Sentences with phrase «measured by a bond»

But if success is measured by the bonds that have formed among the players at El Dorado — and just about every big - time football coach from De La Salle - Concord to anywhere else will tell you that's what's most important — then the fire has only served to make those bonds even stronger than they already were.

For fixed - income funds, the vertical axis shows the credit quality of the long bonds owned and the horizontal axis shows interest rate sensitivity as measured by a bond's effective duration.

Not exact matches

The chart shows the number of transactions in Treasury bonds divided by the MOVE index, or Merrill Lynch Option Volatility Estimate, which measures Treasury market volatility.

His comment followed Abe's remarks on Monday that buying foreign bonds, considered an extreme measure by many officials, may be one policy option for the BOJ.

Their profit margins are roughly measured by the difference between mortgage rates and the banks» own costs of borrowing, which is approximated by the Bank of Canada's five - year benchmark bond rate — about 1.2 %.

«It is a terrible mistake for investors with long - term horizons... to measure their investment «risk» by their portfolio's ratio of bonds to stocks,» Buffett wrote in the February 24 letter.

Bonds, as measured by the Vanguard Total Bond Market Index ETF (BND), were down more than 2 percent year - to - date through the end of February.

The big spenders were nonetheless defeated by a citizens» group that spent only $ 15,000 to support the bond measure, which passed with 57 % of the vote on Nov. 7, approving up to $ 150 million in financing for a city - run broadband utility.

High - yield bonds, aka junk bonds, as measured by iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) are down, too, though by a little less.

But the bank has taken more extreme measures, such as ramping up purchases to more than 40 percent of the market overall and saying it would control the yield curve by keeping the 10 - year government bond yield around 0 percent.

Bonds, as measured by the Barclay's Aggregate Bond Index, have risen 5.8 % in 2014, including interest payments.

There is no doubt that, based on pure, cold, logical data, stocks are the single best long - term performing asset class for disciplined investors who are not swayed by emotion, focus on earnings and dividends, and never pay too much for a stock, often as measured on a conservative beginning earnings yield relative to the Treasury bond yield basis.

These initiatives have included various measures to encourage broader participation in local currency bond markets, including by non-residents.

The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index measures the performance of Investment Grade securities and is selected by a Market Value process.

The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury STRIPS 20 - 30 Year Equal Par Bond Index measures the performance of Treasury securities and is selected by a Market Value process.

That large bid / ask spread is equivalent to almost two years of the spread advantage of illiquid (as measured by bid / ask spread) investment - grade bonds, creating a large hurdle for providing a liquidity premium.

«I'm similarly impressed by the fragility of our economic system, even though it's been reinforced with so many heavy measures by governments around the globe, ECB bond - buying programs and zero interest rate policies here in the U.S., for instance.»

The Market Climate remains on a Crash Warning, characterized by extremely unfavorable valuations, unfavorable trend uniformity, and hostile yield trends, particularly long - term bond yields and various measures of risk premiums.

Meanwhile, «The bottom 90 percent of U.S. households, as measured by net wealth, now hold less than 5 percent of muni bonds, falling from almost 15 percent in 1989.»

However, turnover ratios, which measure trading volumes divided by outstanding amounts, broadly gauge differences across countries in both sovereign and corporate bond markets (Graph 2, left - hand panel).

The Bloomberg Barclays Rate Hedged U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, Negative Five Duration measures the performance of Investment Grade securities and is selected by a Market Value process.

Real interest rates implied by the yields on indexed bonds, as well as the real lending rates derived using various measures of inflation expectations, are also slightly below their long - term averages.

Bonds, as measured by the Barclay's Capital Aggregate Bond Index, are yielding less than 2 %, while cash has very little return potential at all.

The GIC, a group of seasoned investment professionals who meet regularly to review the economic and political environment and asset allocation models for Morgan Stanley Wealth Management clients, expects the economy — as measured by gross domestic product, or GDP — to grow, but at below the rate to which we have become accustomed, based on prior second - stage recoveries; stock and bond returns will likely follow suit.

When compared to the yield of U.S. Treasuries (2.36 %), as measured by the S&P U.S. Treasury Bond Index, one may wonder what the reaction will be when the ECB reverses QE.

By total returns, stocks have outperformed bonds by a wide measure, but those returns have come with much higher volatilitBy total returns, stocks have outperformed bonds by a wide measure, but those returns have come with much higher volatilitby a wide measure, but those returns have come with much higher volatility.

A measure of the fund's volatility relative to the market, as represented by the Citigroup World Government Bond Index.

Treasuries, as measured by the S&P / BGCantor U.S. Treasury Bond Index, are down -0.91 % for the month.

As of last week, the Market Climate for stocks was characterized by unusually unfavorable valuations and unfavorable market action (a deterioration from the prior week, primarily on the basis of interest - sensitive securities such as bonds and utilities, as well as measures of breadth and distribution).

Expectations of inflation, as measured by the difference between nominal and indexed 10 - year bond yields, remain at around 2.3 per cent.

Another indicator of financial conditions is the slope of the yield curve, as measured by the spread between the yield on 10 - year bonds and the target cash rate.

It is a terrible mistake for investors with long - term horizons — among them, pension funds, college endowments and savings - minded individuals — to measure their investment «risk» by their portfolio's ratio of bonds to stocks.

While the combination of rapid credit growth and below - average interest rates suggests that financial conditions remain expansionary, the slope of the yield curve, as measured by the spread between the yield on 10 - year bonds and the cash rate, suggests a somewhat different picture.

Core Taxable Bonds are measured by the Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index, composed of securities from the Bloomberg Barclays Government / Credit Bond Index, Mortgage - Backed Securities Index, Asset - Backed Securities Index, and Commercial Mortgage - Backed Securities Index.

Does the credit premium, measured by the difference in returns between U.S. corporate bonds and duration - matched U.S. Treasuries, exhibit momentum?

The total return you receive by holding a bond until it matures is measured by yield to maturity.

Government bonds are measured by the Bloomberg Barclays Government - Related Index, a universe of Treasury bonds used as a benchmark against the market for long - term maturity fixed - income securities.

Examples include the quantitative easing measures adopted by the United States and the European Central Bank's «unlimited» bond - buying program.

Looking back over the past 25 years, a period of low and stable inflation, stock / bond correlation has generally moved in tandem with monetary policy, as measured by the effective federal funds rate.

Adding in record bond issuance in recent years, a financing option not common in 1990s, «overall leverage is even higher today than implied by traditional measures of bank lending,» the report explained.

It then followed it up by a series of quantitative easing measures, where it purchased bonds in the market to improve the liquidity conditions.

The cost of debt to Asian borrowers, as measured by sovereign bond yields, has not risen much at all.

But with the opening of a new OUSD central kitchen, farm and educational center in the works for West Oakland (funded by a city bond measure that passed in 2012), OUSD hopes to be able to shift away from prepackaged food even further, thanks to a fruit and vegetable processing room that will be on site.

Legislature Majority Leader Peter Harkham said the measure, when signed by the county executive, would allow eligible municipalities to submit spending proposals that would use Qualified Energy Conservation Bonds to implement Green Community Program projects for properties.

«I am not saying this money should be given to states but be in form of bond depending on how Federal Government wants to design it because it is understood that if such huge money which may run into N2 to N3trillion get into states, it may cause inflation but to avoid such, a flexible term and measure will be applied by the Federal Government.

The researchers measured the strength with which the protein and DNA bonded by pressing down on the protein with a plastic «button.»

«It's the first time a group has picked out actual measures that might improve forcing by short - lived pollutants,» says pollution - control expert Tami Bond of the University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign, who was not an author on the study.

Other possible factors that might explain or influence the altruistic behavior — such as higher cognition (measured by brain size), hunting in groups, or stronger social bonds between group members — showed either much weaker correlations or no correlation at all with helping behaviors.

The team measured the electric fields generated by a TEM beta - lactamase enzyme attached to two different molecules and the vibration of the chemical bonds in these molecules in the hopes that they will find what makes the enzyme develop a resistance to cephalosporins antibiotics.

By measuring the bonds of prehistoric alkenones preserved in ancient layers of lake sediment, the team opened a window on Arctic temperature change since the end of the last Ice Age.