Sentences with phrase «yield corporate»

Though static allocation of VIX futures can reduce portfolio volatility and offer downside protection compared with the broad - based, unhedged S&P U.S. High Yield Corporate Bond Index, it can drag down portfolio performance significantly, due to the high cost of rolling VIX futures.

Meanwhile, high yield bonds represented by the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index lost -0.48 % on the week and are now down -0.64 % for the month and have dropped from earlier higher levels to a year - to - date return of 4.87 %.

The duration of the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index is 5 years, while the average life of senior loan is 4.48 years as measured by the S&P / LSTA U.S. Leveraged Loan 100 Index.

Exhibit 1: The S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index Energy Sector Versus the NYMEX Crude Oil Future

High yield bonds ended in the red in November, as the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index returned -0.63 % for the month.

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 S&P 500 High Yield Corporate Bond Index, a subindex of the S&P 500 Bond Index, has 440 issues and a yield - to - worst of 4.98 % as of July 17, 2015.

I am overweight diversified high - yield corporate debt via iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG), master limited pipeline partnerships via JPMorgan Alerian MLP Index ETN (AMJ) and dividend equities via iShares High Dividend Equity ETF (HDV) and Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (VYM).

The high - yield bond market, as measured by the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index, had recently been clawing its way up in performance for 2015.

Meanwhile, fixed rate high yield bonds tracked in the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index, which have a longer duration than floating rate debt, have seen a negative 1.51 % return in June so far.

While in comparison the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index has only returned 0.5 % and 3.48 % respectively.

In the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index, the energy sector has had more of an impact, as the market value weight of the sector is 14.4 % of the index.

High yield, as measured by the S&P U.S. High Yield Corporate Bond Index and the S&P / LSTA U.S. Leveraged Loan 100 Index, which represents speculative - grade senior secured bank loans, was less driven by Europe's news.

Exhibit 1 shows the energy sector (14 %) of the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index in comparison with movements in oil prices.

(In comparison, the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index is down 1.51 % month to date)

Shorter duration, high - yield bonds, such as those captured in the S&P 0 - 3 Year High Yield Corporate Bond Index, are up 0.09 % MTD and 1.85 % YTD (as of March 13, 2015), as investors move down the curve in order to reduce rate volatility and term risk exposure.

We have just launched a GBP - hedged share class of the Short - Term High Yield Corporate Bond Index Source UCITS ETF,» confirms Palmucci.

Year - to - date the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index has returned 4.69 % while loans is lagging behind returning 1.91 %.

This ETF offers targeted exposure to high yield corporate bonds maturing in 2018, giving investors a «yield experience» that aligns more closely with holding individual bonds.

Month - to - date the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index is returning 0.51 % and on the year it has returned 4.06 % year - to - date.

The S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index and the S&P / LSTA U.S. Leveraged Loan 100 Index on the month continued to perform in lockstep as both indices have returned 0.63 %.

The S&P 500 High Yield Corporate Bond Index has returned 0.28 % MTD and 1.64 % YTD as of the same date.

Positive economic results and strong earnings from higher beta sectors propelled equities, high - yield corporate bonds, and leveraged loans (S&P / LSTA U.S. Leveraged Loan 100 Index).

At the end of May 2015, the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index had a YTD return as high as 4.08 %, but it has returned 1.18 % YTD.

Both the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index and the S&P / LSTA U.S. Leveraged Loan 100 Index ended the month of May with total returns under 1 %.

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Only hold some high yield corporate ETFs at this point; full equities outside of that.

In a 2015 blog post, Larry Swedroe compared four portfolios, one with all of its fixed income invested only in safe 5 - year treasury bonds, the other three with each an increasing allocation to high yield corporate bonds.

Fund also provides exposure to high - yield corporate bonds, which may increase risk and return potential.

For those okay with more risk and volatility who want ETF exposure to the corporate bonds, take a look at the Powershares High - Yield Corporate Bond ETF under symbol PHB.

Up to 30 % of assets may be invested in fixed income securities including lower - quality, high - yield corporate debt.

BMO High Yield US Corporate Bond Hedged to CAD ETF (Ticker: ZHY; MER: 0.65 %) tracks the performance of the US high yield corporate bond market and hedges its US dollar exposure.

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).

Our first stop in the income hall of shame is the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF.

The fund had major equivalent positions in the Vanguard Mortgage - Backed Securities ETF (VMBS), SPDR ® Barclays Intermediate Term Corporate Bond ETF (ITR), iShares Intermediate Credit Bond ETF (CIU), Vanguard Intermediate - Term Corporate Bond ETF (VCIT), Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF ™ (SCHZ), and PIMCO 0 - 5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond Index ETF (HYS).

PowerShares Fundamental High Yield Corporate Bond (CAD Hedged) ETF (TSX: PFH) tracks a fundamental index comprised of debt issued by publicly - traded companies with maturity ranging from 1 to 10 years.

The S&P 500 High Yield Corporate Bond Index presents a unique credit alternative to bridge the gap between existing investment grade, which offers spread levels of around 150 bps, and high - yield corporate credit, which offers north of 600 bps in spread.

Returns on the S&P 500 High Yield Corporate Bond Index have a high correlation to the S&P U.S. High Yield Corporate Bond Index as well as other peer indices while the constituents of the index have had a lower instance of default historically.

The total rates of return performance for both the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index and the S&P / LSTA U.S. Leveraged Loan 100 Index on the month are in step at a 0.57 % and 0.60 % respectively.

Vanguard's high - yield corporate bond fund, which invests in low - quality «junk» bonds, made money in 2013, returning 4.5 %.

Fidelity has several high - yield corporate bond mutual funds: Focused High Income (FHIFX), Strategic Income (FSICX), Capital & Income (FAGIX), and High - Income (SPHIX).

If you're willing to take on maximum risk (within the Bond ETF market) in exchange for a higher return, you should choose a high - yield Corporate Bond ETF.

Generally speaking, the constituents are of higher quality than those of traditional corporate indices such as the S&P U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index and the S&P U.S. High Yield Corporate Bond Index.

«iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond's (HYG) market price dropped 2.6 % for -LSB-...]

High yield corporate bonds tracked in the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Bond Index have returned just under 5 % year to date but lost ground the past several days as fund outflows weigh on the market driving prices down and the weighted average yield (yield to worst) up by 22bps since last week to end at 4.88 %.

A rare twist in the markets may be ending as a result: yields of tax free high yield municipal bonds are 34bps higher (Yield to Worst) than high yield corporate bonds.

That said, today's crop of high yield corporate debt is lower rated than in the past.

It invests primarily in special situations, real estate, high yield corporate credit and distressed debt.

Investors who have been chasing higher yields by moving down in credit will most likely experience a loss this month, as the S&P 500 High Yield Corporate Bond Index has returned -1.26 % month - to - date.

There are many other aspects of risk and reward related to the senior loan and high yield corporate bond markets that can be discussed in additional posts.