

Depending on your tolerance for risk, you might want a certain portion of your investments held in bonds.

For investors in a bond index, this implies returns as low as 1 to 2 %.

For investors in the bond market, this could prove problematic.

The worst rolling one - year return in bonds was minus 5 %.

Many analysts say that those rising bond income payments could offset the gradual decline in bond prices enough to produce positive — albeit modest — total returns.

Many of the sectors in question did well in 2016, in spite of the rise in bond rates.

As in every Bond film, the movie opens with a spectacular action sequence, but this time around, the brief encounter on a train doesn't end the way we expect.

These funds invest primarily in bonds issued by countries with smaller, less developed economies, or by corporations headquartered in developing countries.

This can save you hundreds of dollars in bonding fees.

Many have also seen any gains in their stock portfolios offset by losses in their bond holdings.

With event - driven investments playing the risk - adjustment role in my portfolio, I'm only interested in bonds as an investment if they present equity - like risk: reward.

A general good rule of thumb is to hold your age as a percentage in bonds in your overall portfolio.

We believe in the bond between humans and their pets and expect all our staff to share this idea.

Most of us invest in bonds through bond mutual funds.

The 30 - day annualized yield is a standard formula for all bond funds based on the yields of the bonds in the bond fund, averaged over the past 30 days.

If you cash in an I bond before five years have passed, you'll sacrifice three months of interest.

You may be able to sell your position in a bond mutual fund or bond index fund fairly quickly, which is one of the reason bond funds are popular.

The question of how much in bonds come down to your risk capacity.

A decent amount can be put in a bond fund.

Typically, when interest rates rise, there is a corresponding decline in bond values.

They picked two different stock funds, for a total of 80 % of their investments, and put the rest in bond funds.

One of the more likely steps would be to extend its current 80 billion euros ($ 90 billion) per month in bond purchases from banks and other financial institutions.

An obvious culprit for the move in bond yields is the country's record fiscal deficit, which will generate a massive amount of new government issuance.