These funds are typically composed of
investment grade bonds issued by governments and corporations or secured by assets such as home mortgages.
Not exact matches
The Barclays U.S. Aggregate
Bond Index is a market value — weighted index of
investment -
grade fixed - rate debt
issues, including government, corporate, asset - backed, and mortgage - backed securities, with maturities of one year or more.
Investment - grade bonds represented by the Bloomberg Barclays investment - grade Index, consisting of publicly issued, fixed rate, non-convertible investment grade debt s
Investment -
grade bonds represented by the Bloomberg Barclays
investment - grade Index, consisting of publicly issued, fixed rate, non-convertible investment grade debt s
investment -
grade Index, consisting of publicly
issued, fixed rate, non-convertible
investment grade debt s
investment grade debt securities.
Being diversified means you have a wide variety of
investment grade bonds — corporate, municipals, Treasuries and possibly foreign
issues.
Emerging companies While many high yield
bonds are
issued by former
investment grade companies in decline, the high yield market also provides financing opportunities for emerging companies seeking working capital for expansion or to fund acquisitions.
The
issues are rated below
investment grade by
bond rating agencies.
They note, for example, that the size of large trades of US
investment grade corporate
bonds (so - called «block trades») has continuously declined in recent years.6 Furthermore, in most corporate
bond markets, trading appears to be highly concentrated in just a few liquid
issues, and concentration appears to be increasing in some market segments.
A novel feature was the decision to include
investment -
grade eurodenominated
bonds issued by non-bank corporations in the asset purchases from Q2.
Companies with excellent to low credit ratings
issue investment -
grade corporate
bonds, which have lower interest rates because of the safety of the
investment.
Investment -
grade bonds issued by corporations to expand, modernize, cover their expenses, and finance other activities.
The Barclays U.S. Credit Index is the credit component of the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate
Bond Index, which is a broad - based bond index comprised of government, corporate, mortgage and asset - backed issues, rated investment grade or higher, and having at least one year to matur
Bond Index, which is a broad - based
bond index comprised of government, corporate, mortgage and asset - backed issues, rated investment grade or higher, and having at least one year to matur
bond index comprised of government, corporate, mortgage and asset - backed
issues, rated
investment grade or higher, and having at least one year to maturity.
The Bloomberg Barclays Long - Term Government / Corporate
Bond Index is an unmanaged index that includes fixed - rate debt
issues rated
investment grade or higher by Moody's Investors Services, Standard & Poor's Corporation, or Fitch Investor's Service, in order.
They're taking advantage of low interest rates on euro - denominated
issues after the European Central Bank's decision to start buying
investment -
grade corporate
bonds in June — part of its economic stimulus program.
They are riskier than
bonds issued by higher rated
investment -
grade companies, so they often offer higher yields.
The WisdomTree Barclays Negative Duration U.S. Aggregate
Bond Fund tracks a long / short net -5 duration bond index that's long US investment - grade issues and short Treasury futu
Bond Fund tracks a long / short net -5 duration
bond index that's long US investment - grade issues and short Treasury futu
bond index that's long US
investment -
grade issues and short Treasury futures.
Cons: The primary negative associated with
investment grade floaters is that when
issued they generally offer current yields that are significantly lower than a typical fixed rate
bond of the same maturity offered by the same issuer.
Out of the almost 5K
investment -
grade bonds issued by S&P 500 companies, the tracked index for the ProShares S&P 500
Bond ETF (SPXB) selects up to 1K...
The
issue was Ford Motor's first long - term
bond since it regained its
investment -
grade status in May 2012.
Hosansky added that companies that
issue investment -
grade bonds will tend to benefit much more than those that
issue high - yield
bonds.
This is Puerto Rico's first new
bond issue since it was down
graded by all three ratings agencies to below
investment grade last month.
The Bloomberg Barclays US Corporate
Investment Grade Bond Index covers all publicly
issued, fixed rate, nonconvertible, invest ¬ ment
grade debt.
Investment grade bonds as measured by the S&P U.S.
Issued Investment Grade Corporate
Bond Index turned it up a notch as the index's yield tightened by 9 basis points on the week to a 2.76 %.
The manager aims to produce high income returns by investing predominantly in
investment grade or high - quality issuers, including the subordinated corporate
bond issues of
investment grade business.
When the Toys R Us
bond in question was
issued, it was an
investment -
grade bond.
After all,
investment grade bonds are being
issued like mad.
The S&P US
Issued Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index is comprised of US corporations issuing investment grade bonds in U
Investment Grade Corporate
Bond Index is comprised of US corporations
issuing investment grade bonds in U
investment grade bonds in US dollars.
4 The Bloomberg Barclays US Corporate
Investment Grade Bond Index covers all publicly issued, fixed rate, nonconvertible, and investment g
Investment Grade Bond Index covers all publicly
issued, fixed rate, nonconvertible, and
investment g
investment grade debt.
Which means that of all the
bonds issued that are
investment grade, there is about a 1/2 percent chance that you lose your original
investment.
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Issue Issuer
Unlike Treasuries and
investment grade corporates, the high yield market as measured by the S&P U.S.
Issued High Yield Corporate
Bond Index touch a low point for yield earlier in the month at a 5.87 % on October 6th.
They are riskier than
bonds issued by higher rated
investment -
grade companies, so they often offer higher yields.
So if a company is drowning in debt and has little capacity to pay it back, its
bonds will get a junk rating and they won't make into indexes that hold only
investment -
grade issues.
Where their existing Income fund (DODIX) is domestic and centered on
investment -
grade issues, Global
Bond is a converted limited partnership that can go anywhere and shows a predilection for boldness.
Any
bond issue given a AAA, AA, A or BBB rating by S&P is considered
investment grade.
Investment - grade bonds represented by the Bloomberg Barclays investment - grade Index, consisting of publicly issued, fixed rate, non-convertible investment grade debt s
Investment -
grade bonds represented by the Bloomberg Barclays
investment - grade Index, consisting of publicly issued, fixed rate, non-convertible investment grade debt s
investment -
grade Index, consisting of publicly
issued, fixed rate, non-convertible
investment grade debt s
investment grade debt securities.
Ideally, you want to choose a combination of low - cost funds that will give you exposure to stocks of all types and styles (domestic, foreign, large, small, growth and value) as well as
bond funds that track the broad
investment -
grade bond market (government and corporate
issues in a range of maturities).
Corporate
bonds are
issued by companies and can either be
investment grade on non-
investment grade bonds.
Below
investment grade issuers, whose credit risks rating agencies view as a higher concern, and which comprise the S&P U.S.
Issued High Yield Corporate
Bond Index, are yielding 4.66 % (YTW).
Specifically, the S&P China Corporate
Bond Index had a negative correlation with the U.S.
issued high yield and
investment grade bonds.
High Yield
Bonds ETFs offer investors exposure to debt
issued by below
investment grade corporations.
Investment grade corporate
bonds issued by «blue chip» companies tracked in the S&P 500
Investment Grade Corporate
Bond Index barely held even and corporate junk
bonds ended in the red.
The BofA Merrill Lynch Index tracks the performance of U.S. dollar - denominated
investment grade government and corporate public debt
issued in the U.S. domestic
bond market with at least 1 year and less than 10 years remaining maturity, including U.S. treasury, U.S. agency, foreign government, supranational and corporate securities.
There are a number of strong companies in stable industries that
issue preferred stocks that pay dividends above
investment -
grade bonds.
Through its
investment in Vanguard Total International
Bond Index Fund, the Portfolio also indirectly invests in government, government agency, corporate, and securitized non-U.S.
investment -
grade fixed income
investments, all
issued in currencies other than the U.S. dollar and with maturities of more than 1 year.
DEX Universe
Bond Index: With over 1,000
bonds represented, this index has broad representation from
investment -
grade bonds issued by Canadian companies and by government - sector issuers.
If you want to pick your own non-core high - yield North American corporate
bond fund, TD offers the TD High Yield Bond Fund, which focuses mainly on BB and B rated issues at the higher quality end of below - investment grade and mostly hedges its U.S. currency exposure back to the Canadian dol
bond fund, TD offers the TD High Yield
Bond Fund, which focuses mainly on BB and B rated issues at the higher quality end of below - investment grade and mostly hedges its U.S. currency exposure back to the Canadian dol
Bond Fund, which focuses mainly on BB and B rated
issues at the higher quality end of below -
investment grade and mostly hedges its U.S. currency exposure back to the Canadian dollar.
Corporate
bonds ETFs invest in debt
issued by corporations with
investment -
grade credit ratings.
When we talk about credit, we refer to the likes of
investment grade bonds (
issued by more creditworthy companies), high yield
bonds (
issued by less creditworthy companies, but offering more return and income in exchange), and emerging market
bonds.
The index measures the performance of US dollar - denominated,
investment -
grade, corporate
bond securities publicly
issued by non financial companies that have $ 250 million or more of outstanding face value at the time of inclusion and mature between March 31, 2015 and April 1, 2016.
Most are
investment -
grade, fixed - income securities
issued exclusively in the United States, since foreign
bonds are generally considered too risky for this index.