The low rate environment and continued demand for yield generating asset classes has pushed the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index returns to 4.32 % year to date as yields have fallen by 38bps
since year end.
In any event, continued deterioration
since year end in indexes like the ABX triple - A index indicate that Fannie, based on the different vintages it owns, should conservatively take another $ 14 billion charge, according to Barron's estimates.
Sadly the trend is not heading the right direction, the percent of frozen homeowners is up
since year end.
With assets totaling $ 16.7 billion as of April 22, 2015, an increase of approximately 380 %
since year end 2014, Deutsche X-trackers continues to be among the fastest growing ETF franchises in the US.1 The firm's global exchange traded products platform has grown to become the world's fifth largest, with approximately $ 56.8 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2014.2
Since year end 2009, cash per share has declined from $ 4.15 to $ 3.60.
The average yield of bonds in the S&P 500 7 - 10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index has fallen by 94bps
since year end as the yield thirsty market place has hunted yield oriented products.
Home purchase mortgage applications increased 2.1 % last week (15.9 % y / y), up 26.7 %
since year end.
Not exact matches
The scale of demand to borrow Sainsbury's stock has remained broadly stable
since the
end of last
year.
Co-founder Ryan Smith says the company has hosted over $ 100 million in sales orders
since founding in March 2016; he expects to do $ 500 million in sales orders by the
end of this
year.
«The anniversary has already opened old wounds for Camilla, people are being reminded of the fact that she was instrumental in
ending this marriage that was described as a fairy tale,» said Morton, who has released a revised version of his book to mark 25
years since its release.
Between
ending its work - from - home policy and acquiring Tumblr, Yahoo has undergone several big changes
since Marissa Mayer took the helm just over a
year ago.
New media outfit Diply emerged from seemingly nowhere in 2013 and has grown a whopping 92,881 %
since the
end of its first
year in business.
Mortgage rates, which loosely follow the 10 -
year Treasury, hit their highest level
since the
end of March, breaking out of a tight range where they'd been sitting for weeks.
It is also a
year in which, in the three biggest men's sports, women have made strides: the NFL added its first female ref and its first female coach (Jen Welter, whose internship with the Arizona Cardinals has
since ended), and the NBA added its second female assistant coach (Nancy Lieberman) and its first female Summer League coach (Becky Hammon).
And it's possible the province will update their transportation laws
since the outgoing Liberal government has pledged to legalize ride - sharing services by the
end of the
year.
Abe is Japan's seventh prime minister
since Koizumi
ended a five -
year term in 2006.
For now, though,
since launching the website and the iOS app at the
end of last
year, the cofounders say it hasn't been hard for their innovative concept to take hold in the UAE market.
Apple's 2.4 percent drop
year - to - date in 2018 is its steepest
since 2016, although in that
year the company had already reported by the
end of April.
Since that time, the Washington, D.C. - based company has opened five new stores in New York City, Boston and Philadelphia, with plans to open two more New York stores before the
end of the
year.
After 16
years and $ 120 billion spent on the reconstruction of Afghanistan
since the US invasion, the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces are alarmingly unprepared to take on the resurgent Taliban that's slowly clawed back territory
since NATO combat operations
ended there in 2014.
Even if you have to put aside saving for a a couple of months or even a
year, it's totally worth it in the
end since you can now put that monthly payment towards your retirement savings and not an outrageous interest rate.
Transgender servicemembers have been able to serve openly in the military
since last
year, when former Defense Secretary Ash Carter
ended the ban, declaring it the right thing to do.
The government forecasts the economy will grow 4.5 - 5.5 percent this
year, although expectations are for the figure to come at the low
end of the range, in danger of its slowest growth
since 2009, during the Global Financial Crisis, when the economy contracted.
He said
years of «breathtakingly massive» corporate stock buybacks
since the
end of the Great Recession are giving way to the high -
end retail investor taking the reins.
Meanwhile its currency, the ringgit, has hit levels seen
since the 1998 Asian Financial Crisis and lost as much as 28 percent of its value against the U.S. dollar from the beginning of the
year through the
end of September.
Even though the average American's 401 (k) balance rose 2 %
since the first quarter of the
year, the average account was still down 2.5 % for the three months
ending in June compared to a
year ago, according to a Fidelity analysis of 14.2 million people through the
end of June.
The government forecasts growth of 4.5 - 5.5 percent this
year, although expectations are for the figure to come at the low
end of the range, putting Malaysia in danger of its slowest growth
since 2009, during the Global Financial Crisis, when the economy contracted.
The pan-European STOXX 600 benchmark
ended flat at the
end of a choppy day, marginally weighed down after the U.S. 10 -
year Treasury yield rose above 3 percent for the first time
since 2014.
The index also snapped an eight - day winning streak — its longest in four
years — and also
ended a streak of six straigh record closes, the longest such streak
since 1997.
Last
year, 2014,
ended with five million job openings ---- the highest number
since 2001, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
At the
end of last
year, it requested comment from the public on how natural should be used in food labeling
since at present there is no standard definition on the term.
«Job cuts have already surpassed last
year's total and are on track to
end the
year as the highest annual total
since 2009, when nearly 1.3 million layoffs were announced at the tail -
end of the recession,» said John A. Challenger, CEO of Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
While there have been improvements in some labour market indicators, the number of people who have been unemployed for over a
year has remained frustratingly high
since the
end of the recession, as shown in the graph below.
«
Since we announced our plan to separate in October, we've made significant progress and remain on track to complete the separation by the
end of the fiscal
year 2015.»
The yield on Greece's three -
year bond, which has surged from 4 % to 13.5 %
since October, is now reflecting serious expectations that the country may
end up outside of the Eurozone and unable to repay its euro - denominated debts.
Since Macri's election at the
end of last
year, both US President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry have visited Argentina.
That's why a brightening economic picture in 2013 (U.S. GDP grew by an average of 3.4 % in the second half of 2013 and job growth was the highest
since the
end of the recession) helped improve TravelCenters» performance and stock last
year.
The National Retail Foundation reported that sales reached $ 691.9 billion in November and December, which surpassed projections and marked the biggest
year - over-
year increase
since the
end of the Great Recession.
Since it was founded in 1977, Elliott has made gains of 13.3 percent annually after tax, only ever
ending a
year down in 1998 and 2008, according to an investor letter seen by Reuters.
Since he started selling on Amazon, Grant says the business is on track to top $ 8 million in total sales by the
end of this
year.
Alibaba has
since blossomed, echoing China's growing economic might, with earnings of $ 2.9 billion through the first nine months of its last fiscal
year ending in March.
The outcome of the wager, which concludes at the
end of this
year, is the latest reminder of the momentum that low - cost passive investing has gained
since the financial crisis.
Since running a franchise involves an ongoing relationship with the franchisor, be sure to get the details on the purchasing process — everything that happened from the day the franchisee signed the agreement to the
end of the first
year in business.
Signs started last
year, including «seed and late - stage valuations are rapidly inflating, hiring talent in Silicon Valley is the toughest
since the last bubble and investors are starting to openly wonder how this one will
end.»
Since 2008 auto loans from the Canadian banks have grown at an annual compound growth rate of 21 %, hitting $ 72 billion as of the
end of last
year.
Governors seeking re-election this
year took office at the
end of the worst downturn
since the Great Depression.
«That gut - wrenching, heartbreaking statement is a reminder of how we felt in the wake of Sandy Hook on December 14 a
year and a half ago when it seemed like we were on the verge of potentially legislation that would stop the madness and
end the insanity that has killed too many young people, thousands, tens of thousands
since Sandy Hook,» Blumenthal said.
Prices have rebounded sharply
since mid-January, when palladium's 18 - month bear market
ended at a 5 -
year low of US$ 469 per ounce.
The Fed has hiked its benchmark rate four times
since December 2015 and was on target for one more before
year's
end.
The California company
ended last
year with its strongest sales quarter
since its current owners bought the business, in 1995.