Sentences with phrase «low yields on bonds»

The low yields on bonds and GICs are pushing investors towards dividends.

Increasing life expectancy, disappearing sources of guaranteed income, and historically low yields on bonds make for some tough fixed - income investing conditions; a disciplined approach can help.

The Federal Reserve's policy of keeping interest rates low to spur growth has had the secondary result of lowering yields on bonds and other securities, encouraging investors to look elsewhere for higher returns.

Not exact matches

LONDON, April 23 - Hamstrung by a renewed slump in volatility and lack of clear market direction, FX and bond speculators are making historically big bets on a lower dollar and higher yields.

In a client note on Thursday titled «Yanking down the yields,» the interest - rates strategist projected that bond yields would be much lower than the markets expected because central banks including the Federal Reserve were reluctant to raise interest rates.

The yield on the benchmark 10 - year Treasury note was lower at around 2.998 percent at 1:07 p.m. ET, while the yield on the 30 - year Treasury bond was lower at 3.18 percent.

While investors will have to find stocks with higher yields, pay more for them and take on more risk in bonds, the biggest change in a permanently low - rate world is that people will need to set aside more of every paycheque if they want to keep the same goal for retirement income.

The yield on the benchmark 10 - year Treasury notes, which moves inversely to price, was lower at around 2.43 percent, while the yield on the 30 - year Treasury bond was also lower at 3.046 percent.

With the Fed actively buying securities on the open market, the additional demand means bond issuers can promise lower yields and still attract investment.

The yield on the benchmark 10 - year Treasury notes sat slightly lower at 2.221 while the yield on the 30 - year Treasury bond slipped to 2.797 percent.

While Fink is right to point out that low interest rates are putting a large burden on those of us trying to save retirement, he does not address the fact that central banks aren't primarily responsible for the fact that bonds of all types are yielding less today than we're used to.

Following the report, the yield on the benchmark 10 - year Treasury note was lower at around 2.959 percent at 3:46 p.m. ET, while the yield on the 30 - year Treasury bond was lower at 3.128 percent.

«But due to the low coupons prevailing, even a gradual rise in yields will result in negative returns on a wide range of government bonds over the coming quarters.»

The company's lone outstanding junk bond, worth $ 1.8 billion and maturing in 2025, briefly dropped two points to as low as 85 cents on the dollar for a yield of around 8 percent on Monday, according to MarketAxess data.

Germany's benchmark 10 - year bond yield was up almost 2 bps at 0.58 percent in early trade, above a one - week low of 0.56 percent hit on Friday.

Although it is fair to say that the recent uptick in volatility has in part reduced earlier concerns about prolonged low volatility and associated reach - for - yield behavior, it has placed added focus on the resilience of liquidity, particularly in markets, such as the market for corporate bonds, that may be prone to gapping between liquidity demand and supply in stressed conditions.

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The yield on the Merrill Lynch junk bond composite is up 205bps from last year's low of 5.16 % on June 24 to 7.21 % currently.

Rates on government bonds in Germany and Switzerland fell further into negative territory after Brexit, while yields on 10 - year Treasuries dropped below 1.5 % and touched record lows.

Second, the average time to maturity on U.S. debt is six years, meaning that most of the low - yielding bonds now on the books will be exchanged for more expensive debt over the next decade.

LONDON, April 25 (Reuters)- Worries over rising bond yields and falling metals prices trumped well - received earnings updates from Kering and Credit Suisse on Wednesday, sending European shares to a one - week low.

The yield on the benchmark 10 - year Treasury note was slightly lower at around 2.944 percent at 12:28 p.m. ET, while the yield on the 30 - year Treasury bond slipped to 3.106 percent.

Gold prices hovered near multi-week lows on Thursday as higher U.S. bond yields and a stronger dollar dampened interest in bullion.

U.S. government bonds saw buying on Tuesday, pulling yields lower, after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was ousted from the White House.

Treasury prices cut earlier losses on Monday, pushing yields slightly lower, after stocks fell sharply, pushing investors into haven assets like government bonds.

On a serious note, I was rotating into utilities instead of bonds because of low bond yields.

Treasury yields edge lower on Thursday, with the 10 - year government bond hanging around its lowest level in about seven weeks

the percentage of return an investor receives based on the amount invested or on the current market value of holdings; it is expressed as an annual percentage rate; yield stated is the yield to worst — the yield if the worst possible bond repayment takes place, reflecting the lower of the yield to maturity or the yield to call based on the previous close

-LSB-...] the long - term returns on bonds will certainly be lower than average based on the current yields.

During times of recession the economy is stimulated with low interest rates and once they get low enough, the yield on bonds and other fixed investments becomes so unattractive that money starts to flow into equities.

The 35 year bull market in bonds most likely ended on July 8, 2016 when the 10 year maturity U.S. Treasury Note yield hit an all - time low of 1.36 %.

Also, here's a good one on the potential for lower bond returns using a historical period for the lower yield environment you talked about:

When savings account rates and yields on government bonds are low, gold suddenly becomes much more attractive to hold as a store of value.

For example, some investors may have taken on more risk in their portfolios in recent years by moving into lower - quality bonds or dividend stocks, in an attempt to generate additional yield.

The institutions are not only using the money to meet their own short - term financing needs, they are also borrowing additional money to purchase the bonds of troubled countries and earn the spread between the yields on those bonds and the much lower rate the ECB is charging them for money.

Whatever happens to rates from here it makes sense to reign in your expectations as a bond investor based on today's low starting yields.

Banks plunged as bond yields continued to fall, which will mean lower interest rates on loans.

Persistently low official inflation rates in recent years depressed bond yields along with risk premiums on all financial assets.

For example, it does not include euro bonds («reverse Yankees») that are hot in Europe, where junk bond yields are at a ludicrously low 2.35 % on average, and the high - grade yield is just above zero.

-LSB-...] happens to rates from here it makes sense to reign in your expectations as a bond investor based on today's low starting yields.

As long as Group of Seven nation bond yields remain generally lower than similar - maturity Treasuries, it's just one more reason why yields on U.S. bonds are likely to stay lower for even longer.

Despite the flirtation of 3 percent yields on the 10 - year Treasury bond, many folks don't believe the multi-decade run of lower interest rates has ended.

In bond markets, yields on 10 year bonds are now at their lowest levels for two decades.

The average investment - grade (high - yield) bond trades on less than 32 % (36 %) of days over the prior six months — liquidity in corporate bonds was considerably lower than in traditional listed equity markets.

But long - term government bond yields fell to record lows for many euro area countries after a speech by ECB President Draghi on 21 November, which stressed that the ECB will do what is required to raise inflation and inflation expectation by adjusting the size, pace and composition of asset purchases, if the currently announced policies prove to be insufficient.

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The Fed's accommodative monetary policy after the recession helped goose stock prices, in part by lowering yields on safer assets like Treasury bonds.

The first thing they watch when doing so is how high or low interest rates on treasury bonds with different maturities are, which is also referred to as the yield curve.

As a result, bond yields were lower than the yields on common stocks.

In recent months, the yield on US corporate bonds, especially investment - grade securities, is a little more than 100 basis points compared to the yield on government debt, dropping within striking distance of the lows seen post the 2008 financial crisis.