Sentences with phrase «much bond buying»

Inflation is a concern within Germany as it's still haunted by the hyperinflation of the 1920s and top economists — like Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann — have been noticeably cautious on too much bond buying from the ECB.

Not exact matches

Much of the shift lower in our yield forecasts derives from the view that the ECB [European Central Bank] will continue to buy bonds in its QE [Quantitative Easing] program.

The interest rate on 10 - year bonds was 1.79 % at the end of 2014 — about half as much as the federal government had to offer to get investors to buy its debt a decade ago.

The idea here is not so much that the big mutual funds could buy CDS to hedge their bonds (why?

So much sexier to say you bought XYZ stock than a sovereign bond (Except for a sovereign British bond:O)-RRB-.

With unconstrained bond funds free to take an unusually wide range of risks, investors should make sure they aren't taking on too much risk themselves in buying such funds.

I just don't think there is that much value in bonds at all, and the only reason why I would buy bonds is for tactical hedges (instead of shorting this crazy market).

Capital controls have historically been as much about preventing foreigners from buying local government bonds as it has been about preventing destabilizing bouts of flight capital, and living in China, where an aggressive demand for the privileges of reserve currency status coincide with equally aggressive policies that prevent the RMB from achieving reserve currency status (and that transfer ever more of the «benefits» to the US) made clear the huge gap in rhetoric and practice.

First, the Fed will shrink the balance sheet much more slowly than it grew it through its bond - buying program.

But a bigger question looms: Will the much - publicized settlement change the rules of engagement between raters and corporate issuers of bonds, as well as the investors who buy them?

And if you can buy some business that earns high returns on equity and has even got mild growth prospects, you know, at much lower multiple earnings, you are going to do better than buying ten - year bonds at 2.30 or 30 - year bonds at three, or something of the sort.»

It can't keep buying $ 800 bln of bonds a year for much longer, but negative rates are deeply unpopular.

For three - straight years — between 2014 and 2016 — the greenback surged higher as the Fed ended «QE3,» the stimulus program that had the U.S. central bank buying as much as $ 85 billion worth of government bonds per month, and did away with the zero - interest - rate policy that was in place since the financial crisis.

Also, funds buy their bond at institutional prices, which are much lower than the price you pay in the retail market..

We have government debt, corporate debt, and a much larger Fed balance sheet (which, some people argue, drove bond buying by the public), but those are offset by a significant deleveraging in household and financial sector debt.

It also can be used to compare the whole market against bond yields... In most cases the earnings yield of equities are much higher then in risk free treasury bonds Earnings yield is basically the amount of earnings you buy for every dollars worth of...

The class - struggle argument, however, had much more resonance in the days when stocks, bonds and other wealth were held by a tiny minority while the masses struggled to buy food and pay rent.

By buying and holding bonds until maturity, investors can also buy bonds with coupon payments and maturities that meet specific income needs, as they know exactly how much they are going to receive over the life of the bond.

The Gold and Silver stock sector is very small compared to the bond and stock markets and it won't take much buying, percentage wise, to push these stocks into the stratosphere.

And therefore, those are the sorts of concerns, clearly as bond investors we have to have in the back of our mind because while we're still very much supported by central banks continuing to buy government bonds, the Fed [US Federal Reserve] has announced that it is beginning now to not only end the taper, that ended some time ago, they are potentially selling bonds back into the market.

Brandt explains it this way: «There's a debate to be had about how much of the float can go into buying businesses and stocks, and how much needs to be in lower - return bonds and Treasury bills.

On the other hand, when you buy individual stocks and bonds, if one goes south, your savings could take a much bigger hit in a short period.

For me, most of my bonds were bought when yields were much higher.

What you can and should know when buying a bond is its coupon rate (how much interest it pays) and when it matures.

You say the coupon is 4 % or so which I think is a fair statement, but surely the yield to maturity must be much lower, 1.5 - 2 % assuming you aren't buying 30 + year bonds or junk paper?

I still hold some municipal bonds for CT, but given my income is zero since I FIRED I don't have as much reason to buy them as you.

There really isn't much to say about my latest buy of Calamos Global Dynamic Income Fund (NASDAQ: CHW), a closed - end fund that's widely invested in individual companies, convertables, and corporate bonds.

Bond funds are more liquid (much easier to buy and sell) than individual bonds.

If bond yields were to rise much, decreasing the value of my bond funds accordingly, I'd probably use some of the maturing CD proceeds to buy more shares of them, assuming the best available CD rates didn't also rise proportionally.

Yield to maturity is very similar to current yield, which divides annual cash inflows from a bond by the market price of that bond to determine how much money one would make by buying a bond and holding it for one year.

Even if the primary market were dominated by buy - and - hold investors (more common in bonds, less common in stocks), the speculation inherent in much secondary trading provides real value to the IPO syndicates, and longer - term investors.

Several strategies are available to help you buy bonds that will meet your investment goals, time frame, and how much risk you're willing to take.

What's more, you can buy shares in a diversified bond fund for much less than it would cost you to buy just a single individual bond.

For example, when it comes to fixed income instruments, I much prefer buying US denominated corporate bonds which trade electronically and offer better pricing than Canadian bonds which trade via Canada's dealer network and are subject to large markups by the various financial institution.

What you pay depends on a number of factors: Where you buy the bond — say an online broker or a full service investment firm; what type it is — U.S., Canadian, corporate or government; and how much of it you want — the price can go down the more you buy, so institutional investors usually get a better price.

But with a rapidly growing client, much as I liked to source bonds that I fundamentally liked on the secondary market, I had to buy a lot of bonds in the new issue primary market.

If flippers ever get big, despite the efforts of the dealer desks, they will price a deal very tight, and let the flippers take a big loss, with no one wanting to buy the excess bonds unless they are much, much cheaper.

As the bond nears its maturity date, you will be unable to buy it for much less than its maturity value (including the interest), for exactly this reason.

The I - bonds you would have to buy many different instances of I - bonds at different fixed rates making sure that they aren't too much lower than the TIPS rate.

When I say pricing scheme, I'm not talking about how much the actual stocks / bonds cost when you buy them.

As a result, investors won't pay Jane as much for her bond, since they could buy a newer bond that would pay them more interest.

One potential answer is to only buy shorter term bonds, whose value will be much less affected by interest rate changes.

Your marginal tax rate is crucial for figuring out whether you should buy taxable or tax - free bonds, how much all that mortgage interest is costing you, and whether it makes sense to convert your traditional IRA to a Roth IRA.

Although in real estates favor it can be leveraged much more than stocks or bonds, if you put down 10,000 to buy 100,000 worth of property you were effectively getting 10x the gains on your original money.

As much fun as it sounds to call the bottom of the market and buy up a great opportunity while everyone else is ignoring it, the real reason most investors needs bonds is so they don't derail their own portfolio with bad decisions.

For the longest time, small investors couldn't see how much other investors were buying and selling bonds for, meaning that their broker could seriously rip them off.

Well, much like equities, you can buy bonds individually or buy a bond ETF.

Also, control risk by rebalancing if market movements pull your stock / bond split away from Age = Bonds — sell what you have too much of and buy what you have to little of.

Hedge funds bought long duration assets, stocks and longer bonds, when their capital bases could be withdrawn at much shorter intervals.

That's actually a good return these days, much better than you can get in a bank or C / D or Treasury bond, and so people might be more encouraged to buy, while sellers are anxious to hold on.