Sentences with phrase «issuers than the corporate bond»

Diversity & number of bond issues: The nearly 100,000 bond issues tracked in the S&P Municipal Bond Index illustrates that the municipal market has many smaller and less frequent issuers than the corporate bond market.

Not exact matches

FLIA will invest in fixed - and floating - rate bonds from the full range of governmental and corporate issuers representing developed markets other than the U.S..

3 The iBoxx US dollar corporate bond index, for example, comprises more than 4,200 bonds from 1,200 issuers (associated with 900 companies), all with varying credit ratings, coupons and other structural features; see Tierney and Thakkar (2015).

However, because the agency bond issuers are guaranteed by the federal government these bonds are generally considered safer than even the safest corporate bonds.

The S&P 500 High Yield Corporate Bond Index tracks the junk bonds of issuers of the S&P 500 and as the yields indicate, on average, they tend to be better quality than the bonds in the broader index.

These are bonds paying a high rate of interest because the issuers are of lesser credit quality than government and investment - grade corporate bonds.

Most Municipal bonds are exempt from federal and state taxation, so their coupon rate is typically lower than both Corporate and Treasury bonds, presuming the Municipal bond issuer has a solid credit rating.

As credit conditions change, corporate issuers experience different price responses, some more extreme than others, allowing for rebalancing into the temporarily cheap bonds of ultimately sound companies.

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 risk.

The secondary market for corporate bonds may be less active than the market for ordinary shares, making it harder for the ETF issuer to sell its bond investments.

For example, I could — could — ask a borrower more detailed questions than I could from a muni bond issuer, corporate bond issuer, etc..

Mordy adds the caveat that ZDB may expose investors to more corporate issuer risk than a broad market bond ETF like BMO Aggregate Bond Index (Zbond ETF like BMO Aggregate Bond Index (ZBond Index (ZAG).