Sentences with phrase «yield bond market segments»

Each month for investment grade and high yield bond market segments separately, they construct an equally - weighted long - only portfolio consisting of the 10 % of bonds with the highest exposure to each factor.

Not exact matches

Two are focused on high - yield, or junk, bonds, according to ETF.com, despite repeated warnings on Wall Street that the segment of the market is headed for the rocks.

As bond yields surged on Friday, high - yielding segments of the equity market such as utilities and REITs came under the most pressure, which shows that it won't take much of a rise in yields to derail their rally.

After a relentless search for yield, investors have piled into dividend - yielding, defensive stocks, or what we call «bond market proxies,» making many such segments extremely expensive.

In another segment of the bond market, yields on Fannie Mae mortgage - backed securities — those used to guide lenders into the bond market — jumped to 3.21 percent in their biggest move since mid-2009, the Journal reported.

Higher yielding segments of the U.S. dollar bond market, including high yield, emerging markets and mortgages, are not as well developed in Canada.

High yield is one segment of the bond market they could consider.

The recent steep decline in yields have pushed bond prices up resulting in Puerto Rico out performing the rest of the municipal bond market and other bond market segments so far this year.

Yet the segment still looks attractive given persistently low developed market bond yields.

«On the heels of launching the first inverse ETFs on the high yield and investment grade corporate bond markets, we are pleased to offer the first leveraged ETFs on these segments of the fixed income landscape,» said Michael L. Sapir, Chairman and CEO of ProShare Advisors LLC, ProShares» investment advisor.

With a total return of nearly 15 % year to date, however, this historically «risky» segment of the bond market may be overbought as spreads on their yields narrow.

In the fixed income markets, high - yield bonds could benefit as a large segment of the sector is tied to borrowers that are more profitable amid rising oil costs.7

The Fund provides exposure to the shorter duration segment of the high - yield bond market, investing primarily in investments with an expected duration profile of three years or less.

As a result this segment of the bond market enjoys both a higher yield and overall better year - to - date performance than U.S. corporate bonds tracked in the S&P 500 Bond Inbond market enjoys both a higher yield and overall better year - to - date performance than U.S. corporate bonds tracked in the S&P 500 Bond InBond Index.

The Energy segment of the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index has a market weight of 16 % in the index and has returned 2.98 % MTD, while Ex-Energy is only at 0.70 %.

The Arrow Dynamic Income Fund's returns are derived from three core portfolio strategies across distinct market segments: high yield, credit default, and long — term bonds.

High - yield bonds can help you spread assets across different segments of the financial market, reducing your risk concentration in any one asset class in your overall portfolio.

While we are mindful of potential risks, this backdrop continues to bode well for riskier segments of the bond market such as corporate bonds, high yield, and emerging market debt.