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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.

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In order to come up with 10 names, we included six stocks with debt ratings as low as BBB +, which is still investment grade, albeit at the lower end of the scale.

With other big acquisition funding still in the pipeline, it was crucial for banks to set a positive tone for investment - grade debt and lure buyers back into a struggling market.

With the scandal set to hurt profits and as funding costs climb, the debt load will likely increase beyond 5 times Ebitda, Mizuho Securities USA said Thursday in a note to clients, adding its internal credit rating on BRF is now three steps below investment grade.

Amazon has been an infrequent issuer in the investment - grade bond market, with only $ 7.8 billion of debt outstanding as of June 30.

Ratings agency Moody's reported Monday that the rolls of «potential fallen angels,» or issuers with investment - grade debt currently in danger of becoming junk, swelled by 17 in the third quarter, while no companies fell into the opposite category, called «potential rising stars.»

The new company will have a strong closing balance sheet and a fully funded business plan with a strong foundation of secured investment grade debt at close.

The Fund seeks both current income and capital appreciation by investing primarily in below investment grade debt and equity with the ability to hedge risk.

The fund can purchase securities of any credit quality, including those in default, but it will primarily invest in investment - grade debt, with no more than 20 % of the portfolio invested in junk bonds.

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.

The iShares Intermediate Credit Bond ETF tracks a market - weighted index of USD - denominated investment grade corporate, sovereign, supranational, local authority and non-US agency debt with maturities between 1 - 10 years.

Although the bond market is also volatile, lower - quality debt securities, including leveraged loans, generally offer higher yields compared with investment - grade securities, but also involve greater risk of default or price changes.

Our Global Market Strategies segment, established in 1999 with our first high yield fund, advises a group of 46 active funds that pursue investment opportunities across various types of credit, equities and alternative instruments, including bank loans, high yield debt, structured credit products, distressed debt, corporate mezzanine, energy mezzanine opportunities and long / short high - grade and high - yield credit instruments, emerging markets equities, and (with regards to certain macroeconomic strategies) currencies, commodities and interest rate products and their derivatives.

Investment grade and emerging market debt spreads are right in line with the historical trend line since 2006.

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In February 2014, rating agencies downgraded Puerto Rico's general obligation debt and some related bonds below investment grade, with further downgrades possible.

Leveraging our leading institutional distribution platform, our goal is to provide our clients with solutions across all banking products, including initial public offerings, follow - on offerings, wall - crossed offerings, bought deals, private placements, ATMs, convertible offerings, leveraged loans, investment grade and high - yield debt offerings and all forms of advisory services.

Floating rate bank loans are loans issued by below investment grade companies for short term funding purposes with higher yield than short - term debt and involve risk.

A diversified bond fund that invests at least 70 % of its assets in investment - grade debt with tactical investments in high - yield and non-U.S. dollar bonds.

The ProShares Investment Grade - Interest Rate Hedged ETF tracks an index with long exposure to USD - denominated investment - grade debt and short exposure to US Investment Grade - Interest Rate Hedged ETF tracks an index with long exposure to USD - denominated investment - grade debt and short exposure to US investment - grade debt and short exposure to US Treasurys.

The European Central Bank on Thursday delivered basically what the market expected for QE: 60 billion euros of purchases per month directed at investment - grade - rated government and agency debt and with a total size, considering the contemplated end date by September 2016, of around one trillion euros.

-» (A) IN GENERAL. - To be eligible for assistance under this chapter, a project shall satisfy applicable creditworthiness standards, which, at a minimum, shall include -» (i) a rate covenant, if applicable;» (ii) adequate coverage requirements to ensure repayment;» (iii) an investment grade rating from at least 2 rating agencies on debt senior to the Federal credit instrument; and» (iv) a rating from at least 2 rating agencies on the Federal credit instrument, subject to the condition that, with respect to clause (iii), if the total amount of the senior debt and the Federal credit instrument is less than $ 75,000,000, 1 rating agency opinion for each of the senior debt and Federal credit instrument shall be sufficient.»

Investment grade and emerging market debt spreads are right in line with the historical trend line since 2006.

The Bloomberg Barclays US Corporate Index is a market - weighted index of investment - grade corporate fixed - rate debt issues with maturities of one year or more.

The drugmaker's bonds were cut to junk from investment grade by Moody's after its US$ 41 - billion buyout of Allergan Plc's generics business in 2016 left the company with a debt load that outweighed its value in the stock market.

Teva Pharmaceutical's bonds were cut to junk from investment grade by Moody's after its US$ 41 - billion buyout of Allergan's generics business in 2016 left the company with a debt load that outweighed its value in the stock market.

Money market securities are the safest investments available, with credit ratings that surpass almost all other investment grade debt instruments.

Dividend yields in utility companies are on par with investment grade corporate debt yields.

With investment grade rates barely keeping pace with inflation, investors started «chasing yield» wherever it might be found... high yield bonds, emerging market debt, world bond funds, bank loan funds, «non-traditional» and «multi-sector» bonds funds, et cetWith investment grade rates barely keeping pace with inflation, investors started «chasing yield» wherever it might be found... high yield bonds, emerging market debt, world bond funds, bank loan funds, «non-traditional» and «multi-sector» bonds funds, et cetwith inflation, investors started «chasing yield» wherever it might be found... high yield bonds, emerging market debt, world bond funds, bank loan funds, «non-traditional» and «multi-sector» bonds funds, et cetera.

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.

Although the bond market is also volatile, lower - quality debt securities, including leveraged loans, generally offer higher yields compared with investment - grade securities, but also involve greater risk of default or price changes.

Indeed, the rest of the world's central banks are purchasing assets (e.g., government debt, investment grade corporate bonds, higher - yielding junk corporates, stocks, etc.) with QE «funny money» in the hopes that it will boost economic growth.

A diversified bond fund that invests at least 70 % of its assets in investment - grade debt with tactical investments in high - yield and non-US dollar bonds.

Corporate bonds ETFs invest in debt issued by corporations with investment - grade credit ratings.

With a portfolio composed of investment - grade debt from corporate, sovereign and supranational issuers with three - year maximum maturities, the iShares 1 - 3 Year Credit Bond ETF (NYSEARCA: CSJ) aims to offer a higher distribution yield than comparable all - Treasury funds, but it does have a marginally higher credit rWith a portfolio composed of investment - grade debt from corporate, sovereign and supranational issuers with three - year maximum maturities, the iShares 1 - 3 Year Credit Bond ETF (NYSEARCA: CSJ) aims to offer a higher distribution yield than comparable all - Treasury funds, but it does have a marginally higher credit rwith three - year maximum maturities, the iShares 1 - 3 Year Credit Bond ETF (NYSEARCA: CSJ) aims to offer a higher distribution yield than comparable all - Treasury funds, but it does have a marginally higher credit risk.

Both markets experienced plenty of new issuance as investment grade names such as Anadarko Petroleum, Goldman Sachs and Oracle, along with the high yield names of Ithaca Energy, Jaguar and RJS Power all issued debt last week.

On a 60/40 equity / debt mandate, using the S&P 500 and the Lehman Aggregate as proxies, the return would be 3.5 % / year, with the lion's share coming from the less risky investment grade bonds.

Investment - grade bonds are issued by entities with a lower risk of defaulting on debts, such as the U.S. government and corporations on sound financial footing.

In February 2014, rating agencies downgraded Puerto Rico's general obligation debt and some related bonds below investment grade, with further downgrades possible.

With European beginning to experiment with negative interest rates on its investment grade debt, carefully casting a wider net might well be in orWith European beginning to experiment with negative interest rates on its investment grade debt, carefully casting a wider net might well be in orwith negative interest rates on its investment grade debt, carefully casting a wider net might well be in order.

The S&P 500 ® Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index, which is designed to measure the performance of U.S. corporate debt issued by constituents in the S&P 500 with an investment - grade rating, yielded 3.85 % as of April 25, 2018 — rising 74 bps year - Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index, which is designed to measure the performance of U.S. corporate debt issued by constituents in the S&P 500 with an investment - grade rating, yielded 3.85 % as of April 25, 2018 — rising 74 bps year - investment - grade rating, yielded 3.85 % as of April 25, 2018 — rising 74 bps year - over-year.

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Intermediate Investment Grade Debt Funds invest primarily in investment - grade debt issues (rated in the top four grades) with dollar - weighted average maturities of five toInvestment Grade Debt Funds invest primarily in investment - grade debt issues (rated in the top four grades) with dollar - weighted average maturities of five to 10 yeDebt Funds invest primarily in investment - grade debt issues (rated in the top four grades) with dollar - weighted average maturities of five toinvestment - grade debt issues (rated in the top four grades) with dollar - weighted average maturities of five to 10 yedebt issues (rated in the top four grades) with dollar - weighted average maturities of five to 10 years.

The Index includes investment grade, fixed rate, taxable, US dollar denominated debt with $ 300 million of par outstanding, and is market cap weighted and reconstituted on the last business day of the month

Debt instruments with upto BBB - or more rating are considered investment grade.

Our research on the Fundamental Index ® concept, as applied to bonds, underscores the widely held view in the bond community that we should not choose to own more of any security just because there's more of it available to us.10 Figure 9 plots four different Fundamental Index portfolios (weighted on sales, profits, assets and dividends) in investment - grade bonds (green), high - yield bonds (blue) and emerging markets sovereign debt (yellow).11 Most of these have lower volatility and higher return than the cap - weighted benchmark (marked with a red dot).

He advises lenders and borrowers in connection with a wide range of financing transactions, including investment - grade and leveraged acquisition financings, asset - based credit facilities, cross-border financings, debt restructurings, and other secured and unsecured financings.

Finkelstein focuses his practice on representing corporate trust institutions as indenture trustees and agents in connection with domestic and cross-border debt capital markets transactions, such as offerings of corporate and municipal, high - yield and investment grade, secured, unsecured and subordinated, convertible, public and private debt issued under trust indentures of domestic and international issuers.