But other investors are wondering whether they should
sell their bond holdings, gather all their cash, and plunge everything into stocks to try to cash in on the last market blast before a blowoff occurs.
Bond vigilantes (investors who
sell bond holdings to force fiscal discipline) have not been visibly active for quite some time, although the pressing nature of the increasing federal debt burden may make them more active in the near future.
Not exact matches
Institutional investors (such as pension funds) routinely insist on
holding only highly - rated securities, so a downgrade can force them to
sell that issuer's
bonds.
If this trade fight escalates, China could fire back by
selling a large chunk of the $ 1.17 trillion of U.S. treasury
bonds it
holds.
Yardeni, a market historian, coined the term «
bond vigilantes» in the 1980s to refer to investors who
sell their
holdings in an effort to enforce fiscal discipline.
With a fresh picture of your 2016 results and how your
holdings are divided between stocks,
bonds and cash, it should be easy to «rebalance» —
sell some
holdings and add to others to get back to the proper mix for your long - term plans.
Careful portfolio management, he said, would allow the central bank to absorb the losses over time by trying to
hold bonds to maturity rather than
selling at a loss.
Holding a
bond ladder that you can liquidate when the market is down provides the alternative to
selling stocks at the worst possible times, and allows you to wait until the stock market recovers.
Municipal Investment Trust - Municipal Investment Trust is the entities that
hold a stake in the numerous municipal
bonds and then
sell share to the public that represent an interest in those
bonds.
If you buy a
bond for less than face value on the secondary market (known as a market discount) and you either
hold it until maturity or
sell it at a profit, that gain will be subject to federal and state taxes.
I would be interested if you could compare your 60/40 mix to a 60/40 mix using 5 - year
bonds that are laddered so that they can be
held to maturity and used when needed as they mature, and therefore never need to be
sold at a loss.
Whether the fund's mandate is broad or narrow,
bond funds invest in many different securities — often buying and
selling according to market conditions and rarely
holding bonds until maturity — so it's an easier way to achieve diversification even with a small investment.
Oppenheimer, the large mutual fund company, also owned some of the
bonds issued by Remington, but said it
sold its debt
holdings last year.
These indicated that some on the committee wanted to begin
selling off the
bond holdings acquired during the quantitative easing of previous years.
Interest rates
hold steady as Fed begins to
sell bonds The Federal Reserve's policy of so - called quantitative easing is coming to an end as the Fed announced this week it will begin
selling the
bonds acquired in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.
I'm assuming you're planning to
hold until maturity, since the rising interest rate environment will reduce the price of the
bonds, should you decide to
sell.
A downgrade in the credit rating of a
bond by the credit agencies can affect
bond performance as well if institutional investors are forced to
sell because of restrictions on the credit quality of the
bonds they're able to
hold.
When it comes to
selling bonds, you have a default option that always allows you to avoid the retail bid / ask beating: just
hold the
bond until it is called or matures.
Yes, any investments you'll need to
sell for income in the next few years should be
held in less - volatile
holdings like
bonds, or kept in cash.
«With the Fed, for now, no longer in the
bond buying business, but rather net
selling its debt
holdings, who will lend needed capital to the US Treasury, especially if the deficit is growing?
Each time you buy or
sell a
bond it cost a painful # 39.95, which works out at about 0.5 % one - off charge on even a large portfolio of # 40,000 assuming you
hold to maturity — which you might not.
If you don't plan to
sell, however, you won't realize the capital loss, just as you wouldn't realize it if you
held an individual
bonds.
To make things even more difficult, investors are increasingly buying to
hold to maturity for the simple reason that if spreads are going to tighten, it is difficult to find a replacement once a
bond is
sold.
Taxation Of Distributions Besides taxes on capital gains incurred from
selling shares of ETFs, investors are also subject to pay taxes on periodic distributions, which can be dividends paid out from the underlying stock
holdings, interest from
bond holdings, return of capital (ROC) or capital gains — which come in two forms: long - term gains and short - term gains.
Just which investor groups have large
bond holdings that could theoretically be
sold as a potential funding source for stock purchases and what is the likelihood this «rotation» will occur?
Ideally, you'd
hold a
bond to maturity to reap the full benefit of a guaranteed payback, but you can
sell early on the secondary market (via a broker).
Central banks tend to
hold reserves in government
bonds, which are easy to buy and
sell.
The offering, which was
sold as a private placement, was the largest dollar - denominated corporate
bond sale since Roche
Holding issued $ 16.5 billion of debt in February 2009.
Also funds and ETFs that
hold corporate
bonds and hedge by
selling treasury
bond futures may lose value if the spread between corporate
bond yields and treasury
bond yields widens.
The simplest — and most drastic — action that an investor can take is to
sell some of their current
bond holdings and leave the proceeds in an interest bearing cash account or money - market fund which might benefit from a rise in interest rates.
Does this make me a
sell out to the breast feeding Mum who gets up ten times a night to
hold her little darling in a loving «
bonding» embrace?
Now, if the dealer
sells more than 50 used cars annually, the surety
bond,
held as a consumer protection raised from $ 10,000 to $ 100,000.
Senator Klein's bill (S. 5485A) increases required surety
bonds used car dealerships must
hold as a consumer protection from $ 10,000 to $ 100,000 if the used car dealership
sells more than 50 cars annually.
Figueroa is accused of
selling cocaine in Margaretville, he was
held in the Delaware County Correctional Facility on $ 25,000 cash bail or $ 50,000 bail
bond.
These projects were approved by California voters and were supposed to be funded by the sale of state
bonds — but they've been on
hold because the state's poor credit rating has made state
bonds all but impossible to
sell.
An advantage of a TIPS Ladder is that you
hold all of your
bonds to maturity, which avoids the expenses and the possibility of loss when
selling on the secondary market.
You have reduced the risk in your portfolio by
selling down some of your equity
holdings, and you are now looking to build out a
bond ladder for future income needs.
Because the semiannual inflation adjustments of a TIPS
bond are considered taxable income by the IRS, even though investors don't see that money until they
sell the
bond or it reaches maturity, some investors prefer to get TIPS through a TIPS mutual fund or exchange traded fund (ETF), or to only
hold them in tax - deferred retirement accounts to avoid tax complications.
Compare this to perhaps a slightly higher fee, active high yield
bond manager who only
holds more liquid, higher quality positions with an investor base perhaps not as eager to hit that
sell button during periods of market turmoil.
I don't
hold this view with a ton of confidence, but today's selloff was supposedly due to the Fed deciding to consider
selling some of the
bonds that they have bought over the last six months or so.
If you find that for whatever reason your portfolio is much more aggressive than you are, you need to scale it back — that is,
sell off some of your stock
holdings and reinvest the proceeds in
bonds and / or cash.
When you
hold both stocks and
bonds and rebalance at the end of each year, you're essentially using the «low correlation» as a way to
sell high / buy low.
In addition, Internal Revenue Service Publications 550, «Investment Income and Expenses,» and 1212, «List of Original Issue Discount Instruments,» may provide useful information for investors who buy,
hold or
sell market discount
bonds.
However, it's worth noting that current yields assume that
bonds will be
held to maturity; some market participants may believe they will be able to
sell the
bonds for more than they paid (i.e., yields will fall even more).
For example, the rule generally will not apply if an individual, while
holding tax - exempt
bonds, takes out a mortgage to purchase a residence rather than
selling the
bonds to finance the purchase.
A long - term gain requires that a
bond be
held for more than 12 months before it is
sold; a short - term gain is the result of
holding a
bond for 12 months or less.
You never
hold to maturity as this is handled for you - in many cases, the manager will be buying and
selling bonds all the time in order to give you a stable fund that returns you a dividend.
There are two main approaches to
bond investing: a) Buy and
hold to maturity; and b) Buy and
sell prior to maturity (I believe this is how
bond funds work).
That means you can
sell it for nearly $ 10,000, since that's what the issuer will pay to whoever
holds the
bond.
By owning both stocks and
bonds, an investor can rebalance their
holding and always be buying low and
selling high.