Sentences with phrase «quality bonds at»

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That means looking at the fund's objective, average maturity, credit quality, yield and the composition of the holdings by bond type.

A high quality muni - bond portfolio can yield close to 4 % tax free, with inflation essentially not existent and equities at an all time high I'm curious if there is a flaw in my logic?

This way, if a bear market occurs, you have a year of cash becoming available at the maturity date so that you do not have to sell stocks, and in a bull market you can buy new bonds as the ones you own mature, and you thereby benefit from the higher interest rates that high quality bonds give versus cash or CDs.

So while these «fallen angel» bonds have the potential to be intrinsically higher quality than debt originally issued at the junk or high - yield level, undue structural selling pressure from the downgrade can cause them to sell at a discount.

Using this approach, at least 50 % of a stock portfolio would be invested in the stocks of larger firms, and at least 50 % of a bond portfolio would be invested in high - quality bonds (government bonds, high - quality corporates and municipals).

On average, high - quality corporate bonds currently have yields that are at least one percentage point higher than Treasury bonds.

So, market participants who buy and sell bonds at different prices are expressing different views about a number of variables: the likelihood that these cash flows will be received (credit quality); the velocity at which they may be received (prepayment or extension); their relative value to other bonds; and their interest rates relative to prevailing rates.

Founded in 1880 as California's 29th bonded winery, Geyser Peak has been at the forefront of quality wine production since its earliest days.

Designed as a source of inspiration for our love of modern & vintage style, Kiokko strives to offer stylish baby accessories with simple designs at premium quality, resulting in a passionate bond of practicality and perfection.

At those moments, the «quality» emerged from the sheer quantity of time spent together; familiarity building up until quietly, below the surface, a bond of trust was forged, memories were made.

Earthworks Institute strives to improve the quality of life for residents of the Greater Rochester area by providing education and mentoring programs that teach invaluable life - skills and social responsibility, while at the same time building healthy, lasting bonds between land and community.

A source had told Newsday that it will include at least $ 2 billion, probably in a bond act, to address water quality concerns statewide.

Instead, Wang and his colleagues identified a relationship between a feature of the bonds linking carbon and hydrogen in methane molecules — a quality they deemed «clumpiness» — and the rate at which methane was produced: The clumpier the bond, the slower the rate of methanogenesis.

The movie's rich three - strip Technicolor gives the whole thing a picture - book quality, yet what we're seeing here with Flynn at his zenith is actually the forebearer of James Bond, Indiana Jones et al: the sheer essence of the celluloid action hero.

«To construct / renovate classrooms, restrooms / school facilities to improve the quality of education at Brittan Elementary School, build a gymnasium for school and community use; repair, construct, acquire classrooms, sites and equipment, shall this Brittan Elementary School District measure be adopted to issue $ 4,000,000 of bonds at legal rates, levy approximately 3 cents / $ 100 assessed value, generating approximately $ 260,000 annually while bonds are outstanding, with annual audits, independent citizens» oversight, NO money for salaries, all money staying local?»

«To improve the quality of education; make health and safety improvements; modernize / construct classrooms, restrooms and school facilities: and improve P.E. fields and facilities; shall Laton Joint Unified School District issue $ 7,000,000 of bonds at legal rates, averaging $ 421,000 annually as long as bands are outstanding at a rate of approximately 6 cents per $ 100 assessed value, with annual audits, an independent citizens» oversight committee, no money for salaries, and funding that can not be taken by the State?»

Even though this new car looks a lot like the model it replaces, the folks at Morgan point out that there's an all - new, hand - crafted, bonded and riveted aluminum body while the interior now has better quality leather upholstery and comfort - oriented features like cruise control and a new touch screen infotainment system.

So, market participants who buy and sell bonds at different prices are expressing different views about a number of variables: the likelihood that these cash flows will be received (credit quality); the velocity at which they may be received (prepayment or extension); their relative value to other bonds; and their interest rates relative to prevailing rates.

Although the advisor intends to invest at least 65 % of the fund's net assets in municipal bonds rated investment grade or in unrated municipal bonds that fund management believes are of comparable quality, it is possible that in the future the fund could invest up to 100 % of its assets in «junk bonds.»

If I am correct (and I am not at all certain that I am), bank bonds are treated as high quality reserves for making new loans.

«In our view this is probably a generational opportunity for high quality corporate bonds and provincials and federal agency bonds,» says Scott Lamont, head of fixed income at Phillips, Hager & North Investment Management Ltd., and manager of the firm's bond fund, a top - rated performer on the MoneySense Best Mutual Funds Honor Roll.

(2) U.S. financial expert Harold Evensky's version of the bucket strategy calls for maintaining two years worth of spending needs in a highly liquid «cash flow reserve account» and at least three years of spending needs in high - quality short - term bonds.

«The big question for advisors with HNW clients is whether this cap on SALT deductions will significantly weaken the credit quality of bonds being issued as tax - exempt by local authorities,» says Jason Staley, an advisor at Pittsburgh - based Schneider Downs Wealth Management Advisors, which manages more than $ 1.3 billion.

Other factors to consider when looking at individual bonds include the credit quality of the issuer and the time until the bond matures.

A high quality bond rating of AAA from Standard and Poor's, for example, means the bond is of the highest investment quality, suggesting the company will have the ability to pay both principal and interest at maturity.

Franklin Income & Wellesley Income are NOT nearly identical - look at allocation of stocks / bonds and quality and term of bonds between the two funds.

Credit quality1 A bond's credit quality indicates the likelihood that its issuer will fulfill its obligation to pay the interest owed and repay the principal at maturity.

Swapping for quality becomes especially attractive for investors who are concerned about a potential downturn within a specific market sector or the economy at large, as it could negatively impact bond holdings with lower credit ratings.

Barclay's U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is made up of the Barclay's U.S. Government / Corporate Bond Index, Mortgage - Backed Securities Index, and Asset - Backed Securities Index, including securities that are of investment grade quality or better, have at least one year to maturity, and have an outstanding par value of at least $ 100 million.

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 dolbond 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 dolBond 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.

I am not unsympathetic here as public pension plans essentially say, «Well we have to earn enough to meet our actuarial funding targets, and at this point, bonds of the highest quality don't help us.

If company ABC (Rating: AAA) wanted to issue bonds at 5.00 % their competitor XYZ (Rating: AA) would have to pay a higher yield to attract the equivalent investment because of the perceived lesser quality of their debt.

Running a small asset management shop like I do, at times like this I suggest to clients that they might want more bonds (with me that's short and high quality now), but few do that.

The only uncorrelated classes at present are cash and bonds (the higher quality the better).

A quick look at the quality of investment grade municipal bonds compared to the corporate bond market can be seen in the graph below.

Most advisors recommend using a combination of risky and risk - free assets, or at least using low risk assets (like high quality short - term bond funds) to reduce the risk of your portfolio to a level that's appropriate for you.

Our fixed income strategy looks at corporate and government bond funds, higher and lower quality bonds funds and global and domestic bond funds.

In addition, unsupervised correspondent lenders (as opposed to brokers) must provide business and personal credit reports, audited financial statements, quality control plans, sanctions letters and funding programs, and finally post a fidelity bond of at least $ 300,000 and carry at least $ 300,000 of errors and omissions insurance.

At first glance, you might be tempted to skip high - quality bonds altogether.

Yield curve is a line that plots the interest rates, at a set point in time, of bonds having equal credit quality, but differing maturity dates.

We also believe corporate bonds will benefit from this legislation, as the lower tax rate and potentially improving balance sheets from repatriation could enhance credit quality at many companies.

Municipal bonds priced at a premium often provide the same return as par bonds that have the same credit quality and structure — with the added potential benefit of higher cash flows and lower market volatility.

Ben Carlson at A Wealth of Common Sense talks about lessons learned during this market sell - off and the proper place of high - quality bonds in a portfolio.

«At least in the next 10 years, high - quality bonds should play an important role in diversification and dampening risk for clients.»

But, what are you experiencing if anything on the asset side of your portfolio at present, I assume that it's just ordinary payments of cash flows from your mortgage bonds and other assets, because you have a fairly high quality portfolio we use the way the rating agencies rate them.

The time will come to end the high quality long bond trade, but at present, who knows?

Though it may have seemed a good idea at the time, allowing for lower quality collateral has caused the creditworthiness of several catastrophe bonds to suffer as Lehman defaulted, and as losses on subprime mortgages rose.

The fund seeks to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation by investing at least 80 % of its net assets in bonds and investments that provide exposure to bonds, including global debt obligations of any credit quality, maturity or duration, and derivatives.

A yield curve is a line that plots the interest rates, at a set point in time, of bonds having equal credit quality but differing maturity dates.

Most bonds also have a credit quality rating, which is an estimate of the future risk that the bond issuer could fail to make regular payments or pay back the loan at the end of the period.