Sentences with phrase «months on bond markets»

Aubrey discusses some key takeaways of the past 12 months on bond markets in preparation for what's ahead.

Aubrey discusses some key takeaways of the past 12 months on bond markets in preparation for what's ahead.

Not exact matches

IIF noted in a recent report that plans to privatize several state - owned enterprises beyond the Aramco deal, a doubling in the size of the domestic stock market and the trading of local currency government bonds on the Saudi exchange, which began this month, all deepen the kingdom's capital markets.

And the «indications are that the directive has already had a meaningful impact on bond markets, and there could be a lot more to come over the next 24 months.»

The European Central Bank is all but certain to cut back on its bond - buying stimulus on Thursday, one of the biggest factors supporting the rally in global stock markets in recent months.

Nickel set for biggest weekly increase since April 2009 Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches record on Thursday Gold heading for worst week in a month Largest increase in 30 - year Treasury yields since 2009 Italian bonds are poised for worst three - week selloff since 2011 Emerging - market stocks set for biggest three - day slide since August 2015 Mexico's peso plunges 12 percent in three daysCommodities

The fact that the bond market retreated during the first week of the year on «old» news and in the second week on very little new economic news, though Wednesday saw softer JOLTS (where job openings slid to a six - month low) and Import Price data barely rising at all, is revealing.

The decision to begin buying government bonds on the open market came after a debate that lasted months.

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.

I've gotten a huge number of emails and questions on bond market liquidity in the last few months.

The continuing low level of government bond yields has supported the search for yield that has been evident over the past couple of years, with the spread between yields on US government debt and yields on both corporate and emerging market debt remaining around historical lows over the past three months (Box B).

Higher bond yields have had a dampening influence on share markets around the world in recent months.

The de Blasio administration was hoping to get the funding in time to go to market on the bonds before the likelihood the federal government would raise interest rates in the middle of the month, sources said.

But less than a month after the July contributions, a two - page memo went from Cuomo's Division of the Budget to the state's Dormitory Authority, which issues debt on behalf of schools and hospitals that have less experience (and scale) in the municipal bond market.

Unlike Treasuries and investment grade corporates, the high yield market as measured by the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index touch a low point for yield earlier in the month at a 5.87 % on October 6th.

Emerging market equity funds stood out on the equity side with a category return of 3.64 % while the long government bond category rallied and closed the month up 5.83 %.

A few more months like that in the bond market and we will start hearing more talk about negative yields on U.S. bonds.

The interest rates of each Savings Bond issue are based on the average Singapore Government Securities (SGS) yields the month before applications for that issue open, and may be adjusted to maintain the «step - up» feature if market conditions do not allow it.

They focus on net fund alphas, meaning after - fee returns in excess of the risk - free rate, adjusted for exposures to three kinds of risk factors well known at the start of the sample period: (1) traditional equity market, bond market and credit factors; (2) dynamic stock size, stock value, stock momentum and currency carry factors; and, (3) a volatility factor specified as monthly returns from buying one - month, at ‐ the ‐ money S&P 500 Index calls and puts and holding to expiration.

Given the recent volatility in the bond market, we thought it was a good time to re-visit why we prefer bond funds to bond ETFs (we first wrote about this in the March 2013 in NoLoad FundX and Janet Brown wrote about it on the Forbes Intelligent Investing blog that month, too).

Last month, for instance, Amazon.com went to the bond market for the first time in 14 years, paying less than 0.75 % on three - year notes while locking in rates of 1.3 % and 2.6 % on five - and 10 - year debt respectively.

Emerging market bonds suffered the worst, down over 4 % on the month.

Even with a slip of 3 bps to the cheaper since month end, the high yield municipal bond market tracked by the S&P Municipal Bond High Yield Index remains on track to making April the 17th consecutive month in a row where it has seen a positive monthly retbond market tracked by the S&P Municipal Bond High Yield Index remains on track to making April the 17th consecutive month in a row where it has seen a positive monthly retBond High Yield Index remains on track to making April the 17th consecutive month in a row where it has seen a positive monthly return.

In the past few months, Ginnie Mae has homed in on lenders whose mortgage bonds have higher refinance rates than the rest of the market.

The bond market, which was already struggling to keep its head above water, took a dive after the FOMC minutes were released, as many investors took them to mean the central bank would begin cutting back on its bond buying program as soon as next month.

But six months later came the comeuppance in the bond market, which had some knock - on effects to the economy, but primarily was just a bond market issue.

The interest rate on these corporate bonds is a «floating rate» based on a market - determined rate (the variable rate for a three - month bank bill) plus a fixed interest margin of 4.25 %.

Which I understand and agree with, but if im currently averaging 5 % on my bond portfolio, all of it can be liquidated today, I don't need the money for the next 10 years and it takes the market 6 months to resolve the credit issues, what is the downside to purchasing these instruments?

Following a public spat between capital market regulator SEBI and insurance sector watchdog IRDA on which of the two should regulate ULIPs that invest heavily in stock and bond markets, the Finance Ministry last month announced that the issue should be resolved by an «appropriate court.»