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Money Market and Short Term Bonds, which comprise cash, checking, savings accounts, term deposits and less than one year investment grade bonds.

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By contrast, many investors are moving into diversified investment - grade fixed products, such as the IShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG), which has had net inflows of $ 435 million this quarter and $ 2.2 billion of net inflows year - to - date.

This leaves us roughly in the same position that we started the year, slightly overweight to spread product, i.e., investment - grade and high - yield corporate bonds and emerging markets (more recently, we also went back to a slight overweight on commercial mortgage - backed securities).

PTTAX underperformed intermediate investment grade bond fund peers in the past 12 months ended Feb. 24, but has an above - average five - and 10 - year annualized record.

The Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is a market value — weighted index of investment - grade fixed - rate debt issues, including government, corporate, asset - backed, and mortgage - backed securities, with maturities of one year or more.

The iShares Intermediate Credit Bond ETF tracks a market - weighted index of USD - denominated investment grade corporate, sovereign, supranational, local authority and non-US agency debt with maturities between 1 - 10 years.

Vaselkiv pointed out there was a «game changer» in February this year when «Moody's took a chainsaw to $ 150 billion of investment - grade oil and gas bonds, and downgraded very high - quality investmen - grade companies to BB,» which he noted was a one - time opportunity to prove the strength of their portfolios.

Over the last twenty years, investors have witnessed a steady decline in the interest rate on investment grade bonds, GICs and term deposits.

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That large bid / ask spread is equivalent to almost two years of the spread advantage of illiquid (as measured by bid / ask spread) investment - grade bonds, creating a large hurdle for providing a liquidity premium.

Investment grade bonds had less than 0.2 % probability of a default within a year.1

They note, for example, that the size of large trades of US investment grade corporate bonds (so - called «block trades») has continuously declined in recent years.6 Furthermore, in most corporate bond markets, trading appears to be highly concentrated in just a few liquid issues, and concentration appears to be increasing in some market segments.

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.

The Barclays U.S. Credit Index is the credit component of the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, which is a broad - based bond index comprised of government, corporate, mortgage and asset - backed issues, rated investment grade or higher, and having at least one year to maturBond Index, which is a broad - based bond index comprised of government, corporate, mortgage and asset - backed issues, rated investment grade or higher, and having at least one year to maturbond index comprised of government, corporate, mortgage and asset - backed issues, rated investment grade or higher, and having at least one year to maturity.

By contrast, high - quality bonds such as those found in investment - grade corporate funds like the iShares 1 - 3 Year Credit Bond ETF (CSJ A-89) and the iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD A-66), etc.), or in Treasury portfolios such as the iShares 1 - 3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY A-97) or the iShares 10 - 20 Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLH B - 65), etc.) tend to buffer portfolio volatility to a much greatinvestment - grade corporate funds like the iShares 1 - 3 Year Credit Bond ETF (CSJ A-89) and the iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD A-66), etc.), or in Treasury portfolios such as the iShares 1 - 3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY A-97) or the iShares 10 - 20 Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLH B - 65), etc.) tend to buffer portfolio volatility to a much greatInvestment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD A-66), etc.), or in Treasury portfolios such as the iShares 1 - 3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY A-97) or the iShares 10 - 20 Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLH B - 65), etc.) tend to buffer portfolio volatility to a much greater degree.

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 the absence of a pickup in consumer spending, annualized, real GDP — adjusted for inflation — is forecast to be between 2 % and 2.5 %, instead of the 4 % average since World War II, and annualized returns on US equities and investment - grade bonds is estimated at 4 % and 1 %, respectively, for the next 10 years.

IMTB has a very broad mandate, covering investment grade and high yield corporate, government, and emerging market bonds with maturities between five and ten years.

CIU launched last January along with CFT and another purely investment - grade corporate ETF, the iShares Lehman 1 - 3 Year Credit Bond Index (NYSE: CSJ).

He joined Leith Wheeler from TD Bank in January 2009, where he'd spent the previous 10 years trading a proprietary bank portfolio of credit default swaps, investment grade and high yield bonds for TD in New York and London.

Both investment - grade and lower - rated corporations sold more bonds last year than ever before.

The second lowest cost bond fund is the SCHZ ETF, a Charles Schwab tracking the aggregate investment grade bond universe with a price tag of.10 % per year.

The Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond 10 - Year Index is an unmanaged index that is considered representative of the broad market for investment grade, tax - exempt bonds with a maturity of at least 10 years.

As we near the end of the first quarter, investment grade tax - exempt bonds tracked in the S&P National AMT - Free Municipal Bond Index have returned 0.93 % year - to - date underperforming relative to the over 2 % return of the investment grade corporate bond market tracked in the S&P U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Binvestment grade tax - exempt bonds tracked in the S&P National AMT - Free Municipal Bond Index have returned 0.93 % year - to - date underperforming relative to the over 2 % return of the investment grade corporate bond market tracked in the S&P U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bond InBond Index have returned 0.93 % year - to - date underperforming relative to the over 2 % return of the investment grade corporate bond market tracked in the S&P U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Binvestment grade corporate bond market tracked in the S&P U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bond Inbond market tracked in the S&P U.S. Investment Grade Corporate BInvestment Grade Corporate Bond InBond Index.

That said, the investment grade corporate bond market, the junk bond market, and the bank loan markets can't have a better year in 2010.

The back - tested results of the 17 - year period ending Feb. 28, 2017, show that the S&P U.S. High Yield Low Volatility Corporate Bond Index may offer an intersection that bridges the volatility gap between the high - yield and investment - grade bond sectors, with increased return efficieBond Index may offer an intersection that bridges the volatility gap between the high - yield and investment - grade bond sectors, with increased return efficiebond sectors, with increased return efficiency.

With money market rates close to 0 %, short - term bond rates between 0.3 % (treasuries) and 1.75 % (investment grade), and intermediate - term bond rates between 1.3 % (treasuries) and 3.1 % (investment grade), the PenFed 7 - year CD rate of 3.5 % is very good.

These include only investment grade bonds with a limit of seven years on maturity.

At the time I am writing, investment grade corporate bonds (ten years) yield 3.3 % and the equivalent Treasury note is under 2.2 %.

CSJ bets on investment grade bonds from both the U.S. government and corporations that have maturities of one to three years.

A: When you know you will need the money within 2 years, I don't think you should take any more risk than a short - term investment grade bond fund.

GICs may even pay slightly more than investment - grade corporate bonds with terms of two to five years, Cunningham says, which is contrary to the usual pattern.

High - dividend S&P 500 components yield just over 3 %, CDs yield roughly 2 % for 5 years, and investment grade corporate bonds yield only 2.27 % at their best for 5 years.

We also compared the five - year annualized volatilities of the S&P Pan Asia Bond Index (denominated in USD) with other major bond markets, such as the U.S. treasury, U.S. investment grade corporate, U.S. high yield corporate, Eurozone sovereign and Australian bond markets, see the exhibit beBond Index (denominated in USD) with other major bond markets, such as the U.S. treasury, U.S. investment grade corporate, U.S. high yield corporate, Eurozone sovereign and Australian bond markets, see the exhibit bebond markets, such as the U.S. treasury, U.S. investment grade corporate, U.S. high yield corporate, Eurozone sovereign and Australian bond markets, see the exhibit bebond markets, see the exhibit below.

The Vanguard Canadian Short - Term Bond ETF will track an index of Canadian government and investment grade corporate bonds with maturities ranging from 1 to 5 years.

So if you had taken the advice of the bond doomsayers, say, five years ago and fled to cash to wait things out until bond yields ticked up, you would have likely earned well below 1 % annually on your money vs. an annualized 4 % or so in a broadly diversified investment - grade intermediate - term bond fund.

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 %.

Over the last few years, some market watchers have made the joke that investment - grade bonds were once risk - free return, but today, bonds are a return - free risk.

Heavily composed of investment grade bonds the index has recorded a positive return of 0.65 % year - to - date and a weighted average yield of 3.3 %

Rather than pursue cross-over corporates or high - yield or even long - term investment grade corporates, we have stayed near the middle of the curve with funds like: (1) SPDR Nuveen Muni (TFI), (2) Vanguard Total Bond (BND), (3) iShares 7 - 10 Year Treasury (IEF) and (4) iShares 3 - 7 Year Treasury (IEI).

We had been at a maximum underweight in investment - grade corporate bonds starting this year.

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.

The BofA Merrill Lynch Index tracks the performance of U.S. dollar - denominated investment grade government and corporate public debt issued in the U.S. domestic bond market with at least 1 year and less than 10 years remaining maturity, including U.S. treasury, U.S. agency, foreign government, supranational and corporate securities.

Over the last 35 years (Jan 80 — Dec 14) the investment grade bonds of the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index have averaged an annual rate of 8.16 %.

Barclay's U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is made up of the Barclay's U.S. Government / Corporate Bond Index, Mortgage - Backed Securities Index, and Asset - Backed Securities Index, including securities that are of investment grade quality or better, have at least one year to maturity, and have an outstanding par value of at least $ 100 million.

Through its investment in Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund, the Portfolio also indirectly invests in government, government agency, corporate, and securitized non-U.S. investment - grade fixed income investments, all issued in currencies other than the U.S. dollar and with maturities of more than 1 year.

For instance, a rising price ratio for iShares 7 - 10 Year Treasury (IEF): iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond (HYG) is indicative of a preference for risk - off investment grade credit over speculative higher yielding credit.

Intermediate - term bond funds invest primarily in corporate and other investment - grade U.S. fixed - income securities and tend to have average effective maturities of four to ten years.

This index measures a wide spectrum of public, investment - grade, taxable, fixed income securities in the United States — including government, corporate, and international dollar - denominated bonds, as well as mortgage - backed and asset - backed securities, all with maturities of more than 1 year.

We're at a 50 - year low for yields on low investment - grade - rated bonds.