Sentences with phrase «income yield environment»

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It's not easy for income - seeking investors to find attractive yield in today's slow growth economic environment.

Against this environment, our strategists remain bullish on equities and continue to favor emerging market currencies and, in the fixed income space, prefer local markets over external debt and maintain their higher - yielding yet better - quality bias.

Baby boomers seem more likely to have fallen prey to these behavioral factors than other generations, driven in part by their desire for an enhanced retirement income stream in the historically low yield environment.

But in one key area investors face a familiar dilemma, which they've endured for the last nine years: finding income in a still low yield environment without taking on too much risk.

In this environment, generating ample income will require more than a single asset type as well as a careful balance of yield and risk.

In rising rate environments, credit spreads tend to move in the opposite direction to interest rates and can potentially generate income to help offset some of the impact of rising U.S. Treasury yields.

The current low interest rate environment globally has pushed the majority of fixed income securities to record - low yield levels across the board.

-- Income more difficult to provide clients, in a zero rate environment many will suggest high yield corporate bonds and leveraged loans to supplement traditional fixed income but many clients are not willing to sacrifice quality for a higher Income more difficult to provide clients, in a zero rate environment many will suggest high yield corporate bonds and leveraged loans to supplement traditional fixed income but many clients are not willing to sacrifice quality for a higher income but many clients are not willing to sacrifice quality for a higher yield.

As many fixed income investors have discovered in the low interest rate environment of the past several years, opportunities to achieve better levels of income exist, but thoughtful consideration of the potentially higher risks associated with the hunt for better yield is essential.

As mentioned above, if an investor seeking additional income sources within their portfolio during such a low - interest - rate environment, it may be appropriate to include high - yield exposures such as the following ETFs:

With the current low - yielding fixed income environment, I'm sure that a lot of retired investors are looking to dividend stocks as a way to increase their overall portfolio yield.

You have to cast a wider net for income in a low yield environment.

A great example of this is in the high - yield fixed - income space, which has been quite popular among advisers given the low interest rate environment.

In a low interest rate environment, companies that have increasing dividends or offer high dividend yields look attractive to income - seeking market participants.

While it is understandable that market participants are concerned about interest rate risk in a rising rate environment, it is interesting to note that the high yield bond sector stands out within the fixed income market with less rate sensitivity.

In this environment, where yields have fallen over the past few years, it is difficult for financial companies that have bought bonds to replace the income if they sell the bond.

In this environment, generating ample income will require more than a single asset type as well as a careful balance of yield and risk.

In rising rate environments, credit spreads tend to move in the opposite direction to interest rates and can potentially generate income to help offset some of the impact of rising U.S. Treasury yields.

Given the current low interest - rate environment, adding a high - yield allocation to your core bond portfolio or investing in a multisector bond fund may help increase your investment income — just remember that many of these types of funds still come with the potential for significant volatility, particularly during times of heightened economic and / or stock market volatility.

Adding the market's highest paying dividend stocks to your portfolio can be a huge help in generating regular income in today's ultra-low yield environment.

Matt breaks down the yield spectrum and the corresponding risks, and suggests ways to build income in today's low yield environment.

In all regions, the duration factor reveals positive exposure to interest rate risk; investors seeking income and safety may see stocks with high dividend yields and low volatility as an attractive alternative to fixed - income securities in a low - rate environment.

In today's low yield environment, some investors go off course because they've become too intently focused on reaching for income.

Those investors usually increase their bond holdings to reduce risk in their portfolios, but doing so in the current low - yield environment means risking not having enough income in retirement along with reduced prospects for capital appreciation.

In today's low - yield environment, investors with fixed income mandates can improve performance with strategies designed to pick up incremental returns from mean reversion and that limit overexposure to both lower - quality creditors and large issuers.

Gary Cloud: Regardless of a potentially higher rate environment, our fixed income portfolio remains invested in investment grade debt with a small weighting in preferred stocks, business development companies, and high - yield bonds.

Besides the potential currency appreciation, the boom in Chinese debts comes amid an increasing appetite for fixed income assets in addition to the potential yield pick - up offered in the current low - rate environment.

In Part I of our three - part series on investing for retirement income in low - rate environments, we explained why we don't advise bulking up on dividend - yielding stocks as a reliable way to generate retirement cash flow.

Additionally, in this low - interest - rate environment, the dividend yield offered by dividend - paying companies is substantially higher than rates available to investors in most fixed - income investments such as government bonds.

As we've discussed in the first two parts of this three - part series, we do not recommend turning to dividend - yielding stocks or high - yield («junk») bonds to buttress your retirement income, even in low - yield environments.

The story line for a number of years now has been the «search for yield» and how the recent low - interest - rate environment has been forcing investors down in credit or out the maturity curve in an effort to maintain income though adding risk.

This piece provides an introduction to yield and how the low - rate environment has led investors to search globally for new sources of income.

And the monthly income stream from iShares High Yield Corporate (HYG) is a terrific risk - reward asset in the current environment.

In a low interest rate environment, bond and other fixed income yields decline.

It's been a challenging environment for investors seeking income and yield.

We have reduced the fund's credit exposures in favor of income - oriented strategies on the front end of the curve as well as mortgages and securitized assets, which we believe should continue to experience strong demand as we are still in a low yield environment relative to historical norms.

Roger Pielke Jr recently made the remarkable discovery that, in addition to his university salary from George Mason University (reported by Pielke as $ 250,000), Jagadish Shukla, the leader of the #RICO20, together with his wife, had received a further $ 500,000 more in 2014 alone from federal climate grants funnelled through a Shukla - controlled «non-profit» (Institute for Global Environment and Security, Inc.), yielding total income in 2014 of approximately $ 750,000.

With examples drawn from developing countries worldwide, the document shows how eco-friendly farming systems are helping smallholder producers to boost cereal yields, improve their incomes and livelihoods, conserve natural resources, reduce negative impacts on the environment, and build resilience to climate change.

The main reason why South African listed property sector has delivered great returns over time in a declining yield environment is mainly due to predictable and growing income streams.

In May, when the Fed at last signaled the beginning of the end of the super low - rate environment with the announcement of a gradually tapering - off of its bond - buying program, there was generally a sense of panic for fixed - income and yield - oriented investments such as REITs.