Sentences with phrase «quality bond positions»

When the inevitable slowdown eventually occurs, stocks will fall, central banks will lower rates, bond yields will fall and high - quality bond positions will be rewarded.»

Not exact matches

When people see banks browbeating the bond rating agencies and accounting firms to whitewash the quality of what they're pawning off on their customers, when they see bank lobbyists getting Washington to block state prosecutions of financial fraud so as to clear the way for more predatory lending and false packaging of the junk securities they're selling and to win the right not to reveal their true financial position, there's a good reason not to buy what's in these black boxes.

The Fund maintains an overweighted position in high - quality corporate and provincial issues and an underweighted position in Canadian federal bonds.

The basic point here is that by focusing on declining credit quality you put yourself in a position to sell a bond long before any potential default.

We favor a more even yield - curve exposure today (with positions across maturities) and a more defensive (higher - quality) credit profile — as volatility and heightened credit concerns could lead to significantly wider spreads in the high - yield - bond market.

Compare this to perhaps a slightly higher fee, active high yield bond manager who only holds more liquid, higher quality positions with an investor base perhaps not as eager to hit that sell button during periods of market turmoil.

However, when stocks go through a rough patch, active managers can get defensive by moving to cash, high - quality bonds or other protective positions and slow the bleeding.

Why not sell down the positions a little and buy some high quality short - to - intermediate - term bonds?