Not exact matches
-LSB-...] the long - term
returns on bonds will certainly be lower
than average based on the
current yields.
Yield quotations more closely reflect the
current earnings of money market funds
than the total
return quotations.
The one - day loss for many funds, including Vanguard Total Bond Market, iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond, Pimco Total
Return and Metropolitan West Total
Return, while less
than a half a percentage point, still amounted to more
than 10 percent of their
current yield.
You won't see the same
returns as long - term laddering, but at least you get access to your money, the best
current CD rates for low maturities, and a better
yield than a savings account.
Here's the break - out, by fund inception date: Some observations: - Every fund listed (5 years or older) with
current yields of 6 % or more, lost more
than 20 % of its value in 2008, except three: PIMCO Income A PONAX, which lost only 6.0 %; TCW Total
Return Bond I TGLMX, which lost only 6.2 % (in 1994); and First Eagle High
Yield I FEHIX, which lost 15.8 %.
Yield more closely reflects
current performance
than total
return.
The seven - day
yield quotation more closely reflects the
current earnings of the fund
than the total
return quotation.
Another use of life insurance to reverse out an annuity, is when all you need for living expenses is a guaranteed after - tax -
return that is slightly higher
than current government bond
yields, and you want to leave an estate after death.
Keep in mind that this
yield is also more
than 150 basis points higher
than its five - year average, which leads back to one of the points I made earlier about undervaluation and higher
yield (which then results in more
current income, more aggregate income, and potentially higher total
return over the long run).
The
yield presented in this table more closely reflects the
current earnings of the Money Market Portfolio
than the total
return.
Rather
than rely on past averages to forecast future
returns, we use a building - block approach that adds
current yield, likely long - term growth in income, and some mean reversion in valuation multiples to create forward - looking
returns.
If there is a material difference between the quoted total
return and the quoted
current yield, the
yield quotation more closely reflects the
current earnings of the portfolio
than the total
return quotation.
As its name suggests, High Dividend
Yield has also done a better job of
returning current income to shareholders
than Dividend Appreciation.
I calculate that if I die at age 87, my
current life expectancy, the annuity will
return a
yield of less
than 0.7 %.
In recent years, astute parents have realized that rather
than merely paying rent for their children's accommodation, they can invest in an asset that can
yield good rental
returns given the
current ongoing demand.
Sometimes they just need to cash out of a particular real estate investment and others they actually feel like the
current market will
yield a higher
return than waiting for the end of a lease.
At times when the
yield spread was less
than 80 basis points — when REIT dividend
yields were extraordinarily high, reflecting REIT stock prices that were especially low relative to
current distributions — REIT performance over the next year tended to be especially strong, with total
returns that averaged 20.81 percent and outpaced the broad stock market by 5.67 percentage points.
At times when the
yield spread was greater
than 180 basis points — that is, when REIT dividend
yields were extraordinarily low, reflecting REIT stock prices that were especially high relative to their
current distributions — REIT performance over the next year tended to be weak, with total
returns that averaged 6.98 percent and underperformed the broad stock market by 1.84 percentage points.