The other bond market is the «secondary market,» which is where
investors trade bonds among themselves.
Investors trading these bonds on the open market will price them at a premium compared to riskier debt.
Not exact matches
The threat of a
trade war would also freak out the overseas
investors we count on to buy our government
bonds, and keep our interest rates at super-low levels.
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Even today, most
investors rely on a domestic mutual or exchange -
traded bond fund or two, preferring to avoid any currency risk.
Prices of the riskiest portions of collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) have fallen 50 % as of the end mid-December since mid-year, and are now
trading at $ 0.25 for every dollar that
investors have put in the structured
bonds.
The firm runs the Honeycomb Network, a platform that lets
investors see which dealer is best placed to make corporate
bond trades happen.
Icelandic banks played the carry
trade too, and foreign banks followed suit by creating «glacier
bonds,» which were repackaged Icelandic
bonds sold to
investors outside the country.
Sure, some of that had to do with Goldman beating earnings expectations, passing its Fed stress test and unexpectedly making a killing
trading bonds, but the election likely factored in too, and
investors can thank Clinton for that.
With stocks
trading near all - time highs and
bond yields still relatively low, some
investors have turned to alternative asset classes.
It used the FSR to report that traders and
investors in Canada say that it is taking longer to complete
trades in fixed - income markets and that larger
trades that used to go through easily now must be broken up into smaller bites, especially when moving corporate
bonds.
Selling prior to maturity can present a challenge for municipal
bond investors due to the fragmented and thinly
traded nature of the market.
Treasury yields pull back sharply Thursday after the reemergence of
trade tensions between global powerhouses rattles
investors, pushing stocks down and
bond prices up
A first observation is that
bond trading is done between
investors and dealers, and we know what a dealer is.
Investors famously shorted Japanese government
bonds, or JGBs, a few years ago but got burned; the bearish
trade was dubbed the «widow - maker.»
In time we think
investors will come to realize that, on fundamentals, French government
bonds should be
trading much further out.
Barclays» Wall Street rivals saw
bond trading revenues rise by an average of 21 percent in the first quarter, with
investors adjusting their portfolios in response to rising interest rates, and elections in Europe.
Remington also has $ 250 million of
bonds that come due in 2020, and are
trading at a significant discount to their face value at 22 cents on the dollar, according to Thomson Reuters data, indicating
investor concerns about repayment.
Exchange -
traded funds holding
bonds offer cheap, efficient access to
bond markets that, for individual
investors, can be illiquid and expensive to
trade.
And
investors have a wide field to choose from, whether it's through actively managed
bond mutual funds or low - cost exchange -
traded funds (ETF), or a combination of both.
Investors considering Treasury securities have opportunities to buy
bonds both at regularly scheduled auctions (see Auction Schedule) and in the secondary market, which is one of the world's most actively
traded markets.
His theory has been distilled by others and spread widely to the public as something akin to the following: An investment portfolio should be a balance between publicly -
traded stocks and
bonds, starting with a ratio of 70:30, transitioning away from stocks and into
bonds as the
investor gets older.
This convergence of yields has implications for the behaviour of
investors: with
bond yields in different countries tending to move together,
investors have found it more difficult not only to diversify their portfolios but to find
trading opportunities.
Investors were keeping a close eye on the market for United States Treasury
bonds, one of the most heavily
traded markets in the world and a benchmark for the rest of the financial system.
Morgan Stanley has set - up sales and
trading platforms specifically to ensure that a broad range of retail
investors have access to new issue allocations and to the most liquid green
bonds in the secondary market.
WHO: Individual
investors who actively
trade stocks, mutual funds,
bonds, etc..
Investors in financial stocks should pay less attention to blockchain
bond -
trading and more on the banks driving digital improvements on the high street
This makes
bonds a relatively heterogeneous asset class in which many securities are thinly
traded.3 At the same time, institutional
investors often hold assets to maturity and, when they do
trade, do so in large amounts.
But with long - term
bonds and non-cyclical equity sectors
trading at historically extreme valuations while cyclical sectors
trade at valuations below their long - term average, we think that risk aversion is creating numerous investment opportunities for
investors willing to build a portfolio of more economically sensitive companies.
In general,
investors should avoid the temptation to
trade tactically in and out of the
bond market, and instead take a steady and balanced approach to asset allocation.
The relative lack of liquidity in the
bond market and the fact that it is oriented for institutional
investors rather than retail
investors means that you really want to know where a
bond has been
trading before agreeing to buy or sell at a given price (be careful not to get ripped off).
So would - be retail
bond investors must exercise more care than is necessary with equity
trading in order to avoid getting ripped off.
So the would - be retail
bond investor should begin by exploring the
bond trading platform of their chosen broker.
While there has been a revolution in online
trading of stocks by retail
investors in the last 20 years or so, the
bond market has been slower to replicate the ease, low costs and lack of hassle stock
investors enjoy.
With
bond markets increasingly pricing in higher odds that the Federal Reserve will boost interest rates, it is not surprising that
investors are departing corporate
bond exchange -
traded funds this quarter.
Deutsche Bank's revenue from
trading stocks and
bonds, its biggest single source of income, has tumbled 32 per cent since the end of 2015, triggering concern among
investors.
The
bond market is chiefly set up for institutional
investors who
trade $ 1 million or more in face amount of
bonds at a time and retail
investors have largely been left to do as best they can.
Since the financial crisis,
investors have eschewed exotic fixed - income securities in favor of low - risk government
bonds, which are less profitable for banks, and overall
trading volumes have dipped.
Investors who understand the
trade - offs choose
bond mutual funds.
Tesla Inc.'s
bonds TSLA, -5.55 % fell sharply in early
trade Thursday, a day after the company reported its biggest - ever loss and Chief Executive Elon Musk irked analysts and
investors on an earnings call described variously as «feisty,» «odd,» «very, very bad,» and «truly bizarre.»
Our full - featured, low - cost brokerage account with online
trading of stocks, exchange -
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«GEM (Local)» is when foreign
investors trade permanently on their local stock exchange using currency - hedged ETFs for both equity and
bond trades.
On 26 October 2013, a Hong - Kong based bitcoin
trading platform owned by Global
Bond Limited (GBL) vanished with 30 million yuan (US$ 5 million) from 500
investors.
Exclusive focus on
bonds allows them to provide
investors with deeper credit research, broader access to available
bonds and potentially more efficient pricing and
trading.
Investors» warm reception for this week's $ 3.5 bln issue looks strange given the island's junk rating and rocky finances, not to mention that existing
bonds trade at a big discount.
Custom creation of ETFs is a process by which
investors — mostly institutional — convert their individual
bond holdings into units of exchange
traded funds to potentially improve liquidity, reduce
trading costs and / or save time.
-- Retail
investors buying municipal
bonds may overpay for their
trades because brokers aren't always required to disclose their commissions, according to a member of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
When I became a professional
bond investor at the ripe old age of 38 in 1998, it was the opposite — almost all
bonds traded at premiums, and had relatively high coupons.
«There are, however, instances where green
bonds are
trading cheaper, and where
investors may find opportunities to swap traditional
bonds for green
bonds.»
I talk often about the «democratization» of the
bond market that ETFs have driven, and it seems natural to assume that the big winners are everyday
investors who can have difficulty buying and
trading bonds themselves.