Sentences with phrase «yields to maturity well»

Conservative investors will find bonds maturing in seven years, issued by AA - rated companies such as International Business Machines (IBM), Coca - Cola (KO), Colgate Palmolive (CL), and PepsiCo (PEP), that offer yields to maturity well - north of 2 %.

Even broad - based bond ETFs (which have average maturities of about 10 years) have a yield to maturity well below 2 % after accounting for management fees.

Not exact matches

So while there could be one or even five year periods where longer maturity bonds perform fairly well from these yield levels, over the long - term they're likely to be a poor investment in terms of earning a decent return over the rate of inflation.

What this means in practice is that we have kept maturities of our investments very short, particularly for low - risk issuers such as governments and agencies, while we seek out opportunities to increase portfolio yield with what we think is well - priced corporate debt.

As a rule, a good estimate of the «yield - to - maturity» on stocks is the 6 % long term growth rate plus the dividend yield.

However, in the case of a Defined Maturity Fund, the SEC yield when you buy is a good estimate of the annualized return you can expect holding the fund to mMaturity Fund, the SEC yield when you buy is a good estimate of the annualized return you can expect holding the fund to maturitymaturity.

A new study in Nature Climate Change finds that warming and declines in soil moisture, but also vine management practices to lower yields to produce better - quality grapes, brought the fruit to early maturity.

The S&P Indonesia Bond Index increased 13.71 % in 2016, while its yield - to - maturity tightened 16 bps to 7.87 %, making Indonesia the best - performing country in Pan Asia for the year.

Though yield to maturity represents an annualized rate of return on a bond, coupon payments are often made on a semiannual basis, so YTM is often calculated on a six - month basis as well.

Like any calculation that attempts to determine whether or not an investment is a good idea, yield to maturity comes with a few important limitations that any investor seeking to use it would do well to consider.

MYGA yields to maturity shown for high - band contracts with the MVA option offered by carriers with minimum credit rating according to A.M. Best.

If interest rates continue to fall, we have exposure to longer term maturity bonds with a higher yield, and we may also be able to generate some capital gains as well.

The yield to maturity, average maturity, modified duration and expense ratio have been provided as well.

You won't see the same returns as long - term laddering, but at least you get access to your money, the best current CD rates for low maturities, and a better yield than a savings account.

You can vary the maturities — seeking to keep your average maturities at four years or less, or going for better yields (and more risk) with maturities of 20 years or more.

Among the 10 countries tracked by the S&P Pan Asia Bond Index, India was the best - performing country for the year; the S&P BSE India Bond Index rose 8.40 % in 2015, while its yield - to - maturity closed at 7.89 %.

Right now the premium on AAA corporate and the like is so low that I wouldn't recommend picking them up, but when the yield curve eventually becomes a curve again, you can find good risk - adjusted returns in corporate bonds (providing you're holding to maturity).

Yield - to - call is the same calculation based on the total coupon interest payments remaining between now and the first call date (rather than the maturity date) as well as the difference between today's market value (price) and the call price.

«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.»

As a rule, a good estimate of the «yield - to - maturity» on stocks is the 6 % long term growth rate plus the dividend yield.

The S&P Indonesia Bond Index jumped 15.25 % in 2017, while its yield - to - maturity tightened 16 bps to 6.35 %, making Indonesia the best - performing country in Pan Asia for the year.

It's obvious that CDs have done and will do better than Treasuries of the same maturity if held to maturity, since the yield premiums have been very rich most of the time over the last 6.5 years, and currently are quite good.

Good direct CDs seem to be the best ticket for that, considering that my average yield premium over Treasuries of same maturity is over 1 percentage point (e.g., CD at 3 % if Treasury yield at 2 %) for CDs bought over the last 6.5 years.

With a bond ETF, the best estimate we have of its future return is its weighted average yield - to - maturity (YTM).

The yield of the S&P / BGCantor 7 - 10 Year US Treasury Bond Index is 36 basis points wider month - to - date, and long duration indices have been performing poorly as well, as seen by the maturity sub-indices of the broad S&P / BGCantor U.S. Treasury Bond Index in the table below.

Because today's yields - to - maturity are all close to 1.8 %, it is a good idea to emphasize shorter maturities with the hope of obtaining higher interest rates in the future.

Investors are expected to earn an estimated 5.4 % annual return over the life of the project, well above the current 2.66 yield to maturity of the current, on - the - run 10 - year US Treasury note.

Endowement plan yield on maturity comes only 6 to 7 % and in case ulip it is not more than 12 % if fund manager is better, and hidden charges are too in ulip