The Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is an investment-grade domestic bond index.
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That is enough to gobble nearly one-third of the recent 1.94% yield on the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index.
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The Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Market Index and the newer U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index are composed of investment grade U.S. bonds.
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The fund posted a return of 5.75% through Friday, beating the 2.37% on the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, according to data from Morningstar.
The fund had handed investors a return of 3.79% this year through Monday, compared with 7.86% on the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, according to Morningstar.
Pimco Unconstrained, meanwhile, launched in June 2008, has returned an annualized 7% in the three years through August, versus a 7.2% return for the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index.
The SPDR Barclays Capital Short Term Corporate Bond ETF ( SCPB) seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. 1-3 Year Corporate Bond Index.
And with many large investment houses, most notably U.K. firms Barclays Capital and even smaller Standard Life Investments recently saying that the emerging markets have lost some steam despite high inflows to start the year, Indian equities could be in for a pull back, not an upswing.
Next week's meeting, which will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday, comes at a time of increasing signs that the recession is waning and that there is an imminent return to positive growth, said Dean Maki, chief U.S. economist at Barclays Capital.
The equity markets have been trending on the cheap side, but the Head of U.S. Equity Strategy at Barclays Capital, Barry Knapp, says four things need to happen in order for equities to trade higher .
Barclays Capital said in its Global Outlook report released Thursday that the U.S. will not fall into recession this year.
In addition to hopes that European leaders and Greece can come to terms, support for risk assets comes from generally improving U.S. economic data, said Barclays Capital analysts.
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Barclays Capital said Thursday that now is the time to buy the dips on U.S. Treasurys, expecting bond prices to rise in the second quarter.
According to research by Barclays Capital, cited by the Financial Times, Lockheed derives 85% of its revenues from the U.S. government and 13% from foreign governments, making it especially sensitive to budget cuts.
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