If you decide to pour your entire life savings into a high
yield junk bond fund or stock that I mention and it tanks, don't come crying to me.
Not exact matches
NEW YORK, Jan 18 - U.S.
fund investors pulled $ 3.1 billion from high -
yield «
junk»
bonds during the latest week, Lipper data showed on Thursday, offering new warning signs about risk appetite despite global markets» continuing triumph.
Four of the top 10
funds in terms of inflows from Oct. 7 - 13 came from the
bond sector, and two of them were focused on high -
yield, or
junk.
Also remember that if a
bond fund yields 6 % currently, it is stuffed with
junk bonds.
Yet we also see very strong inflows into
junk bond funds, based on the belief that these high
yields represent value rather than information about default probabilities.
However, high -
yield (
junk)
bond funds and international
bond funds can be affected by factors other than interest rates.
Junk bond funds are largely out of favor this year, but an interest - rate - hedged high -
yield bond ETF is beating that trend.
Further out in the credit quality spectrum, U.S. - based high -
yield «
junk»
bond funds
The hot money goes more to
junk -
bond (high -
yield)
funds.
Yet,
bond investors have only piled on more risk, from record growth in high - risk, covenant - lite loans to leveraged - loan
funds holding billions in collateral in over-indebted retailers to sustained lows in
junk bond yields.
Borrowers issue high -
yield or «
junk»
bonds because they are considered too risky to raise
funds through established channels.
Meanwhile, Bloomberg reports that pension
funds, squeezed for sources of safe return, have been abandoning their investment grade policies to invest in higher
yielding junk bonds.
There are various ways to participate in the
Junk Bond rally that is just underway - from purchasing individual corporate
bonds to diversifying risk with double - digit
yielding Bond ETFs, Mutual
Funds and individual corporate paper.
(However, HYG and
junk bond funds are continuing to rally as the hunt for
yield continues)
He lost money because a lot of other
funds have made money gambling on corporate
junk bonds that are
yielding about 6.5 % now.
As time passed, the number of
funds increased as they began to specialize in certain types of investments: foreign - country
bonds, high - tech stocks, high -
yield (
junk)
bonds, and so forth.
The Sub-Advisor seeks to achieve the
fund's investment objective by selecting a focused portfolio of high -
yield debt securities (commonly referred to as
junk bonds).
The BMO Monthly Income ETF (ZMI) is a portfolio of 10 other high -
yield exchange - traded
funds, covering real estate investment trusts (REITs), corporate
bonds (both investment grade and
junk), emerging market
bonds, and dividend - paying stocks.
To a lesser extent, it has also gone into high -
yield mutual
funds that buy
bonds rated below investment grade, known as
junk bonds to those who are dubious of them.»
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.
Similarly, some high -
yield bond funds may also be too risky if they invest in low - rated or
junk bonds to generate higher returns.
A
fund that focuses on lower - quality
junk bonds will often sport a higher
yield.
Bond power rankings are rankings between Target Maturity Date Junk Bonds and all other U.S. - listed bond ETFs on certain investment - related metrics, including 3 - month fund flows, 3 - month return, AUM, average ETF expenses and average dividend yie
Bond power rankings are rankings between Target Maturity Date
Junk Bonds and all other U.S. - listed
bond ETFs on certain investment - related metrics, including 3 - month fund flows, 3 - month return, AUM, average ETF expenses and average dividend yie
bond ETFs on certain investment - related metrics, including 3 - month
fund flows, 3 - month return, AUM, average ETF expenses and average dividend
yields.
U.S. Municipal
Bonds: (Data as of May 16,2013) Corporate
junk bond yields have risen as mutual
funds have seen outflows.
I invest that middle - term money in a mix of
junk high
yield bond funds and «high»
yield savings accounts at an online bank.
Guggenheim Investments currently offers 14 of these
funds, 8 of which invest in investment grade
bonds, 6 of which invest in high
yield or «
junk»
bonds.
The
fund may invest up to 100 % of its managed assets in below - investment grade debt securities (commonly referred to as «high -
yield» or «
junk»
bonds).
The Vanguard High -
Yield (aka Junk) Bond mutual fund yields about 6.5 % (relatively high yield and perceived likelihood of defau
Yield (aka
Junk)
Bond mutual
fund yields about 6.5 % (relatively high
yield and perceived likelihood of defau
yield and perceived likelihood of defaults).
The
fund may invest without limit in high
yield fixed - income securities (often referred to as «
junk bonds»).
It may not be appropriate, therefore, to compare the performance of a high -
yield (or «
junk»)
bond fund with these averages.
It may not be appropriate to compare the performance of a high -
yield (or «
junk»)
bond fund with this average.
The
Fund's investments in high -
yield securities or «
junk bonds» are subject to a greater risk of loss of income and principal than higher grade debt securities.
Even as
junk bond yields fell into the 6 % range, investor demand for bonds held up well, and the SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond ETF (NYSEMKT: JNK) and iShares iBoxx HY Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEMKT: HYG) were among the best - performing funds with returns of around 11 % to 1
bond yields fell into the 6 % range, investor demand for
bonds held up well, and the SPDR Barclays High
Yield Bond ETF (NYSEMKT: JNK) and iShares iBoxx HY Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEMKT: HYG) were among the best - performing funds with returns of around 11 % to 1
Bond ETF (NYSEMKT: JNK) and iShares iBoxx HY Corporate
Bond ETF (NYSEMKT: HYG) were among the best - performing funds with returns of around 11 % to 1
Bond ETF (NYSEMKT: HYG) were among the best - performing
funds with returns of around 11 % to 12 %.
High
yield bond funds or
junk bond funds invest in corporate
bonds that are below investment grade.
Loomis Sayles
Bond Fund (LSBRX, 3.3 %) isn't technically a junk - bond fund, but longtime manager Dan Fuss has excelled as a bond picker, particularly in high - yield iss
Bond Fund (LSBRX, 3.3 %) isn't technically a junk - bond fund, but longtime manager Dan Fuss has excelled as a bond picker, particularly in high - yield iss
Fund (LSBRX, 3.3 %) isn't technically a
junk -
bond fund, but longtime manager Dan Fuss has excelled as a bond picker, particularly in high - yield iss
bond fund, but longtime manager Dan Fuss has excelled as a bond picker, particularly in high - yield iss
fund, but longtime manager Dan Fuss has excelled as a
bond picker, particularly in high - yield iss
bond picker, particularly in high -
yield issues.
Corporate
junk bond yields have risen as mutual
funds have seen outflows.
Vanguard's high -
yield corporate
bond fund, which invests in low - quality «
junk»
bonds, made money in 2013, returning 4.5 %.
Like HYG, the SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High
Yield Bond ETF is an index
fund connected to
junk bonds — those same
bonds that are prone to bankruptcies and caused tremendous havoc during the oil crash of 2014.
Yet,
bond investors have only piled on more risk, from record growth in high - risk, covenant - lite loans to leveraged - loan
funds holding billions in collateral in over-indebted retailers to sustained lows in
junk bond yields.
Because managers Dan Fuss and Kathleen Gaffney typically own a large helping of high -
yield, or
junk,
bonds (those rated double - B or lower), as well as
bonds from developing nations, the
fund took a hit when investors bailed out of anything smacking of risk during the financial crisis and rushed into Treasuries.
In general, the
funds keep maturities between one and five years, and they stick to the highest - quality
bonds — no high -
yield junk.
For the one - week period ending on November 15, 2017, investors withdrew a net $ 4.43 billion from U.S.
funds holding high -
yield bonds (often called
junk bonds)-- the third largest exodus from such
funds on record.1 The high -
yield market stabilized over the next two days, but the mass sell - off rang alarm bells for some market analysts.
However, a
junk bond can be a useful diversification tool if you are intimately familiar with the company and its operations, and investing a small part of your portfolio in a high -
yield bond fund might be a good strategy.
High
Yield Securities Risk (Municipal
Bond Fund only): Below investment - grade securities, sometimes called «
junk bonds,» are considered speculative.
The primary
junk bond funds include the SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond ETF (JNK) and the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond Fund (HYG), but these two funds are very different from one another, and the junk bond market as a wh
bond funds include the SPDR Barclays Capital High
Yield Bond ETF (JNK) and the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond Fund (HYG), but these two funds are very different from one another, and the junk bond market as a wh
Bond ETF (JNK) and the iShares iBoxx $ High
Yield Corporate
Bond Fund (HYG), but these two funds are very different from one another, and the junk bond market as a wh
Bond Fund (HYG), but these two
funds are very different from one another, and the
junk bond market as a wh
bond market as a whole.
The Peritus High
Yield ETF (HYLD) shops the total
junk bond market, but management has invested the
fund in only 59 issues.
To most investors, both institutional and retail, there aren't many — essentially higher risk and less liquid and less transparent vehicles such as
junk bonds, high -
yield debt vehicles and hedge
funds.