A traditional static indexing approach leaves an investor overweight the riskiest assets at the riskiest times and underweight those low risk higher
yielding assets when their returns are likely to be highest.
Not exact matches
Yields have an inverse relationship to bond prices and fall
when investors flock to a so - called safe haven
asset.
Monetary easing only provokes
yield - seeking speculation
when low - interest money is viewed as an inferior
asset.
At a time
when demand for income generating
assets is at an all - time high, the
yields on income generating
assets are at, or near, all - time lows.
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.
Although decades of history have conclusively proved it is more profitable to be an owner of corporate America (viz., stocks), rather than a lender to it (viz., bonds), there are times
when equities are unattractive compared to other
asset classes (think late - 1999
when stock prices had risen so high the earnings
yields were almost non-existent) or they do not fit with the particular goals or needs of the portfolio owner.
But
when inflation is strong, as it is now, it can push the Treasury
yield into subzero territory, prompting many investors to move into other so - called safe haven
assets, including gold.
But I am concerned that late - cycle entrants into risk
assets like stocks and high -
yield bonds are taking a leap of faith at a time
when there is less room for markets to move up and growing risks of them falling back.
When investors look for less
yield and more total return (capital appreciation) in certain
asset classes, the equity sensitivity also plays an increasing role in absolute risk.
«The role of active investors is to find value, but
when all
asset classes are overvalued, the only way to survive is by using financial engineering to short volatility in some form... In world of ultra-low interest rates shorting volatility has become an alternative to fixed income... The global demand for
yield is now unmatched in human history.
An easy rule of thumb I use is to start
asset allocating more into equities
when the S&P 500 dividend
yield is equal to or greater than the 10 - year
yield.
Even
when this bond drops to a 2 %
yield, it may still have value in relation to other
assets.
U.S. preferred stocks are perceived to be an attractive investment, as they have historically offered higher
yields than other
asset classes, especially
when the global rates remain low.
That was highlighted last month,
when investors redeemed about US$ 3.6 billion from BlackRock's high -
yield ETF in six days as the pipeline for high -
yield offerings grew, according to the
asset manager.
Having said that, we find validity in WHT differential as a significant driver of performance
when investing in high
yielding assets.
Secondly,
when investors begin to seek
yield from two very different
asset classes — fixed - income investments vs. equities — rising stock prices follow as investors bid down a
yield to match alternatives.
When the Fed takes the punchbowl away, bond
yields should rise and most risky
assets — like stocks — should fall.
For instance,
when asset prices are rising,
yields are falling and future expected returns are declining, the efficient frontier may shift downward for
assets across the board.
The All
Asset and All Authority strategies have provided attractive cumulative returns since January 2016,
when market conditions became more supportive of tactically elevated exposure to select «Third Pillar»
assets (inflation - linked investments, high
yield bonds, emerging market (EM)
assets).
With bond
yields trending higher, on days
when market - moving economic data is released, bond investors react and the
yield curve adjusts, helping to dampen the impact on risk - sensitive
assets.
This is on top of the problem that
when high - quality long interest rates are so low, it is typically a bad time to try to make money in financial
assets, because returns on risky
assets are typically only 0 - 2 % percent higher than the
yield on long BBB / Baa debt over the long run.
Many other
assets typically included in income portfolios have held up well, and some have actually performed better,
when yields have been rising.
When somebody invests in consumer loans, in the first several months, they typically get the full rate of return based on the interest rate of the loans, but when the charge - offs come in, the yield on that asset comes d
When somebody invests in consumer loans, in the first several months, they typically get the full rate of return based on the interest rate of the loans, but
when the charge - offs come in, the yield on that asset comes d
when the charge - offs come in, the
yield on that
asset comes down.
Although the price has held up and I could have been receiving the 6 - 7 %
yield for the last 2 years, it was a much riskier
asset than
when I bought it (some shares were bought with a 25 % + / -
yield) and no margin of safety.
This cycle will turn
when the cash flow
yield of
assets reaches levels people can make money on in the worst environments; where equity funds new projects with no debt, and the profit is obvious.
The time to add to high risk
assets is
when no one wants to touch a high
yield bond.
This
yield was as low as 1.63 % at the beginning of May, increasing to a high of 2.99 % before the FOMC's September meeting
when the markets thought the Fed might begin tapering its
asset purchases.
In fact,
when looking at the
asset class
yields of bonds, preferreds and common equity, one can see that preferreds offer the highest
yields.
However, since mREITs earn the
yield from their securities,
when interest rates rise it can create opportunities to buy new
assets at higher
yields, and potentially improve future returns.
This raises the risk of a self - reinforcing move that will only end
when unlevered and lightly levered buyers soak up the high
yielding safe
assets that couldn't find a home elsewhere.
And while some investors have gravitated to dividend - paying stocks for their relatively robust
yields when compared with high - quality bonds, the two
asset classes are not interchangeable.
When you see the Total Return in the examples in the article, I am referring to an aggregation of the cash flow
yield plus the average annual capital appreciation of an investment
asset.
You just enter five data points (
asset name, dollar amount of it held,
when it pays, and its annualized estimated
yield - get it from the fund's prospectus, website, other source, or guess) into the green - shaded areas, and it automatically calculates all of the income generated in all of the different time frames (along with all of the totals).
Let us assume that you hold a significant proportion of your
assets in a short - term T - bill ETF that currently
yields 0 % in an environment
when inflation is 2 %.
This suggests that NTRs may offer a better option for investors who are concerned about rich public REIT valuations that may overstate underlying
asset value, especially now,
when traded REIT prices are at historic highs and
yields are near historic lows.
«Although prices of Class A
assets in the U.S. are high and
yields are lower, the promise of reliable returns leads to sustained interest in the sector overall, especially
when compared to other global markets,» noted said Greg Williams, national sector leader for KPMG's Building, Construction & Real Estate division.
If you invested your $ 67,500 into a capital
asset yielding 12 %, what would your investment be worth 30 years from now
when your mortgage on the above property pays off?
CBRE is reporting that investors in Asia Pacific real estate in 2017 remain heavily focused on
yield spreads
when seeking
assets as investment intentions, and are moving further away from capital appreciation strategies.