The average yield for a bond in the high
yield sector now is around 6.3 %.
Not exact matches
Up until
now, this issue has mostly been watercooler fodder, but with the Federal Reserve having raised rates in December and Donald Trump's election victory causing the 10 - year treasury
yield to spike by 19 % since election day, many investors are
now reducing their exposure to these rate - sensitive
sectors.
Now the mining
sector offers attractive
yields at a time when interest rates are at record lows.
The consumer discretionary
sector has changed its stripes over the years and is
now largely composed of mature companies with strong free - cash - flow
yield and higher margins.
Market participants are looking forward to getting their first major reading on earnings from the biggest technology -
sector players in the coming days, but for
now, investor sentiment has been able to overcome what would ordinarily be a troubling rise in long - term bond
yields that could signal a steeper move higher for interest rates in the near future.
The country's need for critical job creating
sectors which has been ignored for decades is
now beginning to
yield results,» Buhari said before the council held its inaugural meeting.
After 22 straight months of job losses, the president's economic plan has
now yielded ten consecutive months of private
sector job growth.
These ETFs,
now available for the municipal, corporate and high
yield sectors, enable more precise control over duration risk than previous fixed income ETF offerings.
Yet for
now, the
sector yields only 1.52 % and just 69 % of its stocks pay a dividend.
You can find better stocks, and
yields, in non-traditional
sectors right
now.
«Active, flexible management of fixed income portfolios with the ability to adjust maturities and
sector exposures to avoid taking risk, unless well - compensated for those risks in the form of more attractive
yields, is most important for investors right
now.»
But the
sector remains on my radar, as I suspect it's
now close to a consolidation point where a dividend /
yield - driven REIT business model takes over (average large - cap dividend
yield's
now only 2.2 %), which could trigger a new wave of investor sentiment & demand.
This means dividends are low priority right
now — the actual average
sector yield's more like 0.7 %, if I count the majority of companies with a zero dividend.
German residential property investment's still a compelling investment proposition (perhaps more so
now, with the 10 yr Bund
yield turning negative), but
sector large - caps seem like they're priced accordingly, and I'm not convinced I want to chase down a cheaper small / micro-cap company.
Looking ahead,
sector performance will increasingly depend
now on property management & development skills, and on raising dividends towards average global REIT
yields.
«We
now see that widespread use of PHEVs could expand the fuel options in our transportation
sector and at the same time
yield net benefits to our environment.»