Sentences with phrase «term bonds hit»

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In the short term, the stock market will probably get a boost and bonds may take take a hit.

Withdrawals from bond funds accelerated after the rate hikes, hitting record levels (in dollar terms) for the week ending June 26.

Fed officials say they won't stop buying long - term bonds intended to bolster the recovery until the unemployment rate hits 7 percent.

Just to follow up my comments on bonds above, Rick Ferri has posted a useful piece showing how the «obvious» move to stay away from anything other than short - term bonds has hit a US investor's returns in the past few years:

Yet we believe another milestone is of far greater significance to investors: Yields on short - term U.S. investment grade (IG) corporate bonds also hit 3 % — an eight - year high.

One hallmark of the early post-crisis environment was a stable negative correlation between long - term U.S. Treasury and equity returns — bond returns being positive when stock returns took a hit.

Parts of the 80 - page federal complaint unsealed yesterday read like a James Bond novel — with code names («Herb» for Percoco, «Dr. K» for Kaloyeros) and code words («ziti» — a term allegedly caged from the hit HBO show «The Sporano» for the bribes Percoco took).

This week I experienced the Indie Bestseller group of authors, made up of Bella Andre, Hugh Howey, Jasinda Wilder, Barbara Freethy, Liliana Hart, Candice Hern and Stephanie Bond, all of whom are incredibly successful as indie authors, both in terms of hitting the big lists, satisfying readers, and making a very good living.

Yet we believe another milestone is of far greater significance to investors: Yields on short - term U.S. investment grade (IG) corporate bonds also hit 3 % — an eight - year high.

Real return bonds and high - yield bonds took the biggest hit, but even short - term and broad - based bond funds were terribly tax - inefficient.

In fact, as rates increase closer to long - term averages over the next few years then bonds and bond funds could get hit even further.

The stock of iShares Core Short Term High Quality Canada Bond Index ETF (TSE: XSQ) hit a new 52 - week low and has $ 17.37 target or 13.00 % below today's $ 19.96 share price.

okay here's my two cents worth folks im up for renewal and have just nagotiated a rate 5 yr variable1.75 persent or if i want a five yr fixed at 4.49 still quite a gap between fixed and variable here i believe i have a little lee way here apparently i was only interesed in variable and five yr fixed but i made it absulutly apparent to them that when lock in from a variable i get the whosale discounted rate at that time and written into the contract i kinda believe this the way the market is heading as we head out of ressesion and the bank of canada is going to make there move i believe coming up in june and just to make this firm i do not believe the boc will raise rates in fast mode far from it will be slow process i don't care what the ecconmists are thinking we have to remember manufactering sector is reallt taking a hit on the high dollar and don't forget our niegbours to the south how dependent our canada is with them i believe it will be a slow process a lot of people heve put themselves in a debt load over these enormously low interest rates but i may be wrong i think a variable is the way to go if you want to work on that princibal at least should i say the say the short to medium term and betting that the bond markets stay put for the short to medium term - i have given enough interest to the banks maybe i can pay a little less at least fot the short to mediun term here i have not completly decided yet put i think im going variable although i wish my mtge was up a year ago that would have been just great congradulations to all that did.

Also, single - state muni funds often own relatively long - term bonds, so they could get hit hard by rising interest rates.

Inflation expectations: actual and anticipated inflation can impact bond holders and hits the yields of long term bonds the hardest.

Because our short positions have dwindled in size relative to the portfolio after a long rise in stocks, and our longer — term bond funds were hit almost as hard as stocks, we fell along with the markets.

Riskier bonds and longer - term bonds were both hit in February; down 1 % -3 % typically.

Intermediate will work, but will take a few hits... short term bonds will be the safest.

In today's economy, short - term bonds are preferred because they will take less of a hit if interest rates rise, says Swan.

Long - term bonds were hit worst, losing almost a quarter of their value that year.

The Bond movies, while hits, are minimal sources of profit for any studio that makes them, at least under the most recent terms.