Coupon stripping can also divide up a larger bond with a particular interest rate into a series of smaller bonds with different interest rates to satisfy investors» demands for
particular types of bonds.
The portfolio might invest in
a particular type of bond (government, municipal, mortgage or high - yield) or a particular maturity range (short - term: three years or less; intermediate term: three to 10 years; or long - term: usually 10 years or longer).
Not exact matches
Mutual funds and ETFs that include stocks may focus on a
particular type of stocks, such as blue chip stocks, or may include other securities, such as
bonds.
Diversify among different
types of stock funds and
bond funds, and forget the false hope
of building your future on the fortunes
of particular companies.
Analysis
of phase - change materials showed that they work because
of a
particular kind
of chemical
bonding, called resonant
bonding — a
type of bond in which electrons flip back and forth between several adjacent atoms.
Choosing
bonds of different
types (government, agency, corporate, municipal, mortgage - backed securities, etc.) creates protection from the possibility
of losses in any
particular market sector.
While defining a
bond is usually more straightforward, the characteristics
of a
particular bond can differ based on the
type of bond, the issuer, and the investor's preferences.
Besides analyzing the specific
type of bond involved and the issuer's credit - worthiness, there are several other factors to consider: the trends within the issuer's sector; whether the corporation is best
of breed for its
particular sector; the quality
of the management team; and the overall economic environment.
Mutual funds and ETFs that include stocks may focus on a
particular type of stocks, such as blue chip stocks, or may include other securities, such as
bonds.
Another
type of structured product refers to a packaging or repackaging
of bonds together with various
types of interest rate swaps and / or credit derivatives to change the interest and principal payment stream, in order to provide an investor with a
particular risk profile that they want.
Speech interaction experiments between adult dogs and humans showed that this
particular type of speech improves dog attention and may help humans to socially
bond with their pets.