Not exact matches
Speaking at the Post.Seed Conference on Tuesday, the PayPal co-founder and Founders Fund principal offered what amounted to a critique of the
generally accepted model for funding startups, wherein seed and venture investors make lots of small
investments in early - stage companies in the hopes that a few will
yield big payoffs.
As a group, the Canadian banks
generally present a safe
investment opportunity with healthy dividend
yields, encouraging growth prospects and a compelling value proposition.
But keep in mind: More interest rate sensitive bonds
generally have higher
yields, so moving to a shorter duration
investment could result in less income.
Each fund has a stated objective,
generally focusing on a particular sector, such as corporate or Treasury bonds, or broad category, such as
investment grade or high
yield.
Although the bond market is also volatile, lower - quality debt securities, including leveraged loans,
generally offer higher
yields compared with
investment - grade securities, but also involve greater risk of default or price changes.
Although municipal bond
yields are
generally lower than taxable bond fund
yields, some investors in higher tax brackets may find they have a higher after - tax
yield from a tax - free municipal bond fund
investment instead of a taxable bond fund
investment.
Whereas other muni funds might accumulate Illinois debt based on its high
yield, regardless of risk, we
generally have stuck to
investment - grade munis.
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.
Yields on U.S. Treasurys,
generally considered a safe go - to
investment especially in volatile times, have been sliding for the past week as prices have risen.
2Exchange Traded Funds seek
investment results that, before expenses,
generally correspond to the price and
yield of a particular index.
TAXABLE BOND FUNDS: B - CHY - Corporate High -
Yield Bond: Invest
generally in corporate bonds rated below
investment grade.
PowerShares Dividend Achievers Portfolio (the Fund) seeks
investment results that correspond
generally to the price and
yield of the Broad Dividend Achievers Index (the Index).
iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend Index Fund (the Fund) seeks
investment results that correspond
generally to the price and
yield performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index (the Index).
Coincidentally, Global X launched a Permanent ETF (PERM) last week; the fund seeks to provide
investment results that correspond
generally to the price and
yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Solactive Permanent Index.
Cons: The primary negative associated with
investment grade floaters is that when issued they
generally offer current
yields that are significantly lower than a typical fixed rate bond of the same maturity offered by the same issuer.
Generally, UITB focuses on
investment - grade securities, however the fund is allowed to place up to 25 % of the portfolio in high -
yield bonds.
This is because higher interest rates
generally mean that property prices could temporarily decline, and thus the cash
yield on
investment increases.
The
investment seeks to correspond
generally to the price and
yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the S&P 500 Index.
Higher
yields generally come with higher risk, so selecting an
investment based on the dividend alone can
yield unfortunate results.
As a group, the Canadian banks
generally present a safe
investment opportunity with healthy dividend
yields, encouraging growth prospects and a compelling value proposition.
The
investment seeks to provide
investment results that correspond
generally to the price and
yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the NASDAQ OMX China Technology Index.
The
investment seeks results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Dow Jones U.S. Select Investment Servi
investment seeks results that correspond
generally to the price and
yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Dow Jones U.S. Select
Investment Servi
Investment Services index.
The
investment seeks results that correspond
generally to the price and
yield performance, before fees and expenses, of S&P California AMT - Free Municipal Bond index.
The
investment seeks
investment results that correspond
generally to the price and
yield performance of the Russell Midcap Growth index.
It «seeks
investment results that correspond
generally to the price and
yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index»
Investment - grade bonds may have paltry
yields, but
generally hold their value when stocks get hammered — indeed, they may rise in value as investors flee to safety and drive interest rates down.
Real - estate
investment trusts (REITs) are popular with
yield - oriented investors, but the income from these stocks are
generally not characterized as dividends and are also fully taxable.
The
investment seeks
investment results that correspond
generally to the price and
yield (before the fund's fees and expenses) of an equity index called the Defined Australia Index.
The
investment seeks
investment results that correspond
generally to the price and
yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the JPMorgan ETF Efficiente 10 TR Series X Index.
The
investment seeks results that correspond
generally to the price and
yield performance of its underlying index, IQ Global Agribusiness Small Cap Index.
I - Bonds are not
generally good for personal
investment as they are not marketable when necessary, have redemption penalties and hold lower overall
yields in general.
«The worst
investment decisions have
generally been made when dumb money is chasing
yield.»
But high valuations and a strong rally in 2016 could see some profit taking in the high
yield sector, so we
generally prefer
investment grade bonds.
The
investment seeks to provide
investment results that, before expenses, correspond
generally to the price and
yield performance of publicly traded equity securities of companies in the Real Estate Select Sector Index (the index).
The
investment seeks
investment results that
generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and
yield of the S&P BMI Emerging Markets Low Volatility IndexTM.
The iShares MSCI Philippines Investable Market Index Fund seeks to provide
investment results that correspond
generally to the price and
yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the Philippines equity market, as measured by the MSCI Phillipines Index.
But I'd be wary of venturing, as some investors seeking higher
yields do, into high -
yield, or junk, bond funds, as they're
generally more volatile than
investment - grade funds and don't hold up as well in periods of economic and market stress.
The
investment seeks
investment results that correspond
generally to the price and
yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI China index.
The Trust seeks
investment results that, before expenses,
generally correspond to the price and
yield performance of the component common stocks of the S&P 500 Index.
The
investment seeks to provide
investment results that, before expenses, correspond
generally to the price and
yield performance of publicly traded equity securities of companies in the Materials Select Sector Index.
Although the bond market is also volatile, lower - quality debt securities including leveraged loans
generally offer higher
yields compared to
investment grade securities, but also involve greater risk of default or price changes.
The
investment seeks to provide
investment results that correspond
generally to the price and
yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Singapore Index (the underlying index).
The
investment seeks to provide
investment results that correspond
generally to the price and
yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Brazil Index.
Coincidentally, Global X launched a Permanent ETF (PERM) last week; the fund seeks to provide
investment results that correspond
generally to the price and
yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Solactive Permanent Index.
The
investment seeks to provide
investment results that correspond
generally to the price and
yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Mexico Investable Market Index (the underlying index).
The Fund seeks to provide
investment results that
generally correspond to the price and
yield performance of the component securities of the Nasdaq - 100 Index.
The
investment seeks to provide
investment results that correspond
generally to the price and
yield performance of publicly traded securities in the British markets, as measured by the MSCI United Kingdom Index.
From the investor's perspective, money market instruments represent a liquid, low - risk
investment that
generally offers a higher
yield than bank deposits.
But keep in mind: More interest rate sensitive bonds
generally have higher
yields, so moving to a shorter duration
investment could result in less income.
The iShares FTSE EPRA / NAREIT Developed Asia Index Fund seeks
investment results that correspond
generally to the price and
yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the FTSE EPRA / NAREIT Developed Asia Index.