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They focus on corporate investment grade bonds denominated in dollars, euros, pounds or yen, but also consider government and high - yield corporate bonds worldwide.

Not exact matches

This leaves us roughly in the same position that we started the year, slightly overweight to spread product, i.e., investment - grade and high - yield corporate bonds and emerging markets (more recently, we also went back to a slight overweight on commercial mortgage - backed securities).

We trade all fixed income assets, with a focus on more illiquid situations, from high yield, distressed and investment grade bonds and convertible bonds to public and private corporate securities and leveraged loans.

Each fund has a stated objective, generally focusing on a particular sector, such as corporate or Treasury bonds, or broad category, such as investment grade or high yield.

Since its 2014 high on December 29, the S&P 500 Index has gained 1.5 % (not including a fraction of a percent in dividends), the Dow Industrial Average has gained 1.3 %, the Dow Transportation Average is down -5.8 %, the Dow Utilities Average is down -8.9 %, market breadth has churned sideways, and investment grade corporate spreads are flat (though junk spreads have come in about two - tenths of a percent).

Within fixed income, we suggest raising average credit quality, particularly focusing on investments in areas like high - grade corporate and municipal bonds.

The Unit Investment Trust, which is actually a corporate income fund, is similar to a regular money market account, except it?s made up of a group of higher grade securities, and instruments, and usually pays out dividends on a monthly basis...

Last week, spreads on the Morningstar Corporate Bond Index, an investment - grade corporate bond gauge, and the BofA Merrill Lynch High Yield Master Index, shoCorporate Bond Index, an investment - grade corporate bond gauge, and the BofA Merrill Lynch High Yield Master Index, shocorporate bond gauge, and the BofA Merrill Lynch High Yield Master Index, shot higher.

Central bank purchases, investor yield - seeking and safe - haven flows have driven down yields on government and investment grade corporate bonds.

The average investment - grade (high - yield) bond trades on less than 32 % (36 %) of days over the prior six months — liquidity in corporate bonds was considerably lower than in traditional listed equity markets.

In pursuance of the Union Budget 2018 announcement, the board also cleared a proposal on changing the investment grade rating from AA to A for corporate bonds, which would boost investment scope while ensuring credit quality.

While yields on government bonds remain unattractive, according to Stopford, investment - grade corporate bonds offer a modest pickup in yield — and high - yield bonds, a more significant advantage.

Although the largesse is restricted to blue - chip eurozone companies such as food producer Danone or telecoms giant Telefónica, ECB - injected liquidity has spilled into the rest of the market, paring average interest rates on investment - grade corporate debt by some 30 basis points to an even 1 %, Deloitte estimates.

In recent months, the yield on US corporate bonds, especially investment - grade securities, is a little more than 100 basis points compared to the yield on government debt, dropping within striking distance of the lows seen post the 2008 financial crisis.

With the exception of the very front end of the yield curve, Canadian government bond yields declined, as did spreads on investment grade corporate bonds.

Investment - grade corporate bond funds saw $ 2.32 billion exit in the last week, the second - largest outflow on record.

Yet we believe another milestone is of far greater significance to investors: Yields on short - term U.S. investment grade (IG) corporate bonds also hit 3 % — an eight - year high.

Given the introduction of several new ECB policies yesterday (expanded QE; purchases of nonfinancial, investment grade corporate debt; new refinancing programs; incentives to reduce the impact of negative interest rates on banks and spur lending) we think the outlook for European credit and equities is quite constructive.

As to whether the stock market has put in a «real» bottom, Reynolds said he would like to see corroborating evidence of improving conditions, like the yield on the 10 - year U.S. Treasury note moving back up, and improvement in the investment - grade corporate credit market.

They're taking advantage of low interest rates on euro - denominated issues after the European Central Bank's decision to start buying investment - grade corporate bonds in June — part of its economic stimulus program.

Hartford Funds» new ETF joins two other already listed active fixed income ETFs sub-advised by Wellington (Hartford Corporate Bond ETF (NYSE: HCOR), an ETF focused on investment - grade corporate bonds, and Hartford Quality Bond ETF (NYSE: HQBD), a core bond ETF focused on investment grade debt, including mortgage - backed securities and US government secCorporate Bond ETF (NYSE: HCOR), an ETF focused on investment - grade corporate bonds, and Hartford Quality Bond ETF (NYSE: HQBD), a core bond ETF focused on investment grade debt, including mortgage - backed securities and US government seccorporate bonds, and Hartford Quality Bond ETF (NYSE: HQBD), a core bond ETF focused on investment grade debt, including mortgage - backed securities and US government securities).

Issuance of investment - grade corporate bonds picked up in early March in a receptive market, as investors sought higher yields than were available on safe - haven Treasury bonds.

This means investors are demanding over 50 % more on the notional cost of default insurance on the largest investment - grade corporate bonds tracked by the S&P 500 ®.

In particular, we are still positive on long - end investment - grade corporates.

Investment grade bonds as measured by the S&P U.S. Issued Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index turned it up a notch as the index's yield tightened by 9 basis points on the week to a 2.76 %.

Unlike Treasuries and investment grade corporates, the high yield market as measured by the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index touch a low point for yield earlier in the month at a 5.87 % on October 6th.

Yield: Investment grade tax - exempt municipal bonds on average are yielding 2.03 % vs. higher yielding taxable investment grade corporInvestment grade tax - exempt municipal bonds on average are yielding 2.03 % vs. higher yielding taxable investment grade corporinvestment grade corporate bonds.

I personally am planning on using the TFSA as an income producing vehicle, so I'll be placing investment grade corporate bonds, income trusts and non-Canadian dividend paying stocks.

Dividend yields in utility companies are on par with investment grade corporate debt yields.

Corporate bonds are issued by companies and can either be investment grade on non-investment grade bonds.

«On the heels of launching the first inverse ETFs on the high yield and investment grade corporate bond markets, we are pleased to offer the first leveraged ETFs on these segments of the fixed income landscape,» said Michael L. Sapir, Chairman and CEO of ProShare Advisors LLC, ProShares» investment advisoOn the heels of launching the first inverse ETFs on the high yield and investment grade corporate bond markets, we are pleased to offer the first leveraged ETFs on these segments of the fixed income landscape,» said Michael L. Sapir, Chairman and CEO of ProShare Advisors LLC, ProShares» investment advisoon the high yield and investment grade corporate bond markets, we are pleased to offer the first leveraged ETFs on these segments of the fixed income landscape,» said Michael L. Sapir, Chairman and CEO of ProShare Advisors LLC, ProShares» investment advisoon these segments of the fixed income landscape,» said Michael L. Sapir, Chairman and CEO of ProShare Advisors LLC, ProShares» investment advisor.

These three ETFs carry low risks but potentially high rewards Simon Maierhofer on the contrarian nature of consumer staples, long - dated Treasuries and investment - grade corporate bondsSimon Maierhofer on the contrarian nature of consumer staples, long - dated Treasuries and investment - grade corporate bonds.

For the previous week, Lipper data reported positive flows into investment - grade corporate bonds (June 3, 2015), which appeared to be buying on the dip, as the index moved from a Read more -LSB-...]

For the previous week, Lipper data reported positive flows into investment - grade corporate bonds (June 3, 2015), which appeared to be buying on the dip, as the index moved from a yield of 2.89 % on May 29, 2015, to the June 3, 2015, level of 3.10 %.

Yet we believe another milestone is of far greater significance to investors: Yields on short - term U.S. investment grade (IG) corporate bonds also hit 3 % — an eight - year high.

If you are adept with spreadsheets, you can compute the expected return on the annuity and compare with, say, a long term investment grade corporate bond yield.

The income offered on DIAs will vary over time as market conditions change, being driven most notably by longer - term Treasury and investment grade corporate bond yields.

It reflects a consistent, industry - leading focus on fundholders, and thus, we are raising its Corporate Culture grade to an A from a B. Dimensional's investment philosophy is based on the idea that market prices reflect all publicly available information — commonly known as market efficiency.

On a nominal return basis, investment grade corporate bonds tracked in the S&P 500 Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index have outperformed tax - exempt bonds tracked in the S&P National AMT - Free Municipal Binvestment grade corporate bonds tracked in the S&P 500 Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index have outperformed tax - exempt bonds tracked in the S&P National AMT - Free Municipal Bocorporate bonds tracked in the S&P 500 Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index have outperformed tax - exempt bonds tracked in the S&P National AMT - Free Municipal BInvestment Grade Corporate Bond Index have outperformed tax - exempt bonds tracked in the S&P National AMT - Free Municipal BoCorporate Bond Index have outperformed tax - exempt bonds tracked in the S&P National AMT - Free Municipal Bond Index.

If you want to pick your own non-core high - yield North American corporate bond fund, TD offers the TD High Yield Bond Fund, which focuses mainly on BB and B rated issues at the higher quality end of below - investment grade and mostly hedges its U.S. currency exposure back to the Canadian dollar.

Recently, investment - grade corporates yielded on average 115 basis points above government bonds.

In Canada, investment - grade corporates have historically traded on average a full percentage point (100 «basis points») above Government of Canada yields.

The rest is invested in short and longer investment grade corporate, and a small wager on the Swiss Franc appreciating.

Corporate bonds are considered to be riskier than government bonds because the investment grade rating of corporate bonds varies depending on the debt issuance and revenue of theCorporate bonds are considered to be riskier than government bonds because the investment grade rating of corporate bonds varies depending on the debt issuance and revenue of thecorporate bonds varies depending on the debt issuance and revenue of the company.

It is based on the ICE BofAML Diversified High Yield US Emerging Markets Corporate Plus Index which tracks the performance of corporate bonds denominated in US dollars with an average credit rating below investmeCorporate Plus Index which tracks the performance of corporate bonds denominated in US dollars with an average credit rating below investmecorporate bonds denominated in US dollars with an average credit rating below investment grade.

Guggenheim, for example, offers 20 investment - grade and high - yield corporate bond target - maturity - date ETFs under its BulletShares brand, with maturities at different years (2017, 2018 and so on); iShares offers 17 target - maturity - date bond ETFs.

Each fund has a stated objective, generally focusing on a particular sector, such as corporate or Treasury bonds, or broad category, such as investment grade or high yield.

Average yields on investment - grade corporate bonds have risen just 2 basis points this month to 96 basis points more than Treasuries, while junk bond yields are up just 7 basis points to 253 basis points over Treasuries, according to Merrill Lynch data.

Investment - grade corporate bonds, as measured by the S&P U.S. Issued Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index, are up 0.09 % for the month, while lower quality high - yield bonds represented by the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index are up 0.7 % on tcorporate bonds, as measured by the S&P U.S. Issued Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index, are up 0.09 % for the month, while lower quality high - yield bonds represented by the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index are up 0.7 % on tCorporate Bond Index, are up 0.09 % for the month, while lower quality high - yield bonds represented by the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index are up 0.7 % on tCorporate Bond Index are up 0.7 % on the month.

We are in a position where yields on short Treasuries are nonexistent, investment grade and junk yields are low for corporates, and equities are rallying, but there is little growth, or some shrinkage in productive capacity.