While it is understandable that market participants are concerned about interest rate risk in a rising rate environment, it is interesting to note that the high yield bond sector stands out within the fixed income market with
less rate sensitivity.
Not exact matches
If you are concerned about rising
rates, you should consider an investment with
less interest
rate sensitivity.
As these bonds move toward maturity, the fund's overall interest
rate sensitivity gradually declines since bonds with shorter maturities tend to be
less sensitive to interest
rate changes.
Since changes in interest
rates impact bond funds differently than bonds and CDs, estimates of price
sensitivity may be
less accurate the larger the shift in interest
rates.
For investors seeking low volatility and
less interest -
rate sensitivity, the PowerShares S&P 500 ex-
Rate Sensitive Low Volatility ETF (XRLV D - 70) offers an interesting opportunity.
«But it has
less sensitivity to market changes and interest
rates.»
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rate difference in GP could either stem from
less sensitivity of GP neurons to IP dysfunction, or could be due to GP heterogeneity in firing
rate and pattern that makes detection of abnormalities in single unit activity harder in GP than STN.
There is no analog for climate change as humans have triggered it, so our
sensitivities are even
less sure than the science suggests, even with Earth System
Sensitivity since it also presumably doesn't account for
rate of change nor the preconditioning the human presence has resulted in.
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less body roll and more steering
sensitivity, giving the driver confidence and control The 2011 Chrysler 200 Convertible was lowered 12 mm in the front and 6 mm in the rear, improving steering response The steering gear was retuned, the torsion bar and intermediate shaft isolator
rates were increased, resulting in a more precise steering feel
So a longer - duration fund, or a longer - duration bond, will have more
sensitivity to
rates, a shorter - duration bond or bond fund will have
less sensitivity to
rates.
High yield bonds have more interest
rate sensitivity with duration of just
less than 5 years and an average maturity of 6.8 years.
This in turn, offers consistent long - term growth potential with
less sensitivity to
rate changes from inflation and any political uncertainty.
If you are concerned about rising
rates, you should consider an investment with
less interest
rate sensitivity.
Given the rising interest
rate environment as a result of stronger economic growth, they believe that, in the current market, positioning the fund along the intermediate portion of the yield curve provides investors
less interest
rate sensitivity than longer duration portfolios.
High - yield municipal bonds have generally provided
less interest -
rate sensitivity and higher income relative to higher - quality muni bonds.
Offers even
less interest
rate sensitivity than short - term bonds by targeting a duration of zero
Bond duration, which measures the
sensitivity of a bond price to changes in interest
rates, demonstrates that prices change
less for closer maturity dates.
Short - term bonds have
less interest
rate sensitivity than long - term bonds.
If a
less specific group of bonds can be delivered to create a new unit, i.e., the bonds must satisfy certain constraints on issuer percentages, issue sizes, duration [interest
rate sensitivity], convexity [
sensitivity to interest
rate sensitivity], sector percentages, option - adjusted spread / yield, etc., then arbitrage can proceed more rapidly, and premiums over NAV should be smaller.
The difference between Professor Nordhaus's optimal carbon tax policy and a fifty - year delay policy is insignificant economically or climatologically in view of major uncertainties in (1) future economic growth (including reductions in carbon emissions intensity); (2) the physical science (e.g., the climate
sensitivity); (3) future positive and negative environmental impacts (e.g., the economic «damage function»); (4) the evaluation of long - term economic costs and benefits (e.g., the discount
rate); and (5) the international political process (e.g., the impact of
less than full participation).