Sentences with phrase «underlying bonds in their portfolios»

A bond fund with a longer average maturity will see its net asset value (NAV) react more dramatically to changes in interest rates as the prices of the underlying bonds in the portfolio increase or decline.

These funds also tend to pay out good dividends as a result of the underlying bonds in their portfolios.

Average Days to Maturity - Money Market Instruments - The mean of the remaining term to maturity of the underlying bonds in the portfolio.

Not exact matches

Its underlying index selects and weights its bonds by market value, and this method yields a portfolio that aligns well with our benchmark in terms of credit tranches and maturity buckets, with the only notable difference being a slightly lower YTM.

Invests in shares of underlying funds — AFIS Growth - Income Fund and AFIS Bond Fund — while seeking to manage portfolio volatility and provide downside protection, primarily through the use of exchange - traded futures.

Invests in shares of underlying funds — AFIS International Fund and AFIS Bond Fund — while seeking to manage portfolio volatility and provide downside protection, primarily through the use of exchange - traded futures.

Invests in shares of underlying funds — AFIS Growth Fund and AFIS Bond Fund — while seeking to manage portfolio volatility and provide downside protection, primarily through the use of exchange - traded futures.

Duration is a quantifiable measurement of bond sensitivity to changes in interest rates: if they change by 1 %, how much will the price of the underlying bond, or portfolio of bonds, likely change.

The percentages of the Portfolio's assets allocated to each Underlying Fund are: Vanguard Total Bond Market II Index Fund 14 % Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund 5 % Vanguard Short - Term Inflation - Protected Securities Index Fund 6 % Vanguard Federal Money Market Fund 75 % Through its investment in Vanguard Total Bond Market II Index Fund, the Portfolio indirectly invests in a broadly diversified collection of securities that, in the aggregate, approximates the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index in terms of key risk factors and other characteristics.

Both now use what BlackRock calls a «hybrid strategy,» whereby the current portfolio is covered by grandfathered contracts, but new inflows will be invested directly in the underlying bonds.

A bond mutual fund's share price is always exactly its net asset value, or the value of the underlying securities in its portfolio.

This strategy invests in a portfolio that contains different underlying assets instead of investing directly in bonds, stocks and other types of securities.

It is possible that as the fund manager changes the portfolio composition over time, she may actually lose or make money relative to a static portfolio of the underlying, but this is no different in a bond fund than in a stock fund.

The percentages of the Portfolio's assets allocated to each Underlying Fund are: Vanguard ® Total Bond Market II Index Fund 60 % Vanguard ® Total International Bond Index Fund 15 % Vanguard ® Institutional Total Stock Market Index Fund 17.5 % Vanguard ® Total International Stock Index Fund 7.5 % Through its ownership of the two bond funds, the Portfolio indirectly holds a mix of bonds — including government, government agency, corporate, securitized non-U.S. investment - grade fixed income investments and international dollar - denominated bonds, as well as mortgage - backed and asset - backed securities — that represents a wide spectrum of public, investment - grade, taxable, fixed income securities in the United States and abroad, all with maturities of more than 1 yBond Market II Index Fund 60 % Vanguard ® Total International Bond Index Fund 15 % Vanguard ® Institutional Total Stock Market Index Fund 17.5 % Vanguard ® Total International Stock Index Fund 7.5 % Through its ownership of the two bond funds, the Portfolio indirectly holds a mix of bonds — including government, government agency, corporate, securitized non-U.S. investment - grade fixed income investments and international dollar - denominated bonds, as well as mortgage - backed and asset - backed securities — that represents a wide spectrum of public, investment - grade, taxable, fixed income securities in the United States and abroad, all with maturities of more than 1 yBond Index Fund 15 % Vanguard ® Institutional Total Stock Market Index Fund 17.5 % Vanguard ® Total International Stock Index Fund 7.5 % Through its ownership of the two bond funds, the Portfolio indirectly holds a mix of bonds — including government, government agency, corporate, securitized non-U.S. investment - grade fixed income investments and international dollar - denominated bonds, as well as mortgage - backed and asset - backed securities — that represents a wide spectrum of public, investment - grade, taxable, fixed income securities in the United States and abroad, all with maturities of more than 1 ybond funds, the Portfolio indirectly holds a mix of bonds — including government, government agency, corporate, securitized non-U.S. investment - grade fixed income investments and international dollar - denominated bonds, as well as mortgage - backed and asset - backed securities — that represents a wide spectrum of public, investment - grade, taxable, fixed income securities in the United States and abroad, all with maturities of more than 1 year.

The percentages of the Portfolio's assets allocated to each Underlying Fund are: Vanguard Total Bond Market II Index Fund 70 % Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund 17.50 % Vanguard Institutional Total Stock Market Index Fund 8.75 % Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund 3.75 % Through its investment in Vanguard Total Bond Market II Index Fund, the Portfolio indirectly invests in a broadly diversified collection of securities that, in the aggregate, approximates the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index in terms of key risk factors and other characteristics.