Yield to maturity (YTM) is the total return anticipated
on a bond if the bond is held until it matures.
Yield to Maturity (YTM) is the total return anticipated
on a bond if the bond is held until the end of its lifetime.
You can lose money
on a bond if you sell it before the maturity date for less than you paid or if the issuer defaults on their payments.
Yield to Maturity («YTM») is the rate of return anticipated
on a bond if it is held until the maturity date.
YTM is a quick way to summarize the yield one would get
on a bond if they were to buy it today and hold to maturity.
Yield - to - maturity is the rate of return anticipated
on a bond if held until the end of its lifetime.
YTM is the total return anticipated
on a bond if the bond is held until the end of its lifetime.
To the comment about changing the interest rate
on bonds if you default on other bonds: Actually this DOES happen indirectly: The low - interest - rate bond drops in value so it has a higher yield.
If interest rates start to rise, you may also face the possibility of losing money
on a bond if you have to sell it for less than you paid.
Not exact matches
He says that
if you can get only a 2 % return
on bonds — rates we're seeing today — and 5.5 % yields
on blue - chip stocks like BCE, it makes sense to overweight stocks, no matter what your age.
Also, a
bond fund is only going to have so much cash
on hand, so
if the investors in a certain fund all want to redeem their shares of the fund at the same time, it will pose problems for the fund manager trying to meet redemption requests.
It is not as
if Ontario is having problem finding takers for its debt and yields
on the province's
bonds are competitive with other provinces.
If too much money is invested in safe, risk - free U.S. Treasury
bonds, that basically insures a very low return
on an investment.
While investors will have to find stocks with higher yields, pay more for them and take
on more risk in
bonds, the biggest change in a permanently low - rate world is that people will need to set aside more of every paycheque
if they want to keep the same goal for retirement income.
«
If they do target aggressively the 2 percent inflation target, and undertake a significant amount of QE, that may have an impact
on underlying JGB (Japanese government
bond) yields as investors become concerned over Japan's debt,» he said.
So for example
if you bought a
bond with 25 percent of each of the major economies, and Italy defaulted, you would still be paid
on the remaining 75 percent, presumably at least,» he added.
If you're prioritizing income, however, long - term
bonds are actually good: Their prices will vary depending
on the annuities that you buy.
Post-financial market regulations (read: Dodd - Frank) have required banks and other «systemically important financial institutions» to hold more cash
on their balance sheet, creating less
bond inventory
on balance sheets — fewer potential buyers, fewer potential sellers —
if portfolio managers are forced to meet client redemptions quickly and en masse.
Beyond the requirements that liquidity and regulators impose
on us, we will purchase currency - related securities only
if they offer the possibility of unusual gain — either because a particular credit is mispriced, as can occur in periodic junk -
bond debacles, or because rates rise to a level that offers the possibility of realizing substantial capital gains
on high - grade
bonds when rates fall.
With most of these debts being held by Chinese entities, it's unlikely we'll see a banking crisis in the same way we could have seen
if Greece or Spain went belly up, said Lau — many foreign banks hold European
bonds — but we've seen markets panic
on far less worrisome Chinese news in the past.
But
if, as a business owner, you haven't at least considered getting your team to together for a midday meal from time to time, you're missing out
on a seriously good opportunity to spark conversations, build
bonds and get their creative juices flowing.
«
If — and it's a big if — U.S. President - elect Trump delivers on his campaign - trail fiscal promises, U.S. market interest expectations and bond yields have room to rise even further in 2017,» says Lena Komileva, managing director of g + economics in Londo
If — and it's a big
if — U.S. President - elect Trump delivers on his campaign - trail fiscal promises, U.S. market interest expectations and bond yields have room to rise even further in 2017,» says Lena Komileva, managing director of g + economics in Londo
if — U.S. President - elect Trump delivers
on his campaign - trail fiscal promises, U.S. market interest expectations and
bond yields have room to rise even further in 2017,» says Lena Komileva, managing director of g + economics in London.
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That has Deutsche Bank wondering
if there is likely to be a wave of companies failing to pay interest
on their
bonds.
If he's
on the desk, someone might try and hit that bid, and certainly no one is coming to buy
bonds, so it is time to hide mode.
If Brexit - like sentiment in other nations leads to restrictions
on the flow of trade and labor, he adds, «that is going to create greater uncertainty and volatility» — at a time when some commentators believe that global stock and
bond prices are overdue for a tumble.
All they need to know, is
if they can hit 98 bids
on X number of
bonds that the ETF's are looking for, they can hit those bids, buy the ETF, do a redemption, where they exchange ETF's for the
bonds (to get net flat) and take out a profit
if the ETF is trading cheap enough.
If any
bond you wanted to sell is either offered only, or down more than a point
on the bid side, but HYG or JNK have barely budged, you sell them.
The old rule of basing stock asset allocation
on a formula of «100 minus your age» — leading to, say, a 40/60 stocks /
bonds split
if you retire at 60 — is outdated.
Investors are set to snap up the
bonds with an interest rate of less than 3.4 %, the Financial Times reported
on Thursday, or about half the rate Sprint would have had to pay
if it issued the
bonds without any backing.
A carry trade is typically based
on borrowing in a low - interest rate currency and converting the borrowed amount into another currency, with proceeds placed
on deposit in the second currency
if it offers a higher rate of interest or deploying proceeds into assets — such as stocks, commodities,
bonds, or real estate — that are denominated in the second currency.
yields will hit the highs
on close end of the day... equity markets setting up to be slammed tomorrow maybe but today they have run over weak shorts in the face of rates... the federal reserve see's this and again will wonder
if they are behind
on hikes, strong data, major expansion in credit, lack of wage growth rising
bond yields and ballooning debt... rates will go much higher and equities will have revelations as to what that means for valuations
This would treat all her assets — including stocks,
bonds and property — as
if they were sold
on the day before the expatriation date and would impose levies
on them based
on their fair market value.
the percentage of return an investor receives based
on the amount invested or
on the current market value of holdings; it is expressed as an annual percentage rate; yield stated is the yield to worst — the yield
if the worst possible
bond repayment takes place, reflecting the lower of the yield to maturity or the yield to call based
on the previous close
But
if bond prices crash, investors will want to take their money out, the funds will need to sell, and all those giant
bond funds that provided the bid for
bonds on the way up will turn into sellers
on the way down.
But as investors bid up
bond prices, the yields come down e.g. $ 10 dividend payment
on a $ 100
bond = 10 % dividend yield, but
if the
bond gets bid up to $ 200, the dividend yield is only 5 %.
For example,
if you're early
on in your career, most of your money will be held in growth oriented stocks with a small percentage in
bonds, and as you mature, your assets will slowly shift to more stable stocks and a greater percentage in
bonds to help reduce volatility.
Tax cuts
on wealth are promoted as
if they will be invested rather than used to pay the financial sector more interest or be gambled
on currencies and exchange rates, interest rates, stock and
bond prices, credit default swaps and kindred derivatives.
Looking forward, even
if you assume
bond yields settle down, probably somewhere in last fall's range of 2.2 % to 2.6 % for the 10 - year Treasury note, this moderate year - to - date rise is still likely to inflict significant damage
on parts of the market.
If you missed Part 1 of my common sense series
on bonds please read Investing in Bonds to learn about the different types of bonds and the basic characteristics of a
bonds please read Investing in
Bonds to learn about the different types of bonds and the basic characteristics of a
Bonds to learn about the different types of
bonds and the basic characteristics of a
bonds and the basic characteristics of a
bond.
Debt covenants may soon become just another issue in the already long list
if Valeant defaults
on its
bond indentures.
The hedge fund would break even
on its debt investment
if the Berkshire bid prevails because gains in some parts of its debt holdings, which would be paid out in full, would offset losses in the unsecured
bonds it holds, where it would take a deep haircut, the people said.
Feel free to leave a comment or shoot me an email
if you have any more questions
on bonds.
-LSB-...]
If you missed parts 1 & 2 of my series
on bond investing please read: Part 1 — Investing in
Bonds Part 2 — Why Bother Investing in
Bonds?
If you believe you have more than 15 years remaining
on this Earth, your portfolio should consist of at least 50 % stocks, with the remaining balance in
bonds and cash.
Once you make the common sense decision about how you are going to allocate your money between stocks and
bonds you can get more creative with your investments
if you would like to be more hands -
on with them.
Geithner and Obama lobbied the IMF and ECB shamelessly to bail out Greece, simply so that it could pay bondholders, because U.S. banks had issued credit default insurance (CDS) against Greek
bonds and were
on the hook for a big loss
if a default occurred.
On the other hand,
if you'll need the money in just a few years — or
if the prospect of losing money makes you too nervous — consider a higher allocation to generally less volatile investments such as
bonds and short - term investments.
If you buy a
bond for less than face value
on the secondary market (known as a market discount) and you either hold it until maturity or sell it at a profit, that gain will be subject to federal and state taxes.
And even
if the indicator was valid (counterfactually), the article asks readers to accept as given that earnings are properly reported here, that they will grow by nearly 50 % over the coming year, and that investors are willing to key the long - term return they require from stocks to the yield
on 10 - year
bonds, which has been abnormally depressed in a flight to safety.