Sentences with phrase «rather than investment grade bonds»

All else equal, unless it possesses some sort of major offsetting advantage that makes the risk of non-payment low, a company with a low - interest coverage ratio will almost assuredly have bad bond ratings, increasing the cost of capital; e.g., its bonds will be classified as junk bonds rather than investment grade bonds.

Not exact matches

This is a market - based estimate of the amount of fear in the bond market Bass - rated bonds are the lowest quality bonds that are considered investment - grade, rather than high - yield.

Rather than pursue cross-over corporates or high - yield or even long - term investment grade corporates, we have stayed near the middle of the curve with funds like: (1) SPDR Nuveen Muni (TFI), (2) Vanguard Total Bond (BND), (3) iShares 7 - 10 Year Treasury (IEF) and (4) iShares 3 - 7 Year Treasury (IEI).

are expressing perplexity over the market for bonds, which is institutional and driven by accounting and regulatory concerns (ALM, pension funding regs, risk charges on surplus for holding equities, marking investment grade bonds at amortized cost rather than to market, etc.).