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The yield to worst of these bonds is a 5.27 % (tax - free) while investment grade corporate bonds in the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index have a weighted average yield to worst of 5.04 % (taxable).

Not exact matches

More broadly, he says that while corporate credit may benefit from aspects of tax reform (i.e., better earnings growth from the corporate tax cuts, modestly lower investment grade supply as repatriation becomes reality), he does not see tax cuts at this point in the cycle as a bullish driver of credit spreads.

In pursuance of the Union Budget 2018 announcement, the board also cleared a proposal on changing the investment grade rating from AA to A for corporate bonds, which would boost investment scope while ensuring credit quality.

While yields on government bonds remain unattractive, according to Stopford, investment - grade corporate bonds offer a modest pickup in yield — and high - yield bonds, a more significant advantage.

If you are looking for a place to ride out these choppy market waters while awaiting more compelling equity valuations, the short end of the US investment - grade corporate bond market looks to be a less risky part of the market.

Short - term U.S. investment grade corporate bond yields have mostly languished below 2 % since 2010 while two - year U.S. government bond yields have hobbled below 1 %, as the chart shows.

In all, IGIH provides the credit risk and return of investment - grade corporate bonds while aiming to screen out risk from rising rates.

The Xtrackers Investment Grade Bond - Interest Rate Hedged ETF seeks to invest in investment - grade corporate bonds, denominated in USD, while mitigating interest - rate seInvestment Grade Bond - Interest Rate Hedged ETF seeks to invest in investment - grade corporate bonds, denominated in USD, while mitigating interest - rate seinvestment - grade corporate bonds, denominated in USD, while mitigating interest - rate sensitivity.

IGIH provides exposure investment - grade, US - dollar - denominated corporate bonds while minimizing interest - rate risk by shorting U.S. Treasurys that match in terms of duration.

US Treasuries initially sold off only to recover, investment grade corporate bond markets had a somewhat muted reaction, while high yield and Read more -LSB-...]

The par amount outstanding of investment - grade corporate debt, as measured by the S&P U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index, has increased over USD 4 trillion since September 2007, while the amount of speculative - grade outstanding, as measured by the S&P U.S. High Yield Corporate Bond Index, has increased by USD 80investment - grade corporate debt, as measured by the S&P U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index, has increased over USD 4 trillion since September 2007, while the amount of speculative - grade outstanding, as measured by the S&P U.S. High Yield Corporate Bond Index, has increased by USD 800corporate debt, as measured by the S&P U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index, has increased over USD 4 trillion since September 2007, while the amount of speculative - grade outstanding, as measured by the S&P U.S. High Yield Corporate Bond Index, has increased by USD 80Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index, has increased over USD 4 trillion since September 2007, while the amount of speculative - grade outstanding, as measured by the S&P U.S. High Yield Corporate Bond Index, has increased by USD 800Corporate Bond Index, has increased over USD 4 trillion since September 2007, while the amount of speculative - grade outstanding, as measured by the S&P U.S. High Yield Corporate Bond Index, has increased by USD 800Corporate Bond Index, has increased by USD 800 billion.

As of January 2017, the investment grade corporate bond index bears the highest duration of 6.9, while the two high yield indices have much shorter durations of approximately 4.2.

@Phil S: While I agree that a number of questionable ETFs are getting launched (a recent cloud computing ETF comes to mind), in this case, investment - grade corporate bonds are not a particularly crappy investment.

In today's low rate environment, the investment grade corporate bond market in the US and abroad offers a way to pick up additional yield and diversification, while maintaining a relatively low level of risk.

While traditional target - date funds use a mix of equities and fixed - income, the new BMO ETFs use only investment - grade corporate bonds, gradually shortening the maturities as the target date approaches.

Starting with the investment grade BBB ratings category, municipal bonds have had a return of nearly 3.5 % year - to - date while the large entities tracked in the S&P 500 BBB Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index has recorded a negatiinvestment grade BBB ratings category, municipal bonds have had a return of nearly 3.5 % year - to - date while the large entities tracked in the S&P 500 BBB Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index has recorded a negatiInvestment Grade Corporate Bond Index has recorded a negative 0.46 %.

The investment - grade corporate component of the aggregate index, as measured by the S&P U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index, is 29 % of the parent index, and has contributed 1.09 % of total return YTD, while also providing -1.44 % rinvestment - grade corporate component of the aggregate index, as measured by the S&P U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index, is 29 % of the parent index, and has contributed 1.09 % of total return YTD, while also providing -1.44 % recorporate component of the aggregate index, as measured by the S&P U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index, is 29 % of the parent index, and has contributed 1.09 % of total return YTD, while also providing -1.44 % rInvestment Grade Corporate Bond Index, is 29 % of the parent index, and has contributed 1.09 % of total return YTD, while also providing -1.44 % reCorporate Bond Index, is 29 % of the parent index, and has contributed 1.09 % of total return YTD, while also providing -1.44 % return MTD.

DXV aims to provide a floating rate of interest income while preserving capital by investing primarily in Canadian investment grade corporate bonds and through using interest rate derivatives that seek to mitigate the effects of interest rate fluctuations.

Average yields on investment - grade corporate bonds have risen just 2 basis points this month to 96 basis points more than Treasuries, while junk bond yields are up just 7 basis points to 253 basis points over Treasuries, according to Merrill Lynch data.

Government bond ETFs attracted $ 6.7 billion in inflows while investment - grade corporate bond ETFs attracted $ 3.2 billion.

Investment - grade corporate bonds, as measured by the S&P U.S. Issued Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index, are up 0.09 % for the month, while lower quality high - yield bonds represented by the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index are up 0.7 % on tcorporate bonds, as measured by the S&P U.S. Issued Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index, are up 0.09 % for the month, while lower quality high - yield bonds represented by the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index are up 0.7 % on tCorporate Bond Index, are up 0.09 % for the month, while lower quality high - yield bonds represented by the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index are up 0.7 % on tCorporate Bond Index are up 0.7 % on the month.

US Treasuries initially sold off only to recover, investment grade corporate bond markets had a somewhat muted reaction, while high yield and Credit Default Swap markets widened considerably.

While many people are familiar with the large company stocks represented by the S&P 500 and investment - grade corporate bonds, the investment universe is much bigger than these two asset classes.

The OAS (Option Adjusted Spread) of the investment grade corporate rating sub-indices are tighter: AAA -LRB--6 bps), AA -LRB--2 bps), A -LRB--3 bps) and BBB -LRB--5 bps) while high yield's BB and B are flat and the CCC & below are 22 bps wider.

In October, U.S. Treasury yields declined 23 basis points on a year - over-year basis, while corporate debt on the low end of the investment grade spectrum increased more than 65 basis points, nearly a 90 basis point increase in the spread between U.S. Treasuries and the low - end of investment grade corporate bonds.