Sentences with phrase «yield bond manager»

It is similar to being a high - yield bond manager.

Here's my take: risk arb is like being a high yield bond manager.

Compare this to perhaps a slightly higher fee, active high yield bond manager who only holds more liquid, higher quality positions with an investor base perhaps not as eager to hit that sell button during periods of market turmoil.

Managed by Eaton Vance, one of America's most experienced high - yield bond managers.

Not exact matches

So, when an economist or bond fund manager makes an accurate forecast about Treasury yields, his or her clients are probably doing very well.

Bond fund managers Jeffrey Aronson, Michael Vranos, and Boaz Weinstein discuss why they think high - yield market is showing signs of a bubble.

A spike in bond yields and a clear change of direction from central banks means there isn't a lot of value in global bond markets, a fund manager told CNBC on Tuesday.

During a webcast presenting his 2017 outlook, Gundlach, the founder of DoubleLine Capital, said certain «second - tier» managers were focusing on 2.6 % as an important level for the 10 - year Treasury yield — a threshold beyond which the bull market in bonds would end.

NEW YORK, Nov 28 - The Federal Reserve faces the challenge of standing by as financial markets «correct» as the central bank trims its asset holdings, U.S. hedge fund manager David Tepper said on Tuesday, adding he was surprised the bond - yield curve was so flat.

Investment manager Third Avenue announced plans to liquidate its high - yield - bond mutual fund, and it said it would ban redemptions because it was unable to exit positions quickly.

Pimco, one of the world's largest bond fund managers, and widely followed Guggenheim Partners are among the investors who say benchmark 10 - year Treasuries yielding 3 percent - now within reach - are too hard to resist.

Certainly, it offers an attractive level for longer - term investors such as pension and insurance funds to lock in a relatively decent yield, and will tempt some portfolio managers to buy bonds rather than equities.

While she expected that bond yields might not fall too much near term as managers would need to allocate some funds to cash bonds, swaps and futures would likely remain under pressure.

Reining In Rates O'Neil, one of the managers of the $ 26 billion Fidelity Total Bond Fund, said rising bond yields could be reined in by at least three forces: Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's commitment to a very gradual program of rate hikes, the traditional aversion to budget deficits by the Republican - controlled Congress, and buying by overseas investors who may use the recent jump in rates to snap up more TreasurBond Fund, said rising bond yields could be reined in by at least three forces: Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's commitment to a very gradual program of rate hikes, the traditional aversion to budget deficits by the Republican - controlled Congress, and buying by overseas investors who may use the recent jump in rates to snap up more Treasurbond yields could be reined in by at least three forces: Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's commitment to a very gradual program of rate hikes, the traditional aversion to budget deficits by the Republican - controlled Congress, and buying by overseas investors who may use the recent jump in rates to snap up more Treasuries.

When there is a downgrade from investment - grade to high - yield status, this inevitably means managers with mandates permitting only investment - grade bonds will have to indiscriminately liquidate the downgraded bond.

In an unconstrained bond fund, the manager can hedge interest rate risk with futures, options, or swaps, or even short Treasury bonds or notes, and make up the loss in yield by overweighting credit.

Bond fund manager who called dollar's slide says «it's not too late to move out of U.S. bonds» Jack McIntyre of Brandywine Global says look to emerging markets for attractive yields on sovereign bondsJack McIntyre of Brandywine Global says emerging markets are still the place to look for attractive yields on sovereign bonds.

Although there have been many ups and downs in this extended rate cycle, junk bonds and the portfolio managers who buy and sell them have never experienced a rise from these yield levels before.

Investors and fund managers search for yield, extend maturities, reach for lower credit quality and shift assets from short term floating rate money market funds to bonds, bond funds and similar investments.

Many bond managers like to own RMBS for its high credit quality, liquidity, and attractive yields, but the problem is this: when interest rates move, the RMBS does what you don't want to see happen.

Same thing as a bond manager, I would drop out out if the new yield did not meet my yield needs.

The appeal of preferred funds is they offer higher yields than bond ETFs, explains Alfred Lee, vice-president of BMO Global Asset Management and lead manager of the bank's Laddered Preferred Share Index ETF (TSX: ZPR).

In 1994 to early 1995, that illusion was destroyed as the bond market was dragged to higher yields by the Fed plus mortgage bond managers who tried to limit their interest rate risks individually, leading to a more general crisis.

Even if a bond fund manager has discretion with their maturities, I might opt for GICs over a lot of bond funds these days because reasonably conservative, high - quality bonds might only be paying 3 % yields right now.

I once was a mortgage bond manager, and I bought senior securities because the yield spreads on the lower - rated securities were so small.

Before that, he was employed as a senior bond analyst by W.R. Huff Asset Management, a private institutional money manager specializing in high yield bonds and mezzanine investments.

Having been a bond manager, I learned that the easiest error to fall into is to always add yield.

The time before the crisis offered many opportunities for bond managers to add yield in structured securities that were rated AAA.

Back when I was exclusively a bond manager, 2001 - 2003, which I chronicled in my series «The Education of a Corporate Bond Manager,» I successfully struggled with one concept: when do you try to add more yield to your portfolio, and when don't bond manager, 2001 - 2003, which I chronicled in my series «The Education of a Corporate Bond Manager,» I successfully struggled with one concept: when do you try to add more yield to your portfolio, and when donmanager, 2001 - 2003, which I chronicled in my series «The Education of a Corporate Bond Manager,» I successfully struggled with one concept: when do you try to add more yield to your portfolio, and when don't Bond Manager,» I successfully struggled with one concept: when do you try to add more yield to your portfolio, and when donManager,» I successfully struggled with one concept: when do you try to add more yield to your portfolio, and when don't you?

High Yield Portfolio Manager: «X Corp bonds are going to be downgraded by (S&P / Moody's / Fitch — pick one or many) soon.

Mr. Krug is a careful risk manager who invests in a mix of high - yield bonds and secured and unsecured loans.

As central banks move away from ultra-loose monetary policy, and the global economic expansion matures, bond fund managers will need to ensure their portfolios draw on a truly diverse range of sources of return and carefully consider portfolio risk if they are to generate yield in the current market environment.

Active bond managers focused on the short end of the yield curve did far better than their counterparts focused on equities and other pockets of the bond markets.

Some of the bonds that come due in the next 12 months were trading at prices that offered hearty investors a 25 % to 35 % yield, one junk bond manager told us.

Think of 1979 - 82: by the time bond yields were nearing their peak levels, bond managers were making money in nominal terms with rates rising because the income from the coupons was so high, and it set up the tremendous rally in bonds that would last for ~ 30 years or so.

I remember back in 2002 as a corporate bond manager / trader — bonds were trading in «onesies» and «twosies,» though bid - ask yield spreads hadn't widened much.

In the panic that ensued, Treasury yields fell, and my boss asked his new mortgage bond manager, me, why prepayments weren't accelerating.

the high yield manager sold them a small amount of the bonds, and we didn't hear from them again.

To determine the potential yield on a bond, investment managers can use a number of different portfolio management techniques.

Understand that the manager has greater scope to enhance the fund's yield than is typical for most bond funds.

If supply considerations, such as a new issue, have caused yields to be high relative to historical norms for a particular retail company compared to comparable credits, a bond manager would sell the more expensive retail bond and buy the cheaper one compared to the historical relationship between them.

A FAVORITE BECAUSE: With bond yields in general at historic lows, this fund's 0.23 % exp ratio gives it an advantage even better managers at other funds won't be able to beat.

As the crisis abates, bond managers get tempted by the high yields of bonds that are lower in quality, lower in simplicity, and longer in duration.

Loomis Sayles Bond Fund (LSBRX, 3.3 %) isn't technically a junk - bond fund, but longtime manager Dan Fuss has excelled as a bond picker, particularly in high - yield issBond Fund (LSBRX, 3.3 %) isn't technically a junk - bond fund, but longtime manager Dan Fuss has excelled as a bond picker, particularly in high - yield issbond fund, but longtime manager Dan Fuss has excelled as a bond picker, particularly in high - yield issbond picker, particularly in high - yield issues.

Attracted by higher yields than on safer bonds, and with lower valuations than on stocks currently, portfolio managers and individuals alike have poured money into junk bonds this year.

Moreover, the US stock market has also been on a multi-year run, which is inducing asset managers to speculate on the sustainability of current valuations across US capital markets.1 If a lower dividend yield is associated with expensive equities, then a lower bond yield should indicate expensive Treasuries.

John Miller, fund manager and co-head of fixed income at Nuveen, says that the funds» performance is driven not so much by duration or yield - curve positioning, but more by yield, credit selection and bonds that have the opportunity for credit spreads to narrow over time.

AMG Managers DoubleLine Core Plus Bond Fund is a total return oriented portfolio invested across multiple asset classes, including non-core areas such as high yield, emerging markets and bank loans, to help manage interest rate exposure.

Larry Moser, regional sales manager for Bank of Montreal Retail Investments, remembers selling a 10 - year Government of Canada bond yielding 7.25 % to one of his clients back in 1995.

Another incident seemed unrelated at the time, but today seems very related — one day I asked the high yield manager what sorts of spreads he looked for in buying bonds.