The differential between the funds with the highest and lowest expense ratios within the taxable bond and
municipal bond categories was even greater: near 3.5 times.
The Municipal Bond category includes national portfolios, broken out by maturity, as well as single - state categories.
Not exact matches
Build America
Bonds (BABs) are a recent category of taxable municipal bonds, introduced in the wake of the 2008 financial cr
Bonds (BABs) are a recent
category of taxable
municipal bonds, introduced in the wake of the 2008 financial cr
bonds, introduced in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.
an interest - bearing promise to pay a specified sum of money (the principal amount) on a specific date;
bonds are a form of debt obligation;
categories of
bonds are corporate,
municipal, treasury, agency / GSE
Bond ETFs come in many different flavors, but they generally fall into one of four
categories: sovereign; corporate;
municipal; and broad market.
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Seth Carpenter, Selva Demiralp, Jane Ihrig and Elizabeth Klee find that some
categories of investors appear to sell U.S. Treasuries to the Federal Reserve and rebalance toward riskier assets (corporate
bonds, commercial paper, and
municipal debt).
an interest - bearing promise to pay a specified sum of money (the principal amount) on a specific date;
bonds are a form of debt obligation;
categories of
bonds are corporate,
municipal, treasury, agency / GSE
Asset class: A group of investments with similar risk and return characteristics, such as cash equivalents, government
bonds,
municipal bonds, corporate
bonds, common stock (or industry groupings within the broad
category of common stocks), real estate, precious metals, and collectibles.
Starting with the investment grade BBB ratings
category,
municipal bonds have had a return of nearly 3.5 % year - to - date while the large entities tracked in the S&P 500 BBB Investment Grade Corporate
Bond Index has recorded a negative 0.46 %.
Moving into the below investment grade
category of BB + and below
municipal bonds are still outpacing their corporate counterparts.
Municipal bonds aren't an exciting topic over a cocktail party, however they were one of the best performing
bond categories in 2015.
While the two main
categories of funds are those that provide taxable or tax - exempt income to investors,
bond funds also vary based on maturity (short - term, long - term), type of issuer (
municipal, corporate, etc.), strategy, investment objective and credit quality.
Bonds include categories such as corporate debt, municipal bonds, structured securities, U.S. government bonds and foreign government b
Bonds include
categories such as corporate debt,
municipal bonds, structured securities, U.S. government bonds and foreign government b
bonds, structured securities, U.S. government
bonds and foreign government b
bonds and foreign government
bondsbonds.
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Municipal bonds continually fall into this
category because of their tax exempt status in most localities.
The three largest
categories of zero coupon securities available are zero coupon Treasury
bonds, zero coupon corporate
bonds and zero coupon
municipal bonds, which are issued by the U.S. Treasury, corporations, and state and local government jurisdictions, respectively.
For example, Jonathan Clements used Morningstar data that grouped
bonds into five
categories: government backed mortgage, corporate, U.S. Treasury, general
municipal, and high - yield
bonds.2 Clements found that in 28 out of 30 comparisons higher expenses meant lower returns to the investor.