Finally, as market interest rates change, a big disadvantage of chasing yield is that it may result in unintended shifts of underlying risk in order to
maintain portfolio yield.
Not exact matches
In 2008, we
maintained a very concentrated SmartKnowledgeU Crisis Investment Opportunities
portfolio allocated to just a couple of asset classes, and we ended up the year with not a lesser 20 % loss against the 40 % + losses of a diversified US S&P 500, but we ended up with slightly positive
yield for the year.
One option for investors seeking to reduce their interest rate risk and increase
yield, while still
maintaining the overall risk profile similar to a traditional Canadian bond
portfolio is the iShares Short Term Strategic Fixed Income ETF (XSI), which seeks to deliver a higher
yield with reduced interest rate sensitivity.
If a
portfolio balance is 49 % of its initial balance and if the initial dividend
yield is 2 %, prices must fall by a factor of 4.1 to
maintain the dividend amount.
HYHG
maintains a diversified
portfolio of high
yield bonds to generate returns.
Quantitatively managed, the Fund
maintains a concentrated
portfolio of large, high dividend -
yielding companies.
Studies and mathematical models have shown that
maintaining a well - diversified
portfolio will
yield the most cost - effective level of risk reduction.