A leveraged bond investor can lose it all...
A leveraged bond investor can lose it all with greater probability and perhaps faster, but at least has the chance of making equity - like returns in the right credit environment.
Not exact matches
Although there may not be a
bond bubble, with
investors starved for yield, Gundlach predicts a potential bubble could form in credit risk as
investors increase their
leverage on riskier debt securities like junk
bonds and emerging market debt.
Yet,
bond investors have only piled on more risk, from record growth in high - risk, covenant - lite loans to
leveraged - loan funds holding billions in collateral in over-indebted retailers to sustained lows in junk
bond yields.
These
investors also tend to have a much longer investment horizon and lower return hurdles than shorter - term
bond fund managers or
leveraged investors.
Central bank intervention in global
bond markets has «crowded out» many traditional fixed income
investors, driving them to seek yield and income from non-traditional and riskier asset classes such as high yield, emerging markets debt,
leveraged loans and private credit.
To maximize investment returns, they typically
leverage their cash with loans from banks or
bond investors.
These
investors also tend to have a much longer investment horizon and lower return hurdles than shorter - term
bond fund managers or
leveraged investors.
That same
leverage aversion exists among fixed income
investors — longer duration
bonds may be over-priced on a risk - adjusted basis compared to similar
bonds of a shorter maturity (Barclays).
The Illusion of Safety For the past few years the small
investor has been pouring money into long - maturity,
leveraged bond funds, and, as usual, at exactly the wrong time with record - high prices.
Bond investors are demanding higher yields from the debt of countries with less attractive
leverage profiles and seeking out the safer debt of countries like Germany, widening spreads.
But with ETFs now available on every duration and sector in the fixed income market, as well
leveraged and inverse products,
investors would be advised to at least understand the variety of
Bond ETF products and how they perform in different interest rate and economic environments.
Yet,
bond investors have only piled on more risk, from record growth in high - risk, covenant - lite loans to
leveraged - loan funds holding billions in collateral in over-indebted retailers to sustained lows in junk
bond yields.
All in all, in a market where banks have only recently returned to issue new
leveraged loans,
investors are poised to pick up the slack and achieve returns greater than a similar maturity mix of corporate
bonds with less intermediate risk.
He classifies asset classes into core (domestic equities, treasury
bonds, inflation - linked
bonds, foreign developed equity, emerging markets equity, real estate domestic, foreign and emerging markets,
bonds, TIPS and REITs) and non-core (domestic corporate
bonds, high - yield
bonds, tax - exempt
bonds, asset - backed securities, foreign
bonds, hedge funds,
leveraged buyouts, and venture capital), explains the reasons why
investors should favour the former and stay clear of the latter.
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