Sentences with phrase «lower average maturity»

Not only does the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC) insure GICs within specified limits, many GICs have yields that rival those of your favourite bond ETFs, with a much lower average maturity.

Not exact matches

Private equity returns remained strong but were lower than the prior year quarter, while income from our fixed income investment portfolio increased due to a higher average level of fixed maturity investments and higher short - term interest rates.

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.

It was frequently the case that celibacy was almost unknown and the average age of marriage for women was far lower than in western Europe, often close to the attainment of sexual maturity.

This is because creditors lowered interest rates and extended loan maturities (the average maturity of Greece's debt is now 16.5 years, double that of Germany and Italy).

As you can see, the barbell ETFs are almost identical in yield to maturity, similar or lower in average term to maturity, and significantly shorter in duration.

It has a low standard deviation of 0.51 while its average maturity is 0.93 years.

The increases on the very short end of the curve led shorter maturity muni rates to underperform and, remarkably, the very front end of the curve in municipals inverted, with one - year maturity muni averages lower than the SIFMA Index.

Funds with longer average weighted maturities or lower quality ratings have been marked down out of all proportion to the genuine risk of default of the portfolios.

The key difference, however, will be that ZDB's average coupon will be lower that its yield to maturity, resulting in much greater tax - efficiency:

In order to address interest rate sensitivity in a low rate environment, many investors will reduce the average duration of their bond portfolios by moving to shorter maturities.

SoFi's average savings methodology for student loan refinancing excludes refinancings in which 1) members elect SoFi loans with longer maturity than their existing student loans, as these borrowers typically forfeit lifetime savings for lower monthly payments; 2) the term length of the member's original student loan (s) is greater is than 30 years; and 3) the member did not provide correct or complete information regarding his or her outstanding balance, loan type, APR, or current monthly payment.

And, REITs have extended the average maturity of their debt to 75 months, locking in these low interest rates until well into the next decade.

Look at average maturity to check whether the fund has exposure to low or high maturity investments.

The US has one of the lowest average debt maturities in the developed world.

I still believe it's entirely reasonable to expect this NAV discount to be eliminated in due course — as investors anticipate lower discount rates on policy valuations, as the average LE reduces & policy maturities accelerate, and as we see management repurchase shares and / or return capital.

On the other hand, when real yields are at historically low levels (such as in March 2008, when the real yield on some TIPS even turned negative), you might not want to own TIPS with an average maturity as long as nine years, as do the funds.