And one of her few friends, a person who admired her deeply, remarked that he had never once known her to
yield a point in an argument!
While the American Express cards still
yield points in ATO transactions, this comes at a cost.
Not exact matches
The U.S. Treasury is scheduled to announce its findings on a refunding survey on Wednesday, with analysts projecting an increase
in auction sizes, or new issuance at different
points on the
yield curve.
«If U.S. rates move too quickly, they will dislocate [high
yielding] assets more broadly and the most liquid emerging markets will not be immune to a selloff,» he added,
pointing to the 2013 taper tantrum as an illustration of this idea
in action.
So there's almost more concern for locking
in a long - term rate of income than there is for just maybe catching a higher
yield at one
point in the cycle
in the front end.
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.
Since the bond market's «flash crash» back
in October — when US 10 - year Treasury
yields fell 34 basis
points, or 0.34 %
in one morning — concerns regarding liquidity and how resilient the bond market might be to shocks have lingered around the market.
The
yield on the U.S. 10 - year Treasury note added roughly 60 basis
points this year, topping the 3 percent mark this week for the first time
in four years.
«We're not there at that
point in the economic cycle so we believe high
yield at this
point does have a place
in investors» portfolios that are diversified.»
In the bond market, the 10 - year US Treasury
yield fell less than 1 basis
point, to 2.79 %, near the key 3 % level that traders are closely watching.
The two - year
yield touched 2.500 percent, which was last seen
in September 2008 before subsiding to 2.483 percent, up 1 basis
point on the day.
Powell's comment was
pointed to by bond market strategists as a reason for a sudden pop
in bond
yields.
Last year, when the Fed hinted that it was going to stop buying bonds, tapering its quantitative easing, bond
yields jumped nearly 2 %
points in just a few days.
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.
«That we're at a
point that we can start to sustain some rises
in bond
yields speaks to confidence
in the economy.
In a sign of market interest, the longest portion of the offering, a 40 - year security may
yield 1.45 percentage
points above Treasuries, down from initial talk of 1.6 percentage
points to 1.65 percentage
points, said the person, who asked not to be identified as the deal is private.
In other words, since December 2015, it has gained 62 basis
points, while the three - month
yield has gained 174 basis
points.
U.S. two - year Treasury
yields reached 2.453 percent on Friday, the highest level since September 2008 as the two - year's spread versus two - year German Bunds grew to 302 basis
points, the widest
in more than three decades.
«The
yield curve is not nearly as much of a concern as I might have
pointed to a couple months ago,» Evans said
in Chicago after a speech,
in response to a reporter's question.
At some
point, investors who are conflating high -
yielding consumer staples stocks with bonds or who are taking interest rate risk
in long - dated Treasurys will see drawdowns as well.
Poland's 10 - year government bond
yield rose 7 basis
points to 3.14 percent, its highest level
in four weeks, rising more than U.S. and German
yields which it often tracks.
The company's lone outstanding junk bond, worth $ 1.8 billion and maturing
in 2025, briefly dropped two
points to as low as 85 cents on the dollar for a
yield of around 8 percent on Monday, according to MarketAxess data.
The peer investing model has
yielded some interesting data
points not found
in traditional venture capital investing.
In a note sent out to clients on Thursday, the team of Shahid Ladha and Timothy High wrote there are several factors that point to even higher yields and a steeper yield curve in the U
In a note sent out to clients on Thursday, the team of Shahid Ladha and Timothy High wrote there are several factors that
point to even higher
yields and a steeper
yield curve
in the U
in the US.
Additionally, Tchir argues that European investors have shown a proclivity to rush into trades leading to what he calls «periods of violent indigestion,»
pointing to the big swing
in German bund
yields seen early last year following the European Central Bank's announcement of more QE as a prime example.
Ms. Jones
points out that from a low
yield of 1.38 percent
in July 2016, the 10 - year Treasury note now
yields nearly 3 percent.
The
yield gap between U.S. 5 - year notes and 30 - year bonds narrowed to 27.20 basis
points, the tightest spread
in more than six years.
The
yield on the benchmark 10 - year Treasury note was up 3 basis
points at 2.227 percent, after closing at 2.201
in the previous session.
Banks rose along with the bond
yields, as the S&P / TSX composite index advanced 84.57
points to 15,524.01, helped
in part by the influential financials sector.
Italian 10 - year bond
yields fell 2.5 basis
points (bps) to 1.754 percent while other euro zone
yields were pushed higher by a sell - off
in U.S. Treasuries and data suggesting the euro zone economy was not as weak as expected.
Bonds due
in 2018 and won by BofA were «aggressively» priced with a 1.64 percent
yield that narrowed Illinois» spread over Municipal Market Data's benchmark triple - A
yield curve to 70 basis
points from 100 basis
points ahead of the sale, Greg Saulnier, a MMD analyst, said.
BofA won bonds due
in 2029 with a
yield of 3.78 percent, which slightly increased the spread over the scale to 165 basis
points from 163 basis
points, according to MMD, a unit of Thomson Reuters.
If at this
point we found that using an interest rate of 6.8 %
in our calculations did not
yield the exact bond price, we would have to continue our trials and test interest rates increasing
in 0.01 % increments.
So if we can expect 3 more quarter -
point hikes this year it would seem to make sense to stick to short - term CDs
yielding around 2 % now and then look for a longer - term one at around 3.5 % at EOY, especially if one — I am
in this camp — thinks that by EOY the odds of recession will have risen enough that further rate hikes
in 2019 will be looking doubtful.
While the slope of the
yield curve today may
point to more modest returns
in future years, we believe the bull market still has room to run.
Like the P / E ratio and the dividend
yield, the payout ratio is a snapshot of a specific
point in time - contrary to profit growth covering a whole period.
In the three months before August 1929, the high - yield spread spiked by 47 basis points, and in the three months before May 1937, it shot up 85 basis point
In the three months before August 1929, the high -
yield spread spiked by 47 basis
points, and
in the three months before May 1937, it shot up 85 basis point
in the three months before May 1937, it shot up 85 basis
points.
At some
point, provided that dividend is safe and investors are convinced it is going to be maintained, the dividend
yield on the stock itself is going to be so attractive that it brings
in buyers from the sidelines, people who otherwise can not stand to see the
yield right there
in front of them without doing something about it.
Because most wealthy Chinese seem to think about RMB
in terms of USD or Hong Kong dollars, it is the fear that any depreciation of the RMB against those two currencies (the Hong Kong dollar is pegged to the USD through a modified currency board) greater than the couple of percentage
points interest rate differential would
yield less than equivalent USD or Hong Kong dollar bonds.
In 2017, high yield spreads (based on the Barclays High Yield Index) declined in 8 of 12 months, with relatively minor spread widening, 20 to 25 basis points (bps, or.20 to.25 percentage points) in March and August (see the chart below
In 2017, high
yield spreads (based on the Barclays High Yield Index) declined in 8 of 12 months, with relatively minor spread widening, 20 to 25 basis points (bps, or.20 to.25 percentage points) in March and August (see the chart be
yield spreads (based on the Barclays High
Yield Index) declined in 8 of 12 months, with relatively minor spread widening, 20 to 25 basis points (bps, or.20 to.25 percentage points) in March and August (see the chart be
Yield Index) declined
in 8 of 12 months, with relatively minor spread widening, 20 to 25 basis points (bps, or.20 to.25 percentage points) in March and August (see the chart below
in 8 of 12 months, with relatively minor spread widening, 20 to 25 basis
points (bps, or.20 to.25 percentage
points)
in March and August (see the chart below
in March and August (see the chart below).
At some
point, if these policies are inflationary, then the vigilantes or those that hold dollar reserves, such as China and Brazil and Mexico, they will be
in the driver's seat
in terms of longer - term Treasury debt, 10 years and 30 years Treasury debt
in terms of their
yield.
While the «pure» MSCI World High Dividend
Yield Index outperformed its parent MSCI World Index from November 1998 to August 2015, when we applied screens to the stocks in our study to avoid yield - traps, the active return increased to an annualized 3.3 percentage po
Yield Index outperformed its parent MSCI World Index from November 1998 to August 2015, when we applied screens to the stocks
in our study to avoid
yield - traps, the active return increased to an annualized 3.3 percentage po
yield - traps, the active return increased to an annualized 3.3 percentage
points.
In other words, equity dividends are higher by a third of a percentage
points than quality bond
yields, and that's before the dividend tax credit and before any capital gains.
Buying an S&P 500 stock that TheStreet Ratings rated a buy
yielded a 16.56 % return
in 2014, beating the S&P 500 Total Return Index by 304 basis
points.
Desai said that high -
yield bonds also mean high risk, and
pointed to the volatility of high -
yield energy bonds, especially
in the past year.
For example, U.S. 10 - year Treasury
yields closed
in on 2.50 percent last week, roughly 50 basis
points (0.50 percent) higher than their late April levels.
Among emerging market stocks, results with rule - based screening were even higher — when these screens were applied, the EM High Dividend
Yield Index outperformed its benchmark by 5.1
points in our simulation.
A lot of the upward momentum was disproportionately on the front end
in response to the Bank of Canada's two consecutive interest rate hikes
in the summer, while
yields fell from the 20 - year
point onward.
This leads to a frightening conclusion: that both lower quality and lower
yields of such «previously sacrosanct debt represent a potential breaking
point in our now 40 - year - old global monetary system.»
Since then, the arbitrage strategy has declined
in a nearly linear fashion to the
point where there were no years where the strategy
yielded more than $ 200 between 1959 and 1974 and
in 11 of these 16 years an investor either lost money or gained less than $ 100.