These include emerging market bonds, high yield debt, corporate bonds and mortgage bonds.
Not exact matches
The rise in U.S.
bond yields has dented
emerging market currencies and
bond markets,
including those in Asia.
BlackRock's iShares unit structures exchange traded fund products,
including ones focused on international and
emerging market bonds.
These
include currency - hedged ETFs, triple - levered ETFs based on commodities, unconstrained
bond funds with short positions betting against U.S. Treasurys, private equity funds,
emerging market debt instruments, historically less - liquid bank loan funds, and all manner of actively managed strategies packaged in supposedly easy to buy and sell wrappers.
Those types of holdings
include being overweight these areas: equities versus credit,
emerging -
market bonds versus developed -
market bonds, and financials and industrials versus defensive stocks.
It's the largest hedge ETF, with $ 1.1 billion in assets; it melds numerous strategies that
include taking both long and short positions on U.S. stocks and
bonds and
emerging markets.
[T] he dramatic increase in leveraged
bond positions by both US hedge funds and mundane money managers set in motion self - reinforcing liquidations once uncertainty over
emerging markets including Turkey, Venezuela, Mexico, and Malaysia - all of which experienced sharp capital flow volatility - put pressure on speculative positions.
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.
The fund focuses on US corporate
bonds, convertible securities, foreign debt instruments (
including those in
emerging markets) and US government securities
For example, an allocation strategy might
include the requirement to hold 30 % in
emerging market equities, 30 % in domestic blue chips and 40 % in government
bonds with a corridor of + / - 5 % for each asset class.
For those who are less risk - tolerant, the company will add more
bond ETFs which
include short - term treasuries, municipal
bonds,
emerging market bonds and more.
A partial but not complete list of worries
includes: China melt down, Yuan reevaluation after effects or Taiwan action, global biomedical epidemics, e.g. Avian Flu, or bioterrorism outbreaks, trade wars (China, EU), major hedge fund bankruptcies, a PBGC (Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.) shortfall crisis, major junk
bond or
emerging market bond default, a bank derivative blowup, Fannie Mae issues plus possible assorted natural disasters.
Eligible sectors
include U.S. Treasurys, global government - related
bonds, global investment - grade and high yield corporate
bonds, and
emerging market bonds.
While all
bonds are denominated in U.S. dollars, the fund's broad geographic exposure
includes the U.S., developed
market, and
emerging market issuers.
To do this, we trimmed several positions
including: corporate
bonds,
emerging market debt, mortgage REITs and U.S. REITs.
Higher yielding segments of the U.S. dollar
bond market,
including high yield,
emerging markets and mortgages, are not as well developed in Canada.
They often
include instruments such as high yield,
emerging market debt and other more esoteric instruments that tend to be missing from traditional
bond funds.
You know, like those model portfolios that
include a tactical position in the US health care sector, some
emerging market bonds, and a 3.72 % allocation to copper futures.
May serve as a one stop shop for investors seeking a fully diversified fixed income portfolio that extends beyond core
bond sectors
including emerging markets and high yield
If China is
included in the government
bond index (JP Morgan
Emerging Market Global Diversified index) then its weighting is expected to be capped at 10 % due to diversification rules.
These asset classes
include government
bonds, corporate
bonds, real return
bonds, Canadian stocks, US stocks, international stocks, and
emerging market stocks.
De Thomasis's portfolios may
include emerging markets, foreign
bonds, real - return
bonds, real estate, commodities, a blend of large and small caps, value and growth, and traditional and fundamentally weighted indexes.
But I'm less enamoured with the fixed income ingredients, which
include preferred shares, unhedged US
bonds and
emerging markets bonds.
If you dig deeper you'll also find that XTR holds only plain - vanilla stock and
bond funds, while ZIM
includes some more exotic investments such as floating - rate notes,
emerging market bonds and a couple of ETFs that write call and put options on their underlying stocks to generate more income.
Most good portfolios contain both stocks and
bonds, from U.S. and international origins,
including small - cap and
emerging -
market stock.
Some of those risks
include general economic risk, geopolitical risk, commodity - price volatility, counterparty and settlement risk, currency risk, derivatives risk,
emerging markets risk, foreign securities risk, high - yield
bond exposure, noninvestment - grade
bond exposure commonly known as «junk
bonds,» index investing risk, industry concentration risk, leveraging risk,
market risk, prepayment risk, liquidity risk, real estate investment risk, sector risk, short sales risk, temporary defensive positions, and large cash positions.
Of course, I can always further break down the international equity part to
include both developed and
emerging markets, and to
include both Treasury and corporate
bonds in the fixed income categories.
But with about 36 percent in «stable
market»
bonds, the mix also
includes 5 percent in high - yield
bonds and 10 percent in
emerging market bonds, he said, which may be riskier than some investors want with college four years away.
It holds government and corporate
bonds in
emerging and developed
markets (
including the U.S.).
MFIP can take advantage of these different kinds of
bonds, but the portfolio also
includes important risk controls, such as limiting exposure to riskier
bond funds like high yields and
emerging market bonds.
In allocating HMA's portfolio, Landry selects the top ranked global asset classes, out of a current universe of 16; which
include in part, Canadian and U.S. equities,
emerging market equities, U.S. and Canadian
bonds, real estate investment trusts, and gold.
Higher - Yielding Real Assets Asset classes that have historically provided a positive correlation of returns to inflation
include commodities, bank loans, high - yield
bonds, REITs, and
emerging market equities.
AMG Managers DoubleLine Core Plus
Bond Fund is a total return oriented portfolio invested across multiple asset classes,
including non-core areas such as high yield,
emerging markets and bank loans, to help manage interest rate exposure.
Kotak Balance (Apr. 15, 2008), Kotak Monthly Income Plan (Apr. 15,» 08), Kotak
Bond (Regular Plan)(Apr. 15,» 08), Kotak Gilt Investment (Regular & PF - Trust)(Apr. 15,» 08), Kotak Global
Emerging Market Fund (Apr. 15,» 08), Kotak Equity Savings Fund (Oct. 13,» 14), Kotak Gold ETF (Jul. 27,» 07), Kotak Gold Fund (Mar. 25,» 11) Business Experience Mr. Abhishek has been associated with the company since October 2006 and his key responsibilities
include fund management of debt schemes.
The selection universe for the Index (the «SelectionUniverse»)
includes U.S. - listed fixed income ETFs advised by SSGA FM or its affiliates that are designed to target exposure to fixed income securities,
including U.S. and non-U.S. developed and
emerging market bonds, treasury
bonds, corporate
bonds, high yield
bonds, inflation - protected
bonds, floating rate notes, first lien senior secured floating rate bank loans, U.S nonconvertible preferred stock and other preferred securities, U.S. municipal
bonds and U.S. convertible securities.
So he recommends allocating funds across a range of fixed - income investments,
including emerging markets, high yield, investment grade, floating rate securities, and global sovereign
bonds.
Provides exposure to domestic, international, and
emerging fixed income
markets,
including corporate, government, and agency
bonds.
To achieve this, Rebalance IRA seeks an individualized asset allocation using multiple asset classes,
including U.S. stocks,
bonds, real estate, foreign equities, and
emerging market stocks.
The
bonds eligible for inclusion in the index are expected to
include those issued by
emerging markets sovereigns, sub-sovereigns and quasi-sovereigns that: (1) are fixed rate; and (2) have between zero and five years remaining to maturity.
Each set portfolio usually
includes core asset categories that
include investment - grade
bonds, stocks (Canadian, U.S. and global) and sometimes also other asset categories such as real estate investment trusts,
emerging markets equities and high - yield
bonds.
This table is an extension of the equity allocation table and
includes the
bond allocation weights in all
Emerging Markets Funds.
She said there are more profitable ways than cash to mitigate portfolio risk,
including dividend - paying stocks, exchange - traded funds, high - yield corporate
bonds and
emerging market sovereign debt ETFs.