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Green project bonds have also outpaced high yield corporates by nearly 95 %, as the S&P U.S. Issued Corporate Bonds Index is up 4.56 % YTD.

Not exact matches

And recessions are often presaged by certain signals: rising jobless claims; falling home sales; an inverted yield curve; wage pressures that impact corporate margins; exogenous shocks, including oil spikes; or destabilizing valuations in key asset classes.

High - yield bonds, aka junk bonds, as measured by iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) are down, too, though by a little yield bonds, aka junk bonds, as measured by iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) are down, too, though by a little Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) are down, too, though by a little less.

History shows when the benchmark rate for everything in the economy from corporate bond yields to mortgage rates moves by this much, this fast, the stock market struggles in the following months.

For instance, the U.S. high yield market, as measured by the Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield 2 % Issuer Capped index, experienced its worst start to a year ever, going back to 1994, Bloomberg data yield market, as measured by the Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield 2 % Issuer Capped index, experienced its worst start to a year ever, going back to 1994, Bloomberg data Yield 2 % Issuer Capped index, experienced its worst start to a year ever, going back to 1994, Bloomberg data show.

Another way is to boost yield is to relax credit quality a little by opting for investment grade corporate bonds instead of triple - A government treasuries.

We aim to add value in the Corporate Advantage Fund by generating yield using a relative valuation approach and investing in investment grade corporate bonds, high yield bonds, preferred shares, and other fixed income seCorporate Advantage Fund by generating yield using a relative valuation approach and investing in investment grade corporate bonds, high yield bonds, preferred shares, and other fixed income secorporate bonds, high yield bonds, preferred shares, and other fixed income securities.

Investment grade vs. non-investment grade (high yield) Corporate bonds are generally rated by one or more of the three primary ratings agencies: Standard & Poor's, Moody's, and Fitch.

High - yield bonds are usually issued by firms that have an uncertain financial outlook — either they have fallen into deteriorating credit situations, they are emerging growth companies, or they are undergoing corporate restructurings.

The continent's pension funds, meanwhile, face a tougher challenge paying for their members» retirement, as early September saw the world's first negative - yielding corporate bonds, issued by French pharmaceutical firm Sanofi and German cement maker Henkel.

With interest rates on low - risk investments falling to low levels in many countries, investors have sought to maintain yields by moving into higher - risk assets such as corporate debt and emerging market debt.

Spreads between corporate bond yields and swap rates and the premia on credit default swaps have fallen slightly over the period, and are very low by historical standards (Graph 44).

By looking at the difference in yield between a corporate bond and a Treasury of the same maturity, you can get an idea of the extra premium investors require for the extra credit risk inherent in the corporate bond.

Investors typically evaluate corporate bonds by looking at their yield advantage, or «yield spread,» relative to U.S. Treasuries.

Bloomberg's Global Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index sank by 4 % last year to a trough in early November, then stabilized as high - yield cratered further.

While most of the market seemed not to notice, seeing as it was fixated on corporate earnings and what's going on in the tech sector, the yield on the T - note surged by 14 basis points last week to close Friday at 2.96 %.

Sentiment in the high yield space, and particularly the corporate space, is supported by central bank rhetoric.

The Bloomberg Barclays High - Yield Bond Index is an unmanaged index of corporate bonds rated below investment grade by Moody's, S&P or Fitch Investor Service.

«Bond investors are clearly giving a vote of confidence to the U.S. economy by moving back into corporates - particularly high - yield,» said Joe Clark, managing partner at the Financial Enhancement Group.

Also funds and ETFs that hold corporate bonds and hedge by selling treasury bond futures may lose value if the spread between corporate bond yields and treasury bond yields widens.

The past several years have featured little more than a gigantic asset swap, the short description being that massive volumes of government debt have been swapped by central banks for massive volumes of idle bank reserves, while massive volumes of low - yielding, covenant - lite debt have been issued into the hands of yield - seeking investors, in order to retire massive volumes of corporate equities at elevated valuations through buybacks.

By assets, the most popular junk bond ETF is the $ 14 billion iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG B - 68).

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: CORPORATE DEBT By Gordon Platt US interest rates have been in a general declining trend since 1981, when Paul Volcker was Federal Reserve chairman and the 10 - year Treasury bond yielded 16 %.

That's dragged yields on $ 7.8 trillion of government debt negative; by contrast, the lowest rated corporate bonds have returned 151 percent since 2008, including 9.4 percent this year through mid-June.

According to him, the initiative was already yielding fruits with the library at Herbert Macaulay, Yaba and the one at Isolo already taken up by corporate organisations.

The minimum dividend yield required by the Rea - Graham screen is currently 2 % (66.7 % of the corporate bond rate of 3 %).

Fixed income sectors shown to the right are provided by Barclays and are represented by the following Bloomberg Barclays Indices — Treasury Inflation Protected Securities: U.S. Treasury Inflation - Protected Securities (TIPS) Index; Floating Rate Loans: US Floating - Rate Note Index (BBB); Asset - backed securities: US Asset - Backed Securities Index; High Yield: US Corporate High - Yield Bond Index; Convertibles: US Convertible Bond Index; Mortgage - backed securities: US Aggregate Securitized MBS Index; Broad Market: US Aggregate Bond Index; Municipals: Municipal Bond 10 - Year Index; Investment Grade Corporates: US Corporates Index

The par amount outstanding of investment - grade corporate debt, as measured by the S&P U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index, has increased over USD 4 trillion since September 2007, while the amount of speculative - grade outstanding, as measured by the S&P U.S. High Yield Corporate Bond Index, has increased by USD 800corporate debt, as measured by the S&P U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index, has increased over USD 4 trillion since September 2007, while the amount of speculative - grade outstanding, as measured by the S&P U.S. High Yield Corporate Bond Index, has increased by USD 800Corporate Bond Index, has increased over USD 4 trillion since September 2007, while the amount of speculative - grade outstanding, as measured by the S&P U.S. High Yield Corporate Bond Index, has increased by USD 800Corporate Bond Index, has increased by USD 800 billion.

Investment grade bonds as measured by the S&P U.S. Issued Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index turned it up a notch as the index's yield tightened by 9 basis points on the week to a 2.76 %.

The average yield of bonds in the S&P 500 7 - 10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index has fallen by 94bps since year end as the yield thirsty market place has hunted yield oriented products.

Further evidence is shown by the S&P U.S. Distressed High Yield Corporate Bond Index.

Investment Grade Corporate and all other type of bonds are ranked based on their AUM - weighted average dividend yield for all the U.S. - listed ETFs that are classified by ETFdb.com as being mostly exposed to those respective bonds.

The average yield of bonds in the S&P 500 7 - 10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index has fallen by 94bps Read more -LSB-...]

The fact that the S&P U.S. High Yield Low Volatility Corporate Bond Index is located above the straight line linking the investment - grade and high - yield bond sectors demonstrates that the index outperforms the return frontier established by the two bond secYield Low Volatility Corporate Bond Index is located above the straight line linking the investment - grade and high - yield bond sectors demonstrates that the index outperforms the return frontier established by the two bond secyield bond sectors demonstrates that the index outperforms the return frontier established by the two bond sectors.

The duration matched spread to Treasuries or the OAS (Option Adjusted Spread) for both the S&P U.S. Issued Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index and the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index are tighter by 16 and 33 basis points respectively.

Size Tracked by the S&P U.S. Issued Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index and the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index, the total size of the U.S. corporate bond market is around USD 4.8 trillion, which is approximately four times that of the Chinese corporate bonCorporate Bond Index and the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index, the total size of the U.S. corporate bond market is around USD 4.8 trillion, which is approximately four times that of the Chinese corporate bonCorporate Bond Index, the total size of the U.S. corporate bond market is around USD 4.8 trillion, which is approximately four times that of the Chinese corporate boncorporate bond market is around USD 4.8 trillion, which is approximately four times that of the Chinese corporate boncorporate bond market.

High Yield's month - to - date return is presently negative at a -0.44 %, while for the year it is returning a 4.05 % as measured by the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index.

Meanwhile, intermediate - grade corporate bonds tracked by Barron's began the year yielding 207 basis points above the 10 - year Treasury.

The high - yield corporate bond segment, as measured by the S&P U.S. High Yield Corporate Bond Index, was the top - performing asset class for 2016, posting a total return of 17yield corporate bond segment, as measured by the S&P U.S. High Yield Corporate Bond Index, was the top - performing asset class for 2016, posting a total return ocorporate bond segment, as measured by the S&P U.S. High Yield Corporate Bond Index, was the top - performing asset class for 2016, posting a total return of 17Yield Corporate Bond Index, was the top - performing asset class for 2016, posting a total return oCorporate Bond Index, was the top - performing asset class for 2016, posting a total return of 17.2 %.

MYGA interest rates will vary over time as market conditions change, being driven most notably by longer - term Treasury and investment grade corporate bond yields.

Unlike Treasuries and investment grade corporates, the high yield market as measured by the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index touch a low point for yield earlier in the month at a 5.87 % on Octoberyield market as measured by the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index touch a low point for yield earlier in the month at a 5.87 % on OctoberYield Corporate Bond Index touch a low point for yield earlier in the month at a 5.87 % on Octoberyield earlier in the month at a 5.87 % on October 6th.

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Thomas would save more in taxes by using the TFSA to hold the corporate bonds, which have a higher yield and limited potential for price gains.

High - yield bonds did not sell off quite as much, as the shorter duration (4.97 years) index dropped by only -0.09 % for the day as measured by the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Iyield bonds did not sell off quite as much, as the shorter duration (4.97 years) index dropped by only -0.09 % for the day as measured by the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond IYield Corporate Bond Index.

However, because of this inherent safety, the average mortgage bond tends to yield a lower rate of return than traditional corporate bonds that are backed only by the corporation's promise and ability to pay.

This spread is measured by the difference between 10 - year corporate bond yields and 10 - year U.S. Treasury bond yields (or alternatively, by 6 - month commercial paper minus 6 - month U.S. Treasury bill yields).

«FTSE, ®» «FTSE Corporate Investment Grade (Treasury Rate Hedged)» and «FTSE High Yield (Treasury Rated Hedged)» have been licensed for use by ProShares.

The S&P China Corporate Bond Index outperformed the S&P China Sovereign Bond Index and gained 4.26 % YTD, and its yield - to - maturity tightened by 110 bps to 4.26 % as of June 29, 2015 — a level last seen in late 2010.

Estimating the Term Structure of Yield Spreads from Callable Corporate Bond Price Data by Antje Berndt of Cornell University (402K PDF)-- 43 pages — December 16, 2004

By comparison, the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index has a duration of over 4.8 years and is up 3.6 % year to date.