Sentences with phrase «quality investment grade credit»

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Cannon figures that the average credit quality of a the big banks lending portfolio probably falls halfway between high - yield debt and investment grade.

(«AAA» and «AA» indicate a high credit - quality investment grade.)

You can invest in bond funds by stated maturities (short - term, intermediate - term, long - term), credit quality (treasuries, junk bonds, investment grade corporate bonds) or pretty much any other way you can separate bond investments.

The fund can purchase securities of any credit quality, including those in default, but it will primarily invest in investment - grade debt, with no more than 20 % of the portfolio invested in junk bonds.

In the credit markets, both investment - grade and high - yield corporate bonds had negative returns for the first time in eight quarters, with down - in - quality subsectors in each unconventionally outperforming higher quality ones.

Another way is to boost yield is to relax credit quality a little by opting for investment grade corporate bonds instead of triple - A government treasuries.

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

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.

By contrast, high - quality bonds such as those found in investment - grade corporate funds like the iShares 1 - 3 Year Credit Bond ETF (CSJ A-89) and the iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD A-66), etc.), or in Treasury portfolios such as the iShares 1 - 3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY A-97) or the iShares 10 - 20 Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLH B - 65), etc.) tend to buffer portfolio volatility to a much greatinvestment - grade corporate funds like the iShares 1 - 3 Year Credit Bond ETF (CSJ A-89) and the iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD A-66), etc.), or in Treasury portfolios such as the iShares 1 - 3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY A-97) or the iShares 10 - 20 Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLH B - 65), etc.) tend to buffer portfolio volatility to a much greatInvestment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD A-66), etc.), or in Treasury portfolios such as the iShares 1 - 3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY A-97) or the iShares 10 - 20 Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLH B - 65), etc.) tend to buffer portfolio volatility to a much greater degree.

We like U.S. investment - grade credit, hard - currency EM debt, stocks in selected EMs and global quality and dividend growth stocks.

In general, bonds are divided into two broad levels of credit quality — investment grade (IG) and high yield (HY).

Two of the largest risks are that the average credit quality of bonds in this sector is well below investment grade and the heavy issuance of zero coupon bonds creates a sector that has one of the longest durations in the municipal bond market.

Adding a high quality, 100 % investment grade, sleeve such as the S&P U.S. High Quality Preferred Stock Index, into a preferred portfolio can improve portfolio credit quality which may mitigate the impact of a market sequality, 100 % investment grade, sleeve such as the S&P U.S. High Quality Preferred Stock Index, into a preferred portfolio can improve portfolio credit quality which may mitigate the impact of a market seQuality Preferred Stock Index, into a preferred portfolio can improve portfolio credit quality which may mitigate the impact of a market sequality which may mitigate the impact of a market sell off.

Interest rates in these countries are at least 4 % higher than in the U.S. or Europe and the credit quality of most of these countries is investment grade, plus the holdings of the larger ETFs are so widely distributed that unless one had a major financial crisis, similar to the Asian crisis in 1995 or the financial meltdown in 2008, one's investment should weather most isolated storms.

To mitigate the risk of the company going bankrupt, risk - averse investors will typically purchase high credit - quality investment grade bonds with AAA or AA ratings.

Liquid and UST funds also hold an equally good credit quality (investment grade AA / AAA) in their portfolios.

This flight to quality movement also impacted credit spreads, which widened for both investment grade and high yield corporate bonds, negatively impacting the returns of bonds in those sectors.

Investment grade bonds are the highest quality bonds as assessed by a credit ratings agency.

These are bonds paying a high rate of interest because the issuers are of lesser credit quality than government and investment - grade corporate bonds.

In addition, these funds must invest primarily in investment - grade fixed - income securities, such that the average credit quality of the portfolio as a whole is investment grade (BBB or equivalent rating or higher) and not more than 25 % of the portfolio's holdings are invested in high yield fixed income securities.

Jettison a lower quality junk bond ETF for a higher quality investment grade corporate bond ETF like iShares Intermediate Credit (CIU).

Therefore, Cerulli says, within the context of high - quality fixed - income portfolios, insurers will «generally try to add credit risk on the margin, taking advantage of an individual credit falling a notch or two either within the investment - grade universe, or into the upper reaches of high - yield / non-investment-grade spectrum.»

Suppose you own a corporate bond rated BBB (lower - investment - grade quality) that is yielding 7.00 % and you find a triple - A-rated (higher - investment - grade quality) corporate bond that is yielding 6.70 %.1 You could swap into the superior - credit, triple - A-rated bond by sacrificing only 30 basis points (one basis point is 1 / 100th of one percent, or.01 %).

We prefer an up - in - quality stance in credit, favoring investment grade over high yield.

Learn about the top five mutual funds that invest in corporate bonds that have investment grade quality and speculative credit ratings.

«AAA» and «AA» (high credit quality) and «A» and «BBB» (medium credit quality) are considered investment grade.

Seeks to generate higher levels of income by having the flexibility to invest a portion of the portfolio in lower credit quality investment - grade bonds2

The inclusion of lower credit quality investment grade bonds may introduce additional risk for the portfolio.

Investments are restricted to fixed - income securities with an average credit quality rating of double - A and minimum credit quality rating of investment grade.

Another lesson is that investing for the average investment grade credit quality is good also.

These institutions will continue to be credit quality conscious first and foremost, as will individual holders of investment grade, tax - free, municipal obligations.

Because of their typically attractive yields and investment - grade credit ratings, fixed - rate capital securities can help investors achieve enhanced returns without sacrificing credit quality.

Even within securities considered investment grade, differences exist in credit quality and some investment - grade debt securities may have speculative characteristics.