Sentences with phrase «on bond performance»

Penalties that are based on bond yields can also cost a small fortune, depending on bond performance.

Other lenders use bond yields, which can also cost you a small fortune, depending on bond performance.

Not exact matches

Comments: «In 2013, it will likely be the change in valuation that drives most of the performance of stocks, and the sentiment shift and willingness to take on risk reflected in that movement will be meaningful for bonds as well.

On Tuesday, the firm announced first quarter earnings that beat expectations, thanks to strong performance from its bond trading unit.

The company declined to comment on the performance of its bonds or its credit ratings.

Bond traders also keep an eye on the VIX, a measure of stock - market volatility, since it has historically been highly correlated to the performance of stocks: rising when stocks sell off and falling when stocks rally.

As you can see in the chart below, based on investment performance for the 35 - year period beginning in 1972, a hypothetical balanced portfolio of 50 % stocks, 40 % bonds, and 10 % short - term investments would have done quite well for a retiree who limited withdrawals to 4 % annually.

Bond yields rose while stocks fell on the ECB news, while the Great British Pound stood out with a strong performance, rising above 1.40 against the USD for the first time this month after a reported «breakthrough» on the Brexit talks regarding the transition with the EU.

I decided to run some numbers to show the effects on performance from the massive bond bull.

The change does not have a material impact on exposure or performance relative to the Barclays U.S. 10 - 20 Year Treasury Bond Index it tracked previously.

A downgrade in the credit rating of a bond by the credit agencies can affect bond performance as well if institutional investors are forced to sell because of restrictions on the credit quality of the bonds they're able to hold.

«Investment Advice and Individual Investor Portfolio Performance», based on over 600,000 monthly portfolio returns (encompassing individual equities, funds, bonds and derivatives) for 16,053 investors, finds that:

From a «consensual positioning» perspective which touches on this current «mean - reversion dynamic in the marketplace: say this big bond rally were to gather steam into a much more punishing squeeze of the «all - time» UST short base (largely due to the previously mentioned lack of «tolerance» for beginning of year performance pain).

Instead of the weights of different types of bonds, investors can hone in on exposure to factors that drive portfolio performance, such as interest rate risk, credit risk, and others.

That post illustrated the role played by the Fed's actual bond buying on the trajectory of the real yield while an earlier post showed how the Fed's communication about its balance sheet intentions in 2013 also influenced the performance of the real yield.

Putting aside the performance of bonds during the bear market beginning in 1980 (both because the starting yields on Treasuries were so high but also because the bear market was relatively mild as the decline began from relatively low levels of valuation), what's interesting about the above chart is how dependably bonds protected a portfolio during equity bear markets.

The US dollar looks to be on target for its best weekly performance against the Japanese yen since early June, despite yesterday's slip on the back of concerns for the stability of the US economy with the potential tapering of the Federal Reserve's $ 85 billion a month bond purchasing program once again coming to the forefront of investors minds.

Investors were cautious after a largely weak performance on Wall Street on Thursday as some disappointing earnings reports offset strong economic data, while bond yields slid after a surprising slowdown in eurozone inflation.

Rita is clearly interested and able to focus on the needs of clients as individuals with behavioral finance constraints and relationship dynamics that drive success or failure as much or more than simply the performance of individual stocks and bonds.

An FIA uses a unique formula to calculate annual interest based on the performance of a stock, bond or commodity index.

For example, based on our analysis using J.P. Morgan index data, the EMBIG index's 7.25 percent performance in 2014 is owed to a -0.35 percent spread return combined with a 7.6 percent Treasury return, as U.S. rates dropped significantly (remember that when interest rates fall, bond prices rise, and vice versa).

Annual interest is calculated using a unique formula based on changes in the performance of stocks (S&P, Dow Jones, NASDAQ), bonds (Capital Markets Bond Index), or commodities (CBUE).

Investors were cautious after a largely weak performance on Wall Street overnight as some disappointing earnings reports offset strong economic data, while bond yields slid after a surprising slowdown in euro zone inflation.

They evaluate factor portfolio performance based on excess return of constituent corporate bonds versus duration - matched U.S. Treasuries (thereby focusing on the default premium component of corporate bond returns).

To better understand green bond performance and valuations in the secondary market, Morgan Stanley analyzed 121 self - labeled U.S. and European bonds, focusing on corporate, and government or government - related benchmark - size securities (at least $ 500 million).

In their August 2014 paper entitled «Testing Rebalancing Strategies for Stock - Bond Portfolios Across Different Asset Allocations», Hubert Dichtl, Wolfgang Drobetz and Martin Wambach investigate the net performance implications of different rebalancing approaches and different rebalancing frequencies on portfolios of stocks and government bonds with different weights and in different markets.

The change does not have a material impact on exposure or performance relative to the Barclays U.S. Short Treasury Bond Index it tracked previously.

On top of the guaranteed price, every organic dairy farmer member will receive a performance payment and an amount of fixed member bonds.

The performance premium and the amount of fixed member bonds, which will be paid annually, will depend on the financial results achieved by FrieslandCampina.

Alexis in his second season after a freakishly brilliant start, Ozil coming in to consistent form at the end of his second season, Coq now with a proper body of work under his belt and a whole summer to work on it, Bellerin with his first season jitters out of his system, Giroud finally realising he might be a pretty decent striker, Gab with some solid performances and the close - season to bond further, Monreal maturing in to an unspectacular but tremendously solid FB, Ospina settled — it is my opinion that these and others will be what will bring the bigger improvements and the consistency needed next year rather than any wholesale changes.

The comptroller is responsible for auditing the performance and finances of city agencies, making recommendations regarding proposed contracts, issuing reports on the state of the city economy, marketing and selling municipal bonds, and managing city debt.

Moody's said it was moving authority bonds from A1 to A2 — its sixth highest rating — because «future financial performance will rely to a much greater extent on as yet undetermined toll increases to support the bridge construction costs and that failure to adopt sufficient rate increases within the expected time horizon would pressure financial metrics.»

Speaking on the Super Morning Show of Joy FM ahead of the presentation of the 2018 budget statement to Parliament, the former Deputy Finance Minister dismissed government's high praise of the performance of the bond.

The study showed that seven - nanometer copper particles deposited on graphene doped with pyridinic nitrogen (an arrangement that causes nitrogen atoms to be bonded to two carbon atoms) had the best performance.

He found humor through pitch - perfect performances and massive layers of ridiculousness, virtually unafraid to get a little weird on his audience through discomforting sexual exploits or raunchy circumstances of male bonding.

Unfortunately, while Craig's past performances have proven him more than capable of taking on such a physically demanding role, he's simply no James Bond.

Honorable Mentions: As usual, some good films have to fall just outside the top 10 list including: Tommy Lee Jones «feature - length directorial debut, «The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada ``; Christopher Nolan «s excellent, in - between - Batman - movies cum rival magician film, «The Prestige,» starring Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale; Guillermo del Toro «s fantastical fairy tale, «Pan's Labyrinth ``; Sofia Coppola «s anachronistic teen alienation set in the 16th century, «Marie Antoinette ``; Martin Campbell «s superb rebooting of the Bond franchise with «Casino Royale ``; Martin Scorsese «s «Infernal Affairs» remake «The Departed» (which has been on TV so many bloody times, its power has worn off); Oliver Assayas ««Clean» which featured a Cannes - winning performance by Maggie Cheung as a struggling addict; and Park Chan - Wook «s final installment of his vengeance trilogy, the beautifully haunting, «Lady Vengeance.»

DVD Extras The Special Edition includes an audio commentary, live Tina Turner performance of the theme song, a making of featurette, a made for TV feature on the entire Bond series, TV spots and trailers - pretty good but nothing out of the ordinary

**** Zachary F November 29, 2012 this movie is sooo funny Jon C November 29, 2012 a fun, crude, and hilarious comedy two girl roomates formulate a plan to make their own sex hotline in order to make ends meet hijinks and raw laughs ensue between two very different people who embrace their sexuality via telephone the performances from both Graynor and Miller are pretty damn fun to watch the dialogue is insanely funny and gratuitous there's a very strange cameo in here too by Nia Vardalos Justin Long adds a nice touch being the supporting gay best friend mentoring these two girls it's just very awkwardly humorous listening to these people talk in this kind of film, there's interestingly no actual sex happening on screen, no boobs, no ass, no exposed body parts the plot mainly focuses on the bonding relationship bewteen the two leads which is a good break from the usual norm we're used to I can't help but feel though that the filmmakers didn't have anything left at the end, some of it felt unfinished and unresolved for all those problems, «For A Good Time, Call..»

This audience - friendly indie sex comedy features almost no sex but plenty of nervous male bonding and a whole new angle on performance anxiety.

She first really earned notice thanks to her performance in Gerardo Naranjo's 2011 film Miss Bala, but she has since been in a Bond movie (featured in the opening sequence of Spectre) and more recently has been playing Valeria Velez on the Netflix series Narcos.

Affleck is well - acquitted to his role as a hapless husband with far too many eyes on him, and former Bond girl Rosamund Pike finally turns in a star - making performance as the enigmatic, mercurial and deeply, secretly assertive Amy Dunne.

(Those honors go to «On Her Majesty's Secret Service» because of casting issues and an overdose of inane sexual revolution diversions, as well as «Diamonds Are Forever» because Connery was phoning in his performance and the Bond girls were so terrible.)

This meta - analysis of social and emotional learning interventions (including 213 school - based SEL programs and 270,000 students from rural, suburban and urban areas) showed that social and emotional learning interventions had the following effects on students ages 5 - 18: decreased emotional distress such as anxiety and depression, improved social and emotional skills (e.g., self - awareness, self - management, etc.), improved attitudes about self, others, and school (including higher academic motivation, stronger bonding with school and teachers, and more positive attitudes about school), improvement in prosocial school and classroom behavior (e.g., following classroom rules), decreased classroom misbehavior and aggression, and improved academic performance (e.g. standardized achievement test scores).

Each Florida College System institution that employs police officers may obtain and approve a bond on each police officer, conditioned upon the officer's faithful performance of his or her duties, which bond must be payable to the Governor.

Each police officer shall, before entering into the performance of his or her duties, take the oath of office as established by the university; and the university may obtain and approve a bond on each officer, payable to the Governor and his or her successors in office, conditioned on the faithful performance of the duties of such university police officer.

Their only common bond — being normally aspirated, high - rpm screamers — is an increasingly rare characteristic when so many performance cars rely on turbochargers to produce performance within the bounds of fuel - economy regulations.

Key suspension upgrades include a sophisticated new multi-link rear suspension and rigid rear subframe; fluid - filled suspension bushings that greatly enhance ride quality while providing robust isolation from road vibration; stabilizer bars with bonded bushing mounts for improved body control; dual - pinion, variable ratio Electric Power Steering (EPS) that enhances steering feel, performance and comfort; and a Straight Driving Assist feature that reduces steering effort when driving on a sloped or crowned road.

However, other than the new anti-reflection coating and bonded cover glass, the display on the iPad Air 2 is essentially unchanged and identical in performance to the iPad 4 introduced in 2012, and is actually slightly lower in performance than the original iPad Air (for example 8 % lower Brightness and 16 % lower display Power Efficiency)-- most likely the result of an obsession with producing a thinner Tablet forcing compromises in the LCD backlight.

Other than the new anti-reflection coating and bonded cover glass, the display on the iPad Air 2 is essentially unchanged and identical in performance to the iPad 4 introduced in 2012, and is actually slightly lower in performance than the original iPad Air (for example 8 % lower Brightness and 16 % lower display Power Efficiency)-- most likely the result of an obsession with producing a thinner Tablet forcing compromises in the LCD backlight.