Sentences with phrase «junk bond yields also»

With market volatility hitting multi-decade lows, junk bond yields also at record lows, the median price / revenue ratio of S&P 500 constituents at a record high well - beyond 2000 levels, and the most strenuously overvalued, overbought, overbullish syndromes we define, I'm increasingly concerned about the potential for an abrupt «air pocket» in the prices of risky assets that could attend even a modest upward shift in risk premiums.

Not exact matches

Serge Pepin, the head of BMO Investments, says people should consider corporate or high - yield bonds — also known as junk bonds — which pay higher yields than federal issues.

If the stock market gets wild again, junk bonds will also get hit, but if you can wait out turmoil, the higher yield will pay you more income.

Also remember that if a bond fund yields 6 % currently, it is stuffed with junk bonds.

Traders have pulled more than $ 1.8 billion from two junk - focused ETFs just in the past week: the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond -LRB-- $ 1.06 billion, most of any ETF) and the SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond -LRB--765.4 million, the second most), while also redeeming $ 577.4 million (the fourth most) from the iShares iBoxx Investment Grade Bond ETF, according to FactSet and ETF.com.

Yet we also see very strong inflows into junk bond funds, based on the belief that these high yields represent value rather than information about default probabilities.

Also, stocks are volatile and generally the riskiest assets, with the possible exception of credit default swaps, high - yield «junk» bonds, and other similar assets.

This risk is higher when investing in high yield bonds, also known as junk bonds, which have lower ratings and are subject to greater volatility.

High - yield bonds (also known as «junk bonds») may be subject to greater levels of interest rate, credit, and liquidity risk than investments in higher rated securities.

C and D level bonds, which are also known as «junk bonds», are some of the riskiest bonds an investor can own but also have some of the highest yields and best potential returns.

High - yield bonds (also known as «junk bonds») are subject to additional risks such as the risk of default.

To a lesser extent, it has also gone into high - yield mutual funds that buy bonds rated below investment grade, known as junk bonds to those who are dubious of them.»

For that matter, your bond holdings could also have been more risky than the broad bond market, which could be the case if you invested heavily in high - yield, or junk, bonds, which lost more than 25 %.

High - yield bonds, also referred to as «junk bonds,» offer higher rates of return, and therefore carry a higher rate of risk, than investment grade bonds.

Similarly, some high - yield bond funds may also be too risky if they invest in low - rated or junk bonds to generate higher returns.

High - yield bonds, also known as «junk bonds,» generally have a greater risk of default, which increases the risk that an issuer may be unable to pay interest and principal on the issue.

High - yield bonds — Also known as «junk bonds».

It's also not the time to chase attractive junk bond yields, since they're getting hit by interest rate risk and credit risk at the same time.

Also, on the fixed income side, I've been selling HY [DM: High Yield, aka «Junk»] bonds, shortening duration, and buying floating rate bank loans.

That said, research also shows that investment - grade bonds as a group, which includes not just Treasuries but government agency issues and high - quality corporates (though not high - yield, or junk, bonds), can also provide solid diversification during periods of stock market turbulence.

High yield bonds may also sometimes be called junk bonds.

High yield debt also landed on the maps of most investors in the second half of 2015, as did increased queasiness in anticipation of the uncertain severity of the impending junk bond rapids.