Sentences with phrase «than bonds at»

There is a general (and correct) perception that stocks generate higher long term returns than bonds at a cost of higher volatility.

I see the value in having a small bond allocation, but we're both so young that I would err on the side of accumulating more stocks than bonds at this stage.

Equities have historically been better than bonds at protecting purchasing power.

I see the value in having a small bond allocation, but we're both so young that I would err on the side of accumulating more stocks than bonds at this stage.

Not exact matches

Ultimately these green bonds will only truly be successful if they allow the province to finance transit projects at a lower interest rate than would otherwise be the case.

Plus, in non-registered accounts, those dividends are taxed at a lower rate than bond interest.

The bonds of iHeartMedia have long been in the basket of «distressed debt,» meaning their prices have fallen so far to where their yields are at least 10 percentage points higher than equivalent Treasury yields.

When Alexandre Pestov, a strategic consultant and research associate at York University's Schulich School of Business, compared buying a two - bedroom Toronto condominium to renting it over the past 25 years, he found that the renter ended up $ 600,000 richer than the owner if he invested the spare cash in low - risk bonds.

The longest - term portion of the offering, $ 8 billion of bonds maturing in 30 years, sold originally at 99.4 cents on the dollar to yield 1.95 percentage point more than comparable Treasuries.

It's similar to the U.S. government's quantitative easing, but rather than trying to buy government bonds to push interest rates lower — rates are already at zero — the goal is to push the yen down and combat chronic deflation.

The 10 percent average return on the S&P 500 may not seem impressive at first, despite the fact that it's more than double what one can expect from a 30 - year Treasury bond and way more than what a certificate of deposit from a bank pays.

«A bear market in bonds calls for more than a global cyclical upswing, as not all forces that dragged yields down over the past decades have suddenly vanished,» argued Peter van der Welle, a strategist at Robeco.

Bond insurers with more than $ 1 billion at stake repeatedly argued for the sale of valuable art but dropped that plea and settled for much less.

These corporate fixed - income instruments pay a dividend that is taxed at a more favourable rate than regular bond interest, but you only benefit from this if they are held outside of a registered account.

The simplified explanation for this aberrant investing disaster was a dramatic rise in interest rates during the period: Rates on long - term government bonds went from 4 % at year - end 1964 to more than 15 % in 1981.

While core funds are more at risk than shorter - dated bonds, «a core bond fund can still play a very constructive role in a diversified portfolio,» says Toms.

As I've said that the 10 yr bond crossed over 3.0 % means the US$ will be going to be weaker and weaker further and further by the 1st half of 2020 yr:) Also, the commodity price esp WTI will be going up to the level of 70 - 80 $ no later than 1st half of May (at the earliest), or no later than 2nd week of June, and then it will be in the range to the end of Trump Era:)

If a company like iHeart gets in trouble and someone else want its assets, rather than buying the shares, they often buy the debt (bonds and loans) at a big discount.

A second reason for looking at junk bonds is that they may be a more sensitive indicator, perhaps a more sensitive leading indicator, of economic conditions than higher - grade bonds.

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

While it's still not known when interest rates will go up and by how much, what we do know is that the bond market is at greater risk to rising interest rates than at any time in recent history.

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.

The financial sector wins at the point where you don't see that the prices that the banks are inflating are asset prices — real estate prices, bond and stock prices — and that the role of commercial banks is to increase the power of wealth over the rest of society, over labour, over industry, to create a new ruling - class of bankers that are even more heavy than the landlords that were criticised in the last part of the 19th century.

A portfolio comprised primarily of individual bonds offers more transparency of security holdings than shares of bond mutual funds which are only required to publish actual bond holdings at quarter - end.

I plan: 5 % — swing for the fences 10 % — save for big blue chip bargain buys that pop up throughout the year 10 % — VNQ, other than our primary residence, I have no exposure to RE, so this should help with that 15 % — VXUS, international index exposure 60 % — VTI, total stock market index (as I get older, I will be also adding BND or a bond fund, but at 32, I'm working on building equities!)

Banks receive government bonds or central bank deposits in exchange for their bad debts, accepted at face value rather than at «mark - to - market» prices.

BERLIN — Throughout the month, countries caught in the eye of the European financial storm, including Italy, Spain and France, have repeatedly defied expectations, selling big batches of bonds to the public at interest rates significantly lower than investors demanded at the height of the euro crisis late last year.

If you believe you have more than 15 years remaining on this Earth, your portfolio should consist of at least 50 % stocks, with the remaining balance in bonds and cash.

A judge set bond at $ 500,000 for Cruz and ordered a host of pretrial conditions more often seen in felony cases than misdemeanors.

Given this, while we at BlackRock currently still prefer stocks over bonds, it may be more important than ever to be choosy within your equity portfolio.

European government bond and U.S. 10 - year Treasury yields are trading at their highest levels in more than two months and the U.S. 30 - year Treasury bond yield reached a high for the year on Tuesday.

a bond where no periodic interest payments are made; the investor purchases the bond at a discounted price and receives one payment at maturity that usually includes interest; they have higher price volatility than coupon bonds as a result of interest rate changes

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.

Buying a bond at market discount is different than buying a bond at Original Issue Discount (OID).

With rates at historic lows, many investors have used high - dividend stocks, rather than low - yielding bonds, in pursuit of income.

More than just tempering Gross's anti-equity remarks, the longtime advocate of buying and holding equity - based index funds and ETFs went so far as to say that «equities today are more attractive relative to bonds than at any other time in history.»

«We are hoping «mom and pop» can do a little bit better than the bond market at a time of historically low yields.»

Facing redemptions of less than 2 percent of assets, it's possible that many bond funds could have met redemptions simply by drawing down cash or other liquid assets (after all, bond mutual funds held more than $ 200 billion in short - term liquid assets at the end of May).

These economies are growing at a faster pace than the developed world, which can mean bigger profit possibilities for their companies and higher yields for their bonds.

Industry in a war boom - stock market stagnant - gov» t bonds bringing less than 1 % and selling at a high premium - stocks low and selling at five times earnings.

But potential tax implications get trickier with bonds purchased in the secondary market at a premium or discount — in other words, investors that paid more or less than the face value of the bond.

So while these «fallen angel» bonds have the potential to be intrinsically higher quality than debt originally issued at the junk or high - yield level, undue structural selling pressure from the downgrade can cause them to sell at a discount.

At its centre is the prospect that bond yields go significantly higher than 4 per cent.

Entities in smaller markets typically issue foreign currency debt in offshore bond markets because they can issue larger, lower - rated and / or longer - maturity bonds than they can (at least at comparable prices) in their domestic market.

Some 5.7 % of corporate junk bonds from emerging markets are trading at prices below 70 cents on the dollar, more than double the rate for higher - risk U.S. bonds, according to JPMorgan.

We looked at more than 40 years of data and found that roughly 80 % of historical observations showed business as usual in the bond market.

The truth is that you can actually make more than a million US dollars if you are able to invest in the right stocks and bonds at the right time when the market forces are all positive.

Btw, for those who are skeptical of the bond market, I'd point out that they are usually alot better at it than stock pontificators.

What is to stop U.S. banks and their customers from creating $ 1 trillion, $ 10 trillion or even $ 50 trillion on their computer keyboards to buy up all the bonds and stocks in the world, along with all the land and other assets for sale, in the hope of making capital gains and pocketing the arbitrage spreads by debt leveraging at less than 1 % interest cost?

-- Goethe What is to stop U.S. banks and their customers from creating $ 1 trillion, $ 10 trillion or even $ 50 trillion on their computer keyboards to buy up all the bonds and stocks in the world, along with all the land and other assets for sale, in the hope of making capital gains and pocketing the arbitrage spreads by debt leveraging at less than 1 % interest cost?