Sentences with phrase «yield declined while»

Amidst this backdrop, the 10 - year Treasury yield declined while short term rates increased, causing further flattening of the yield curve.

Not exact matches

The U.S. dollar rose to a two - week high against a basket of currencies on Friday on rising U.S. yields, while sterling extended a decline in the wake of dovish comments from the head of the Bank of England.

But cross-country differences in equity returns declined to pre-crisis levels while the range of yields on debt securities issued by banks and by non-financial corporations also narrowed, suggesting that there is some integration at least in prices of financial instruments.

The benchmark 10 - year Treasury note yield TMUBMUSD10Y, -0.75 % fell 2 basis points to 2.814 %, while the 30 - year bond yield TMUBMUSD30Y, -0.77 % slipped 3.3 basis points to 2.998 %, its third straight decline.

With the oil majors all trading at fair and undervalued prices due to the decline in oil prices I was able to both increase the yield of my portfolio while also getting great companies at a fair price.

Prices on the government's benchmark bonds due 2033 climbed to 117.6 cents on the dollar while yields on local - law bonds due 2017 declined to 6.38 percent.

Emerging companies While many high yield bonds are issued by former investment grade companies in decline, the high yield market also provides financing opportunities for emerging companies seeking working capital for expansion or to fund acquisitions.

As US consumer prices declined unexpectedly on a month - to - month basis, Treasury yields retreated, while the Dollar remained under pressure against the Euro (although a break above 1.24 didn't happen in the EUR / USD), while the safe - haven Yen regained some of its recent losses against the Greenback.

German bond yields have declined over the past three months to be only slightly above the multi-decade lows seen in early 2003, while Japanese yields have also edged downward.

The yield on the US 10 - year Treasury note rose 10 basis points on the week to 2.39 %, while the price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil declined modestly to $ 44.50 a barrel from $ 45.40 a week ago.

The pound fell 1 % after the announcement while yields on United Kingdom government bonds declined, aided in part by concerns expressed by the MPC that the uncertainty surrounding Brexit will continue to weigh on domestic activity, which has slowed even as global growth has accelerated.

Readers have no doubt noticed that numerous inter-market correlations seem to have been suspended lately, and that many things are happening that superficially seem to make little sense (e.g. falling junk bond yields while defaults are surging; the yen rising since the BoJ adopted negative rates; stocks rising amid a persistent decline in earnings growth; bonds, gold and stocks moving in unison, etc., etc.).

When downgrades occur, the yields of fallen angels tend to rise dramatically while their prices decline.

A bullish bias is based largely on Bond yields bottoming out, NOT TOPPING, along with Advance / Decline being back at new all - time highs while various former underperforming laggard sectors like Healthcare, have begun to outperform.

By purchasing these companies after a price decline, we find we are able to control risk in the portfolio as these investments often have less downside while offering a decent potential return.The U.S. Equity Fund seeks to invest in companies with a lower Price to Book Ratio, lower Price to Earnings Ratio and higher Dividend Yield than the S&P 500 index.

«The seeds and the fertilizers are too expensive for poor farmers like us, that we become buried in too much debt while our yields began to decline because of the failure of the HYVs,» said Nazareno.

While the report claims that European dairy herd sizes are already beginning to decline, genetic improvements and higher cow yields have all been found to result from current market policy.

A high intensity tobacco control campaign would lead to a 2.5 % relative decline in smoking rates by 2015 and prevent 1.1 million deaths due to smoking by 2050, while stronger health warnings were projected to yield a relative 2.3 % reduction in smoking rates by 2050.

While it is true that preferred stocks may see price declines as traditional long - term bonds would, the losses may be more than offset by the potential yield.

One idea I have is that rather than staying in TIPS and knowing that my account balance «will decline» while I wait for a PE / 10 to decrease to 14 or so (which might not happen in my lifetime) it might be better to look at getting yield from Preferred Stocks, REITs, MLP's or maybe even High Yield Byield from Preferred Stocks, REITs, MLP's or maybe even High Yield BYield Bonds.

While the initial yield was high, your overall return has been eroded by a 25 % decline in the nominal value of your investment.

Yet while nominal bond yields have declined, the credit risk component of US Treasuries has been on an increasing trend since last year.

If the dividends per share were reinvested and remained constant while the stock price never recovered and stayed 20 % below its purchase price, this seemingly unfortunate investment would eventually become more profitable after 18.9 years (red highlight, intersection point between 5 % dividend yield and 20 % price decline) than if those same dividends were reinvested and the stock price had remained the same throughout the period.

While I still believe U.S. yields are likely to rise modestly by year's end, last week's decline in yields is a reminder that we're in a «low - for - long» interest rate environment.

That enriched existing bondholders, while also boosting enthusiasm for stocks, which appeared more attractive as bond yields declined.

Among the many reasons for stock declines that pundits threw out there while bond yields went up was that investors might be dumping stocks because the risk premium isn't worth being in stocks compared to being in bonds.

While convertible securities tend to provide higher yields than common stocks, the higher yield may not protect against the risk of loss or mitigate any loss associated with a convertible security's price decline.

The High Dividend Yield ETF (VYM) saw its expense ratio decline to 0.09 % from 0.10 %, while Global Ex-US Real Estate (VNQI) had expenses of 0.18 % in the 2015 fiscal year vs. 0.24 % a year earlier.

That being the case, bonds — like stocks — can be expected to trade in a very wide trading range for some time, and we'll tend to extend our durations on further spikes in yields, while contracting them when yields decline significantly.

While a stock may continue to increase in price once its yield drops below 2 %, the potential benefit of ownership is not equal to the risk of decline.

While money market accounts are treated as a separate category from high - yield savings accounts, the distinction between the two types has blurred following the decline in interest rates since 2008.

While client surveys have yielded myriad reasons behind the decline — higher veterinary fees in an up - and - down economy and a willingness to search the internet for answers to veterinary questions, for starters — we can gain some insight on how to fix these issues.

Two artists declined to make objects to set atop the plinths: Tauba Auerbach sent a wedge that pushed her plinth to a precarious tilt, while Nick Relph instructed the store to cut a slot in his, yielding a donation box for a to - be-determined charity.

While other regions could help alleviate the losses by allocating more land to crops - thus preventing the projected 40 % decline in crop yields - the shift would come at a large cost.

With arable land in retreat and water supplies falling, crop yields were already in decline in many areas, while malnutrition rates were rising — precisely the conditions witnessed in more extreme forms in the famine - affected areas today.

That, it says, means productivity must be increased by reversing declines in yield growth and closing the gap between actual and attainable yields in the developing world, while also reducing agriculture's environmental impact, including the depletion of fresh water and the increase in greenhouse gas emissions.

The report says that draining rice paddies in mid-season and using different fertilizers can reduce methane emissions, while switching to more heat - tolerant varieties of rice can offset crop yield declines.

Besides allowing third world countries to become the emitters while we cut back he also says, «We will see in Africa with climate change a decline in agricultural yields.

In October, U.S. Treasury yields declined 23 basis points on a year - over-year basis, while corporate debt on the low end of the investment grade spectrum increased more than 65 basis points, nearly a 90 basis point increase in the spread between U.S. Treasuries and the low - end of investment grade corporate bonds.

Key takeaways: 1) The U.S. continues as an attractive investment destination for commercial real estate investors; 2) Commercial fundamentals remain on an upward trend, boosted by solid employment gains; 3) While investors have taken a step back over the past year, leading to declining sales volume in large cap markets, small cap markets benefited from increased visibility and capital inflow, as growing local economies and higher investment yields provide diversification to investors.