Are
bond market investors generally shrewder than their stock market counterparts, such that bond yield tops (bottoms) anticipate stock market bottoms (tops)?
With this knowledge, you can use different measures of duration and convexity to become a seasoned
bond market investor.
«The flight to safety by
bond market investors in the post-global financial crisis world drove more cap rate compression,» for both grocery - anchored shopping centers and single tenant net lease deals, according to Jim Costello, senior vice president at RCA.
Not exact matches
There are currently no emerging -
market fixed income products denominated in Canadian dollars;
investors have to buy either American dollar securities (also called hard dollar
bonds) or the local currency option.
«Finally, the increased role of
bond and loan mutual funds, in conjunction with other factors, may have increased the risk that liquidity pressures could emerge in related
markets if
investor appetite for such assets wanes.»
Barrickman acknowledged that recent crises in Ukraine and Argentina had frightened some
investors in EM
bonds but the
market recovered quickly.
Although last year was favorable for developing countries,
investors remember the painful «taper tantrum» that ensued several years ago, when the Fed signaled it would begin pulling back on its massive
bond purchases that kept rates low while injecting liquidity in
markets.
Patricia Oey, a senior analyst at Morningstar who focuses on ETFs, said
investors should be aware of volatility in emerging
market bonds.
Markets around the globe have been keeping a close eye on the U.S.
bond market as rising Treasury yields put
investors on edge.
When rates go up, some of that money will tend to flow back into
bonds and away from the stock
market, so
investors need to pay close attention to this, said McClanahan.
But there's more going on here than poor planning and backroom arguments — something that is making even wary
investors outside the corporate
bond market sit up and take notice.
Bond investor Mary Ellen Stanek shares her
market views in an exclusive interview for CNBC PRO with Mike Santoli.
So far, though, no one is reporting any unusual outflows in the
bond market, but Hamilton - Keen cautions
investors against chasing high - yield products.
Investors in the U.K.
bond market could see losses on their
bond portfolios as the Bank of England continues to be behind the inflation curve, an investment officer told CNBC on Monday.
But the fact that
investors are selling CLOs suggests problems in the
bond market are deeper than some might suspect, and are raising parallels to the financial crisis.
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.
Wall Street has found a semblance of stability after a roller - coaster week, but some
investors are convinced the rockiness in stocks and
bonds isn't quite over for one main reason: The
markets have yet to fully come to terms with how aggressively the Federal Reserve may respond to surprising economic strength.
While
market turmoil has led
investors to safety in the form of Treasurys and muni
bonds, the outlook for the tax - exempt
market is murky.
BRVM aims to attract more institutional
investors including pension funds to increase investment in its
bond market and lessen its dependence on bank liquidity.
GIC invests in growth and defensive assets such as emerging and developed
market equities, real estate, private equity and inflation - linked
bonds and is known to be a patient
investor.
NEW YORK, Jan 18 - U.S. fund
investors pulled $ 3.1 billion from high - yield «junk»
bonds during the latest week, Lipper data showed on Thursday, offering new warning signs about risk appetite despite global
markets» continuing triumph.
A more reliable metric than the stock
market of what
investors expect in the future can be found in the
bond market, which continued to surge Thursday.
«Following the U.K. election, the relative risk
investors saw in European
bonds came back and as the situation in Greece develops, risks will hopefully unwind and as we move into a certain environment, we can expect
bond markets to continue to normalize,» Thomas Buckingham, portfolio manager of the European Equity Group at JP Morgan Asset Management, told CNBC on Monday.
Strong
investor demand for CVS Health's $ 40 billion M&A
bond gave a shot of confidence to the U.S. high - grade
bond market.
Meanwhile government
bond yields, a reliable barometer of
market fear, are falling to record low levels as
investors engage in a panicked hunt for risk - free assets.
Investors were watching the report closely after fears of surging inflation helped send the stock
market lower and
bond yields higher.
Also, Ablin added a large portion of the recent rally involved a rotation from
bonds into stocks as low interest rates forced
investors to seek yield in the stock
market.
As
investors shy away from
bond markets and search for bigger returns, members say they've opted for farmland.
Global uncertainty may not be a good thing for U.S. equities
markets and exports, but it is driving
investors toward U.S.
bonds, according to Richard Clarida, global strategic advisor and managing director at Pimco.
When the
market falls and volatility rises,
investors should hide in
bonds and gold, according to CNBC analysis.
U.S. long - term rates would spike, while
investors in Canada would rush to the domestic fixed - income
market, setting off a
bond rally that would push Canadian yields down «substantially,» said Burleton.
Most retail
investors just buy
bond funds to lower their transaction costs, but this exposes them to
market fluctuations.
In the past year, Canadian securities regulators have raised the bar for exempt -
market dealers, requiring them to be registered and
bonded, issue an offering memorandum with every deal and provide audited financial statements to
investors annually, says Sand, who supports this new layer of assurance.
Judge Klein's decision to overlook the disparate treatment accorded pensioners and capital -
market creditors disappointed municipal -
bond investors, who had hoped for better treatment in the wake of his Oct. 1 decision that pensions deserved no more protection than other contractual obligations.
More from The New York Times: For
Bond Investors, Low Expectations in a Low - Yield World Emerging
Market Bonds Are on a Roll.
It may be that stock
investors figure that most of the problems in the junk
bond market are in the energy segment, which accounts for about 17 % of the
market.
«
Investors were saying that the
bond market was done and it was time to reallocate into divided - paying equities,» said Matt Hougan, president of ETF.com, but he says that trend hasn't sustained itself.
There just aren't that many stable places left for
investors to put their money and a lot of it will come here, perhaps heading to the
bond markets, driving yields down.
The
bond market rally has endured for so long that many credit
investors have become complacent.
The number of big - name
investors calling a
bond bear
market added hedge fund legend Paul Tudor Jones on Thursday, following similar calls from Bill Gross, Bill Miller and Jeff Gundlach.
Investors generally have been willing to put money in the
bond market this year.
For now though, at least, the
market mood is cheery, and that can be daunting for
bond investors.
Yardeni, a
market historian, coined the term «
bond vigilantes» in the 1980s to refer to
investors who sell their holdings in an effort to enforce fiscal discipline.
Mortgage rates pulled back slightly at the start of this week, after the wild freefall in the stock
market sent
investors back to the
bond market.
Its
market share is shrinking, the company lowered its earnings guidance last week, and
investors are treating its
bonds as though they had junk status.
NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters)- Some of the biggest U.S.
investors believe the
bond market has slipped into a bear phase.
Catastrophe
bonds, known in the insurance industry as «cat»
bonds, are structured securities that allow reinsurers to transfer their own risks to capital -
market investors.
Bonds have historically had little correlation to equities except in market crisis situations, so creating a portfolio of both equities and bonds makes a whole lot of sense as a long - term inve
Bonds have historically had little correlation to equities except in
market crisis situations, so creating a portfolio of both equities and
bonds makes a whole lot of sense as a long - term inve
bonds makes a whole lot of sense as a long - term
investor.
«
Bond king» Jeffrey Gundlach told CNBC on Monday that investors should be defensive, especially in the midst of a «weak bond market» and a «broadly sideways» stock mar
Bond king» Jeffrey Gundlach told CNBC on Monday that
investors should be defensive, especially in the midst of a «weak
bond market» and a «broadly sideways» stock mar
bond market» and a «broadly sideways» stock
market.
ixed income
investors are going to begin to see their long - term
bond prices plummet and need to be emotionally prepared for their portfolios to lose
market value.»