Strategic Partners Real Assets II LP, as the fund is known, is focused on interests in funds that target proven, cash -
yielding assets such as airports, ports, toll roads and utilities.
They could then reinvest that cash into higher
yielding assets such as, say, emerging market debt.
With rates at near zero in the United States, and negative in Japan and Europe, the differential is a powerful lure for carry trades, in which investors borrow at ultra-low rates in currencies such as yen or sterling and buy high -
yielding assets such as the kiwi.
Not exact matches
Appetite for riskier
assets such as stocks and high -
yield bonds has been suppressed by a number of factors that have come up around the same time, but the headwinds may be transitory, according to the New York - based investment bank.
Fear drives investors away from higher -
yielding assets as they flock towards safer
assets,
such as gold.
Higher -
yielding risk
assets such as local emerging market (EM) bonds look relatively attractive.
Correlations between crude oil and other higher risk
assets,
such as stocks, emerging market
assets and high
yield...
Secondary real estate cities outside of core gateway cities
such as New York, London, Tokyo, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Paris, Hong Kong, Sydney, Seoul, and Shanghai continue to provide opportunities for
yields in markets and
asset types that fall farther along the risk curve than those available in gateway markets that are saturated.
In addition, sovereign wealth funds — which generally diversify their portfolios to include a small portion of alternate
assets such as gold, private equity and real estate — are likely to raise their allocations following the low
yield in government bonds over the last couple of years.
Higher oil prices would reinforce current market trends based on reflation: rising long - term bond
yields and a shift out of perceived safer
assets — bond proxies and low - volatility stocks — and into cyclical
assets such as EM.
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.
This is evident in a number of developments, including: increased demand for higher - risk
assets; the increase in «carry trades» — a form of gearing where funds are borrowed short - term at low interest rates and invested in higher -
yielding assets, often in other countries; growth in alternative investment vehicles
such as hedge funds; and growth in alternative investment strategies
such as selling embedded options (see Box A).
Former Fed Governor Stein highlighted that Federal Reserve's monetary policy transmission mechanism works through the «recruitment channel,» in
such way that investors are «enlisted» to achieve central bank objectives by taking higher credit risks, or to rebalance portfolio by buying longer - term bonds (thus taking on higher duration risk) to seek higher
yield when faced with diminished returns from safe
assets.
This skepticism about the future — even with
asset prices rising — has created a negative feedback loop, driving investors to safe harbors
such as cash, bonds, gold and
yield - generating securities thereby reducing demand, inflation and growth in an ongoing vicious cycle.
He also discussed the large - scale
asset purchases of the Fed's quantitative easing program, casting doubt on much of the literature of the day — which tended to find positive, but limited effects of
such purchases on reducing bond
yields.
Non-asset holders were punished — their bank deposits now generate little or no income, and they were forced to move into riskier
assets,
such as stocks, bonds, real estate, or «anything that offers some
yield and is not bolted down to the floor» (please see my answer to What kind of market distortions does the Fed loaning out money at 0 % cause?).
Central bank intervention in global bond markets has «crowded out» many traditional fixed income investors, driving them to seek
yield and income from non-traditional and riskier
asset classes
such as high
yield, emerging markets debt, leveraged loans and private credit.
Over time, MFS has been a leading innovator in the
asset management industry, including creating one of the first in - house research departments in the mutual fund industry in 1932, launching the first high -
yield municipal bond fund and the first global balanced fund, and more recently creating «outcome - oriented» products,
such as its line of target - risk, target - date, and other
asset allocation strategies.
The same shortage of
assets that so vexes Warren Buffett is putting enormous downward pressure on bank loan
yields and even relatively inaccessible
assets such as GNMA MSRs, which are changing hands around a 9 % unlevered
yield according to our friends at Mountain View.
It was observed that prices of other risk
assets,
such as emerging market stocks, high -
yield corporate bonds, and commercial real estate, had also risen significantly in recent months.»
Correlations between crude oil and other higher risk
assets,
such as stocks, emerging market
assets and high
yield bonds, remain elevated.
He defines this ERP as the retrospective difference in 10 - year
yield between the broad U.S. stock market and the 10 - year
yield on safe
assets such as U.S. Treasury bills or intermediate - term U.S. Treasury notes.
In addition, these funds must invest at least 50 % of their non-cash
assets in income - generating securities
such that the 3 - year weighted average
yield on the equity component of the fund's portfolio is at least 1.5 times the average
yield of the Canadian Equity Fund benchmark, defined as the S&P / TSX Equity Index.
Private equity and venture capital can be much higher -
yielding investments than common
asset classes
such as Treasuries and equities, but for the most part, only accredited investors can participate.
«We expect in the current market that quality peri-urban
assets such as these with rezoning potential and multiples titles will remain popular, particularly investment
assets with reliable tenants that generate 7 to 8 per cent
yields to investors,» Mr Forrest said.
But a better understanding of public commercial
assets — defined as government property that generates profit,
such as state - owned firms, real estate, and forests — could help
yield significant amounts of wealth for economies struggling to get back on track.
The ACF argued that selling off national
assets to service the economy was completely «unwise» as
such move never
yielded the desired results in the past.
Although recently rising prices for stocks, high -
yield bonds, commodities and other riskier
assets would suggest otherwise, investors remain skittish over the still unresolved and quite concerning risks facing financial markets,
such as the U.S. presidential election, the potentially prolonged post-Brexit renegotiations, Italian bank solvency and a slowing China.
In the U.S. those further benefits crucially flowed through the wealth effect channel: substitution of lower risk
assets such as bank deposits and Treasuries for high
yield bonds and equities led to price increases in those risky
assets.
With 10 - year Treasuries
yielding less than 2 % today (from Bloomberg data), investors unwilling to accept
such low income may need to direct their investments across riskier
assets in the search for
yield.
Correlations between crude oil and other higher risk
assets,
such as stocks, emerging market
assets and high
yield bonds, remain elevated.
I expect this combination to result in moderately higher interest rates and to support risk
assets (
such as equities, commodities, high -
yield bonds, real estate, and currencies), and, therefore, I suggest being more bold than cautious in the coming year.
As
such, investors in the income arena are increasingly shifting funds from safer bets like Treasuries and Money Markets into higher risk
assets that actually delivery meaningful
yield.
Carry trades have to be approached carefully and correlate with risk
assets such as stocks and high -
yield bonds more broadly.
Unlike long - term investments, which can
yield a greater return over time, short - term investments are typically lower - risk investments with a predictable, smaller return and highly liquid
assets,
such as a high -
yield savings account.
In this case customers may consider taking on extra risk in exchange for better
yield with
assets such as annuities, long - term Treasury bonds or dividend - paying stocks.
Still, some popular high -
yielding asset classes (
such as traditional dividend - paying stocks and REITs) could potentially suffer as rates begin to slowly trend higher.
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As
such, we reduced the exposure to high
yield, reallocating most of these
assets to equities.
1 Risk
assets (
such as equities, commodities, high -
yield bonds, real estate, and currencies) have a significant degree of price volatility.
High -
yield muni portfolios typically invest at least 50 % of
assets in high - income municipal securities that are not rated or that are rated by a major agency
such as Standard & Poor's or Moody's at the level of BBB (considered part of the...
In addition, these funds must invest at least 50 % of their non-cash
assets in income - generating securities
such that the 3 - year weighted average
yield on the equity component of the fund's portfolio is at least 1.5 times the average
yield of the Canadian Equity Fund benchmark, defined as the S&P / TSX Equity Index.
Other noncore
asset classes,
such as high
yield bonds, TIPS, and REITs, can also help investors hedge their inflation risk.
Correlations between crude oil and other higher risk
assets,
such as stocks, emerging market
assets and high
yield...
As interest rates tends to rise in anticipation of stronger economic growth,
assets which are more sensitive to economic growth (
such as high
yield debt) can still perform well.
Large index ETFs, which have real - time net
asset values (NAVs), have not helped this pricing problem in fixed income but, in parts of the fixed income market where there is less liquidity (
such as high
yield bonds), sourcing issues can be more difficult — particularly in a market sell - off where buyers may not be readily available with sufficient capacity to take on bond inventory.
Value, which seeks securities that are cheap according to «a specific set of criteria
such as dividend
yields,
asset values and so on:»
Got ta love that
yield and also great diversity with a REIT that has
such a wide global portfolio of
assets.
The goal of the investment managers of
such funds is to attain a relatively attractive
yield while maintaining the per share net
asset value (NAV) at $ 1.
The Fund is total return oriented with investments across multiple
asset classes including non-core areas
such as high
yield, emerging markets and bank loans