Sentences with phrase «total municipal bonds market»

TOBs represent 8 % of the total municipal bonds market, or about $ 200 billion.

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The most popular bond ETFs available are still the one - stop - shop total - market blends, which package sovereign, corporate and municipal debt together.

The modest total return of the S&P Municipal Bond Index (0.77 %) in 2016 masked an atypical year of volatility for the normally staid market place.

Class A shares with sales charges performance reflects the maximum 5.5 % sales charge, with the following exceptions: Class A shares of Hartford Emerging Markets Local Debt, Hartford High Yield, Hartford Inflation Plus, Hartford Municipal Opportunities, Hartford Municipal Real Return, Hartford Strategic Income, Hartford Total Return Bond, Hartford World Bond, Hartford Schroders Emerging Markets Debt and Currency, Hartford Schroders Tax - Aware Bond, Hartford Schroders Emerging Markets Multi-Sector Bond and Hartford Schroders Global Strategic Bond reflect a maximum 4.5 % sales charge; Class A shares of Hartford Floating Rate and Hartford Floating Rate High Income reflect a maximum 3.0 % sales charge; Class A shares of Hartford Short Duration reflect a maximum 2.0 % sales charge.

The U.S. corporate and municipal bond markets seem to be neck and neck in total return performance for the first three quarters of 2017.

These long duration higher yielding bonds represent just under 15 % of the total market value of the S&P Municipal Bond High Yield Index which has returned 9.86 % year to date.

The 5 year range of the municipal bond curve is keeping up with the overall market as the 5 year S&P AMT - Free Muni Series 2018 Index has returned 1.14 %, while longer municipal bonds in the S&P Municipal Bond 20 + year Index have recorded a total return of 2.14 % year to date with yields remaining steady over the course of municipal bond curve is keeping up with the overall market as the 5 year S&P AMT - Free Muni Series 2018 Index has returned 1.14 %, while longer municipal bonds in the S&P Municipal Bond 20 + year Index have recorded a total return of 2.14 % year to date with yields remaining steady over the course of the wbond curve is keeping up with the overall market as the 5 year S&P AMT - Free Muni Series 2018 Index has returned 1.14 %, while longer municipal bonds in the S&P Municipal Bond 20 + year Index have recorded a total return of 2.14 % year to date with yields remaining steady over the course of municipal bonds in the S&P Municipal Bond 20 + year Index have recorded a total return of 2.14 % year to date with yields remaining steady over the course of Municipal Bond 20 + year Index have recorded a total return of 2.14 % year to date with yields remaining steady over the course of the wBond 20 + year Index have recorded a total return of 2.14 % year to date with yields remaining steady over the course of the week.

The total market value of bonds tracked in the S&P Municipal Bond Puerto Rico Index has fallen by over $ 7.5 billion.

Chart 1: Total Market Value of Bonds in the S&P Municipal Bond Puerto Rico Index Read more -LSB-...]

With the backdrop of volatility seen in the equity markets and the headline risk headwinds the municipal bond faced all year the total returns of the two asset classes have converged at approximately 3 % year - to - date.