CLF pays out about 4.2 % in fully taxable interest, and
since its yield to maturity is just 1.4 %, you can expect it to suffer significant capital loss every year.
Not exact matches
debt obligations of the U.S. government that are issued at various intervals and with various
maturities; revenue from these bonds is used
to raise capital and / or refund outstanding debt;
since Treasury securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, they are generally considered
to be free from credit risk and thus typically carry lower
yields than other securities; the interest paid by Treasuries is exempt from state and local tax, but is subject
to federal taxes and may be subject
to the federal Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT); U.S. Treasury securities include Treasury bills, Treasury notes, Treasury bonds, zero - coupon bonds, Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS), and Treasury Auctions
Yields on U.S. 30 - year bonds, which are more sensitive than shorter
maturities to the outlook for inflation, have jumped almost 40 basis points
since last Friday and a $ 15 billion auction of the tenor on Thursday showed waning appetite for the securities.
The world's biggest wealth fund is for now sticking
to an overweight position in the shorter bond
maturities as the U.S. 10 - year Treasury
yield has broken through the 3 percent threshold for the first time
since 2014.
Exhibit 2 shows the
yield spread of various dividend indices versus the
yield -
to -
maturity of the S&P U.S. Treasury Bond 7 - 10 Year Index
since Dec. 17, 2015.
[1] Sovereign bonds have had a strong rally
since then; the total return rose 10.82 % YTD, while the
yield -
to -
maturity tightened 103 bps
to 3.21 %, according
to the S&P Philippines Sovereign Bond Index as of Aug. 4, 2016.
the relationship between interest rates and time, determined by plotting the
yields of all or as many bonds of similar credit quality (eg: Treasuries or AA - rated Corporates), against their
maturities;
yield curves typically slope upward
since longer
maturities normally have higher
yields, although it can be flat or even inverted; the Fixed Income Search Results Scattergraph shows several smoothed
yield curves for different fixed - income product types and credit qualities; these are based on bonds that Fidelity recognizes and are not equal
to the entire universe of bonds, which is significantly larger than the number of bonds offered by Fidelity on any given day
The S&P China Corporate Bond Index has expanded rapidly in the past 10 years, as the market value tracked by the index was RMB 18 trillion, which has increased 34-fold
since the index's first value date on Dec. 29, 2006, and the
yield -
to -
maturity stood at 5.04 % with a modified duration of 2.44 (see Exhibit 2 for the
yield comparison).
It's obvious that CDs have done and will do better than Treasuries of the same
maturity if held
to maturity,
since the
yield premiums have been very rich most of the time over the last 6.5 years, and currently are quite good.
Summarizing, it still seems prudent
to limit
maturities to about 15 years,
since absolute
yields are still below levels that would make longer - term TIPS a compelling buy regardless of the shape of the
yield curve.
At
maturity, the original face value of the bond would be multiplied by the cumulative inflation rate registered
since the date of issue
to obtain the final
yield at
maturity.