Sentences with phrase «rather than government bonds»

Not exact matches

Fill the bulk of your portfolio with a combination of high - rated bonds (weighted toward corporate, rather than government, debt) and high - quality, dividend - paying equities, and you likely won't take a hit.

It's similar to the U.S. government's quantitative easing, but rather than trying to buy government bonds to push interest rates lower — rates are already at zero — the goal is to push the yen down and combat chronic deflation.

B.C.'s relative fiscal stability affords Clark and her government the opportunity to spend their time pursuing their chosen agenda rather than satisfying the needs of the bond market.

In essence, if correct, this means there is less price risk in government debt securities than corporate fixed income issues, and therefore the extra 10 % should largely be made up of government bonds rather than corporates and preferred shares.

Rather than follow the Stalin model of turning an agrarian society of Russia into a state - owned industrial superpower like the USSR - killing millions of your own people in the process, incidentally - Myerson suggests that the government own all businesses by buying the stocks and bonds of all businesses as an «investment» in the private sector.

It also appears that the ECB will concentrate on reducing its purchases of government (rather than corporate) bonds, but here issuance is increasing, with the net amount of eurozone government debt set to expand in 2018, in contrast to the contraction seen over the previous 18 months.

Banks receive government bonds or central bank deposits in exchange for their bad debts, accepted at face value rather than at «mark - to - market» prices.

While spreads between yields on highly - rated corporate bonds and government bonds have remained above their historical averages, this continues to reflect strong demand for Commonwealth Government bonds rather than concerns about corporate credigovernment bonds have remained above their historical averages, this continues to reflect strong demand for Commonwealth Government bonds rather than concerns about corporate crediGovernment bonds rather than concerns about corporate credit quality.

In other words, central banks should consider printing money for governments to spend directly rather than just to buy up bonds.

As well as indicating the reductions would be concentrated on its purchases of government (rather than corporate) bonds, the ECB subsequently provided details of its previously purchased securities that are set to mature over the next 12 months.

In fact, a recent report even found that 30 % of millennials would rather invest in cryptocurrencies than stocks or government bonds.

Improper public to private communication might seem trivial in an environment as open as bond markets but the truth is that private actors are poorly informed and, in more cases than expected, react to media reports rather than information from the Spanish government or other official sources.

A bond rating is similar to a credit rating, but it applies to the state government rather than to an individual.

I remember reading long ago that if you want to add bonds to your portfolio, to buy them directly rather than in a bond mutual fund because a bond fund holds more risk, especially when it comes to government bonds.

However, given that they are an investment plan that relies on the government rather than the private sector, there are many special rules and regulations that only apply to bonds.

But, the bond yields should not go up much from here, rather it could go down as well if the economy does better than expected and the government is able to contain its fiscal deficit, which looks difficult in the current scenario.

Rather than limiting yourself to the basics, you can find ETFs that zero in on specific categories of bonds or stocks: Short - term or long - term bonds, government or corporate bonds, large companies, small companies, dividend payers and many others.

Governments, municipalities, and corporations issue zero coupon bonds, which are designed and priced to attract investors who prefer a single payout on maturity rather than a series of payments over a number of months or years.

If government bonds carried risks similar to stocks, then there would likely be more reasons to hold bonds as funds rather than individually.

Favor investments in that country's government bonds rather than its stocks.

So rather than waiting 5 years, they can double their investment 18 months after they joined the program, put another half a million Euros in government bonds and then apply for citizenship.