The higher return is indicative of higher risk including the credit and
interest rate risk mentioned above.
Not exact matches
Then there's Stephen Poloz, the Bank of Canada governor who has a precarious decision to make: keep pace with rising U.S.
interest rates and
risk growth — not to
mention driving up
interest costs for heavily indebted households — or stand pat and
risk a collapsing loonie.
Other
risks mentioned by the Report include fluctuations of
interest rate and exchange
rate; instable oil and commodity prices; deepening credit crisis; raising Sino - Canada trade friction; unfamiliar investment restrictions, laws and policies; crime and public safety, etc..
But it is confusing that the article takes a tangent from index - linked gilts into plain vanilla gilts (like the UK Gilt Treasury 4.5 % 2034 you
mention) and then talks a lot about
interest rate risk.
As
mentioned earlier, bonds with varying levels of
interest -
rate sensitivity and credit
risk have historically performed differently as
rates rise.
(DM:
mentions rising
interest rates as a threat, but if banks are doing asset - liability management right, that should not be a
risk.)
As
mentioned, if a higher yield to maturity is due to higher duration
risk, then this bond will be more subject to
interest rate risk.
However, as
mentioned, a compelling investment thesis will draw new capital into the sector, and this new capital may help offset the increase in
interest rates by reducing the
risk premium of the asset class.
I already
mentioned the
risk that comes with REITs» focus on a single type of property, and there is also some
interest -
rate risk.