It is made up of government, corporate and
mortgage bond securities.
Not exact matches
In the short - term, however, this increased leverage may actually be bullish for junk
bonds, corporate
bonds, emerging market debt and
mortgage - backed
securities as it brings higher prices and lower yields, he said.
Gundlach predicts that both high - yield
bonds and a portfolio of
mortgage - backed
securities could return about 6 percent in 2013.
Government
bonds are a straightforward
security, unlike, say, synthetic collateralized debt obligations stuffed with sub-prime
mortgages.
It has also maintained a policy where, as those
bonds mature, the principal amount is reinvested in new
mortgage - backed
securities.
Back in 2010 it paid $ 550 million to settle charges brought by the
Securities and Exchange Commission that it mislead investors into buying a so - called synthetic collateralized debt obligation named Abacus, which was made up of a bundle of financial instruments tied to subprime
mortgage bonds, many of which plummeted in value shortly after the deal was sold.
Back in 2010, the bank paid $ 550 million to the
Securities and Exchange Commission to settle charges that it had misled investors into buying financial instruments tied to subprime
mortgage bonds.
The agency, created in 1946 to build houses for veterans of the Second World War, liked to describe itself as the «heart of housing» — an enormous Crown corporation that dominated the
mortgage insurance market, guaranteed complex,
bond - like assets called
mortgage - backed
securities, and subsidized the building and upkeep of First Nations and social housing.
Another point, perhaps, is that it's no worse for the Treasury to print a trillion - dollar gold coin than it is for the Federal Reserve to buy trillions in
mortgage securities to save banks and the
bond market.
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate
Bond Index: An unmanaged index composed of
securities from the Bloomberg Barclays Government / Corporate Bond Index, Mortgage - Backed Securities Index and the Asset - Backed Securit
securities from the Bloomberg Barclays Government / Corporate
Bond Index,
Mortgage - Backed
Securities Index and the Asset - Backed Securit
Securities Index and the Asset - Backed
SecuritiesSecurities Index.
This leaves us roughly in the same position that we started the year, slightly overweight to spread product, i.e., investment - grade and high - yield corporate
bonds and emerging markets (more recently, we also went back to a slight overweight on commercial
mortgage - backed
securities).
As the Fed pares its balance sheet, it will buy fewer and fewer Treasury
bonds and agency
mortgage - backed
securities.
The fund may invest in asset - backed («ABS») and
mortgage - backed
securities («MBS») which are subject to credit, prepayment and extension risk, and react differently to changes in interest rates than other
bonds.
The
mortgage certificates are security for Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO
mortgage certificates are
security for Collateralized
Mortgage Obligation (CMO
Mortgage Obligation (CMO)
bonds.
The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate 10 + Year
Bond Index is unmanaged and is composed of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Government / Credit Index and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Mortgage - Backed Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues, and mortgage - backed securities with maturities of 10 years or m
Bond Index is unmanaged and is composed of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Government / Credit Index and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S.
Mortgage - Backed Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues, and mortgage - backed securities with maturities of 10 years
Mortgage - Backed
Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues, and mortgage - backed securities with maturities of 10 year
Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate
bond issues, and mortgage - backed securities with maturities of 10 years or m
bond issues, and
mortgage - backed securities with maturities of 10 years
mortgage - backed
securities with maturities of 10 year
securities with maturities of 10 years or more.
The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate 5 — 7 Year
Bond Index is unmanaged and is composed of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Government / Credit Index and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Mortgage - Backed Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues, and mortgage - backed securities with maturities of five to seven ye
Bond Index is unmanaged and is composed of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Government / Credit Index and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S.
Mortgage - Backed Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues, and mortgage - backed securities with maturities of five to seve
Mortgage - Backed
Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues, and mortgage - backed securities with maturities of five to se
Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate
bond issues, and mortgage - backed securities with maturities of five to seven ye
bond issues, and
mortgage - backed securities with maturities of five to seve
mortgage - backed
securities with maturities of five to se
securities with maturities of five to seven years.
The index covers the U.S. investment grade fixed rate
bond market, with index components for government and corporate
securities,
mortgage pass - through
securities, and asset - backed
securities.
Valeri noted that could change, though, as occurred with the first round of quantitative easing, where a massive $ 1.25 trillion purchase of
mortgage - backed
securities was followed months later by a large - scale purchase of Treasury
bonds.
The Barclays U.S. Aggregate
Bond Index is a market value — weighted index of investment - grade fixed - rate debt issues, including government, corporate, asset - backed, and
mortgage - backed
securities, with maturities of one year or more.
The low level of inflation gives the Federal Reserve ample time to decide how quickly to end its monthly purchases of $ 85 billion in government
bonds and
mortgage - back
securities.
The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate
Bond Index is composed of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Government / Credit Index and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Mortgage - Backed Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues, and mortgage - backed securit
Bond Index is composed of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Government / Credit Index and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S.
Mortgage - Backed Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues, and mortgage - backed sec
Mortgage - Backed
Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues, and mortgage - backed s
Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate
bond issues, and mortgage - backed securit
bond issues, and
mortgage - backed sec
mortgage - backed
securitiessecurities.
Fixed income, rising (or falling) yields, junk
bonds, Fed tightening, TIPS, spreads,
mortgage - backed
securities — there's no shortage of jargon for this supposedly «boring» investment that most of us own in our portfolios.
The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate 1 — 3 Year
Bond Index is unmanaged and is composed of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Government / Credit Index and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Mortgage - Backed Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues, and mortgage - backed securities with maturities of one to three ye
Bond Index is unmanaged and is composed of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Government / Credit Index and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S.
Mortgage - Backed Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues, and mortgage - backed securities with maturities of one to thre
Mortgage - Backed
Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues, and mortgage - backed securities with maturities of one to th
Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate
bond issues, and mortgage - backed securities with maturities of one to three ye
bond issues, and
mortgage - backed securities with maturities of one to thre
mortgage - backed
securities with maturities of one to th
securities with maturities of one to three years.
Mortgage - backed securities are bonds whose cash flows are backed by individual mortgag
Mortgage - backed
securities are
bonds whose cash flows are backed by individual
mortgagemortgage loans.
NexPoint Strategic Opportunities Fund (NHF) is a closed end fund that seeks current income with capital appreciation through investment in floating and fixed rate loans,
bonds, debt obligations,
mortgage backed and asset backed
securities, collateralized debt obligations and equities.
Last year, for example, Deutsche Bank agreed to reimburse Assured Guaranty, a
bond insurer, for 80 percent of losses on eight residential
mortgage securities it had insured.
NexPoint Strategic Opportunity Fund (NHF) is a closed end fund that seeks current income with capital appreciation through investment in floating and fixed rate loans,
bonds, debt obligations,
mortgage backed and asset backed
securities, collateralized debt obligations and equities.
That's according to MKM Partners» chief economist Mike Darda, who was referring to the Federal Reserve's efforts to unwind its $ 4.5 trillion balance sheet after it bought vast quantities of government
bonds and
mortgage - backed
securities to mitigate the effects of the Great Recession.
Government
bond funds invest in
bonds issued by the U.S. government and government - sponsored enterprises, as well as
mortgage and other asset - backed
securities.
In general, it is a better measure than average maturity for
bonds that have the ability to prepay principal before they reach maturity (e.g.,
mortgages,
mortgage - backed
securities and asset - backed
securities).
Franklin Limited Duration Income (FTF) is a closed end fund that seeks high current income and capital appreciation through investment in high yield corporate
bonds, floating rate bank loans and
mortgage and other asset backed
securities.
The index contains treasury
bonds, government - related
bonds, investment - grade corporate
bonds,
mortgage - backed
securities, and asset - backed
securities.
H.L.: The stock market, hedge fund managers, banks, and investors were all aflutter about Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's comments about possibly tapering off on its monthly purchase of $ 85 billion worth of Treasury
bonds and
mortgage - backed
securities.
Debt
securities include government and corporate
bonds, certificates of deposit (CDs), promissory notes, debentures, preferred stock and collateralized
securities (such as collateralized debt obligation (CDOs) and collateralized
mortgage obligation (CMOs)-RRB-.
In October, the Fed began to trim the size of its
bond portfolio, by allowing $ 6bn of treasuries and $ 4bn of
mortgage - backed
securities to mature every month without reinvestment.»
According to a plan laid out by the Fed in June, proceeds from repayments of Treasury
bonds,
mortgage - backed
securities and other holdings will no longer be reinvested in more
bonds.
Mortgage - backed
securities (MBS) still look expensive and several factors could cause these
bonds to underperform.
Another risk factor is that the central bank still owns about $ 1.8 trillion in
mortgage - backed
securities from its post-2008
bond - buying spree, Long noted.
Mortgage rates are driven by a type of bond — mortgage - backed sec
Mortgage rates are driven by a type of
bond —
mortgage - backed sec
mortgage - backed
securities.
Investors have taken note and reduced their demand for Canadian debt
securities, pushing up
bond yields and, consequently,
mortgage rates.
The various types of
bonds include U.S.government
securities, municipals,
mortgage and asset - backed, foreign
bonds and corporate
bonds.
Bonds issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, such as Treasury bonds and bills, as well as mortgage - and other asset - backed securities backed by government agen
Bonds issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, such as Treasury
bonds and bills, as well as mortgage - and other asset - backed securities backed by government agen
bonds and bills, as well as
mortgage - and other asset - backed
securities backed by government agencies.
The unit, the chief investment office (CIO), has been the biggest buyer of European
mortgage - backed
bonds and other complex debt
securities such as collateralized loan obligations in all markets for more than three years... The unit made a deliberate move out of safer assets such as US Treasuries in 2009 in an effort to increase returns and diversify investments.»
Quantitative easing is a process via which the Fed purchases
mortgage - backed
securities (MBS) and other
bonds in the open market in order to lower
bonds yields and everyday
mortgage rates.
For example, if a borrower defaults on their
mortgage, Fannie and Freddie are responsible for the losses on the loans they guarantee to investors, while Ginnie Mae is financially responsible for the
bond payments to the holders of Ginnie Mae
securities.
In another segment of the
bond market, yields on Fannie Mae
mortgage - backed
securities — those used to guide lenders into the
bond market — jumped to 3.21 percent in their biggest move since mid-2009, the Journal reported.
A
bond fund is typically comprised of debt instruments, such as
bonds and
mortgage - backed
securities.
Are most of these off - balance sheets assets
mortgage backed
securities and other hard - to - value
bonds?
Invests primarily in high - quality
mortgage - related
securities, providing diversification in one of the
bond market's largest areas.
Hartford Funds» new ETF joins two other already listed active fixed income ETFs sub-advised by Wellington (Hartford Corporate
Bond ETF (NYSE: HCOR), an ETF focused on investment - grade corporate bonds, and Hartford Quality Bond ETF (NYSE: HQBD), a core bond ETF focused on investment grade debt, including mortgage - backed securities and US government securiti
Bond ETF (NYSE: HCOR), an ETF focused on investment - grade corporate
bonds, and Hartford Quality
Bond ETF (NYSE: HQBD), a core bond ETF focused on investment grade debt, including mortgage - backed securities and US government securiti
Bond ETF (NYSE: HQBD), a core
bond ETF focused on investment grade debt, including mortgage - backed securities and US government securiti
bond ETF focused on investment grade debt, including
mortgage - backed
securities and US government
securities).