Sentences with phrase «n't hold its bonds»

In fact, if you don't hold bonds to maturity, you may experience similar interest - rate risk as a comparable - duration bond fund.

You don't hold bonds in your portfolio because you expect them to outperform stocks.

The key lesson here is simple — don't let the low rates of today scare you into thinking that you shouldn't hold bonds.

I used to have a TreasuryDirect account, but I had not held any I Bonds or other treasury securities in it for a few years, so it was closed.

Not exact matches

In his subsequent press conference, Draghi avoided answering directly whether the ECB would go from $ 30 billion to zero, saying «we don't stop suddenly,» but also stressing that the ECB will continue buying new bonds as its old holdings mature.

That is because dealers aren't the business of holding risk and supporting the price of crashing bonds (unless your dealer name is «Federal Reserve»).

And so what Marks is saying is that it does not matter if your portfolio holds a bunch of, say, «AAA» - rated corporate bonds and highly - rated government bonds like US Treasuries, which are, in theory, highly liquid assets.

U.S. banks would therefore not be able to trade or hold Canadian federal and provincial government bonds.

Because hedge funds are not required to report their bond holdings to the SEC (although they do have to report equity positions), we don't know exactly who owns how much of which Puerto Rico bonds.

Police have not yet identified the deceased, and Bond said «we expect the scene to be held for some time as inquiries as carried out.»

If my capital market expectations are for a good bond market and a weak stock market in the next year (such as this year), I don't necessarily want to change any of the stocks or bonds that I hold.

It's not the sexiest, but the «buy and hold» strategy for individual municipal bonds is by far the smartest.

The ECB argued that cross-border interbank trading in the 19 - member currency bloc remains relatively low, cross-border equity or bond holdings are not increasing, and retail banking integration is limited.

With the service, you don't own individual stocks or bonds; instead, investments are held in the form of exchange - traded funds (ETFs).

Not only do you diversify your holdings by owning a bond fund, which severely reduces default risk, but you also diversify your cash flow stream.

For the money markets, it's not just that the Fed is buying fewer bonds as part of the taper but as the Fed holdings roll off, the Treasury needs to reissue to the private sector in order to pay the Fed back.

Regarding Sulyma's holdings in the TDF, for example, the 2012 Summary Plan Description advised Sulyma that «[e] ach fund offers a broadly diversified mix of domestic and international stocks and bonds, and includes investments not typically available to individual investors, such as hedge funds and commodities.»

If the company's underlying stock decreases in value, an investor can still hold onto the convertible bond and receive the bond's par value at maturity, as long as the issuer does not default.

In addition, the European Central Bank already owns a large proportion of Greek bonds and would not hold more than 33 percent of the total.

Why aren't J.C. Penney bond owners switching to more secure holdings?

The return of principal in bond funds and in funds with significant bond holdings, is not guaranteed.

The return of principal for bond funds and for funds with significant underlying bond holdings is not guaranteed.

Pam Martens and Russ Martens, writing in Wall Street on Parade, note that the U.S. municipal bond market holds $ 3.8 trillion in debt, and it is not just owned by Wall Street banks.

Either you raise adequate tax revenue, or you denominate the debt in long - term bonds and devalue them through inflation, or you default, or you violate the social contract made with those who don't hold paper claims (e.g. Social Security beneficiaries) in preference for those who do.

They may not earn a high return going forward and may even lose some in the next bear market, but I believe the psychology of holding bonds will stop some people from doing the wrong thing at the wrong time.

The idea is that you want to hold enough stocks to earn the returns you'll need to grow your nest egg over the long - term, but also enough in bonds to provide some downside protection so you don't bail out of equities in a severe downturn.

That is because dealers aren't in the business of holding risk and supporting the price of crashing bonds (unless your dealer name is «Federal Reserve»).

Of course, if you hold individual bonds to maturity, you may be able to ride out price fluctuations, knowing that as long as the bond issuer doesn't default, you will get your principal back at maturity and interest payments along the way.

Property and casualty insurance companies invest a substantial percentage of book value and policyholder «float,» which is money they hold until policy claims are paid out but do not own, in investment - grade bonds, particularly corporate bonds.

With interest rates being so low, investors holding bonds in a diversified portfolio know that the next forty years can not look as bright as the last forty years.

Each time you buy or sell a bond it cost a painful # 39.95, which works out at about 0.5 % one - off charge on even a large portfolio of # 40,000 assuming you hold to maturity — which you might not.

Sometimes, you can't hold individual bonds to maturity.

Treasury bonds won't lose value if you hold them to maturity.

If you don't plan to sell, however, you won't realize the capital loss, just as you wouldn't realize it if you held an individual bonds.

Dave Nadig, CEO of ETF.com and a well - known ETF expert, recently suggested as much, noting that «Duration hedging hasn't yet had its «hedge the yen» moment when investors discovered the power of currency hedging en masse, but like currency - hedged ETFs, duration - hedged ETFs may start finding a place not necessarily as core holdings, but as finely honed tools for tweaking duration exposure in a broader bond - portfolio context.»

The market expects more investors to access the Indonesian market if the speculation of rating upgrade becomes materialized, particularly for those who have not been holding Indonesia bonds for rating reasons.

Critics don't like the idea of holding bonds, because they see them as priced for a certain fall3.

Not including tobacco bonds, insured debt and pre-funded bonds, as much as 13 % of some of Oppenheimer's bond funds» total holding holdings are in Puerto Rico bonds.

The premier claimed Imperial Metals» reclamation bond could pay for the cleanup costs, but four full days after the disaster she wasn't able to provide any facts about how much was being held in bond for tailings cleanup or when it would be used.

The last word on this topic is not going to come from Mel Watt or anybody in Washington, but from the bond investors who hold $ 9 trillion in RMBS.

Equity investments tend to be volatile and do not involve the guarantees associated with holding a bond to maturity.

(iShares ETFs are not impacted directly by the default, as none hold bonds issued by any U.S. territories, such as Puerto Rico or Guam.)

Investors should keep in mind that while monthly distributions from bond ETFs are often called «dividends,» interest from the underlying bond holdings aren't considered qualified dividends, and are taxed as ordinary income.

Bonds are generally considered lower risk than stock holdings, but this isn't as cut - and - dry as some people believe.

Again, if people don't like risk, mix in some bonds (but no more than 10 % if under 35), but the inefficiency of cash still holds.

You won't see a rise in the value of your holdings with cash during a recession and if you're keeping it in fixed term accounts then it will be adversely affected by rate rises, same as bonds.

Not surprisingly, low management fees are the top benefit cited by ETF owners, followed by the ability to diversify and reduce risk as opposed to holding individual stocks and bonds.

Having FIRE'd at 42, I wouldn't be keen on holding nearly 60 % of my worth in bonds (or cash, for that matter.)

I don't know that these rules people really hold in the realm of these Bernanke terminology; zero bond interest rates.

This week, Rana Foroohar of the FT pinpointed another threat — most of the $ 700 billion held offshore by tech giants is in bonds, not in cash.