Results for “Bonds”

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Investors cut exposure to corporate bonds

Corporate bonds are bearing the brunt of the growing popularity of equities among investors. Money managers in the U.K. are rushing to move their money out of corporate bonds in a bid to escape what they see as a potential crash in the asset class, reports FT.com. Fears of a liquidity crunch if there’s a […]

By Staff |February 25, 2013

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Industry

Big players betting against junk bonds

High rolling credit investors are dumping or short-selling junk bonds, while retail investors are buying them up, reports FT.com.

By Staff |February 14, 2013

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Products

Bearing up with bonds

Structuring ETF bond portfolios in a low rate environment.

February 8, 2013

4 min read

Planning and Advice

Why GICs often beat bonds

GICs have never enjoyed much respect from investors or their advisors.

By Dan Bortolotti |February 4, 2013

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Economic Indicators

Low rates stifle government bonds

Corporate issues provide an extra 1.5%, while junk bonds offer an extra 5.5%, for instance.

By Suzanne Sharma |January 24, 2013

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Economic Indicators

Is a shift from bonds to equities coming?

In early summer last year dividends on European shares yielded nearly four times the 10-year benchmark Eurozone bond, the German Bund. That’s now been cut in half, notes the Financial Times.

By Staff |January 15, 2013

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Industry

High-yield assets dwindle as bonds boom

With bond sales figures for 2012 hitting $1.4 trillion, the bar has been set rather high for 2013. And while the recent deals about the U.S. fiscal cliff and the Euro have infused some vigour in the market, investors are concerned this may mask the issue of inadequate supply of high-yielding assets, says a report […]

January 8, 2013

1 min read

Economic Indicators

Tap Canadian junk bonds

Older investors are likely to drive up demand for fixed income and structurally stable senior yield, which is derived from debt that an issuer must repay before other debts if it goes bankrupt.

By Vikram Barhat |December 18, 2012

3 min read