Both products aim to marry the popular low-volatility strategy with the similarly popular high-yield equity strategy.
For high-yield bonds, this is often calculated at 50 bps over the benchmark rate.
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Bonds, particularly high-yield bonds, and dividend stocks have become the go-go investments of the era.
Rogge thinks investment-grade and high-yield corporate debt, for example, are attractively priced for a difficult environment.
The loan market was hot in the third quarter, but the high-yield market was hotter.
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We believe that during economic expansion, the default risk associated with high-yield corporate bonds lowers.
When interest rates are low, as now, high-yield's superior returns tend to win the argument.
In the U.S., senior secured loans have traditionally been viewed as an alternative to high-yield.
Your critics say you used the power you achieved in the high-yield market to gouge people.
Still, only a small amount of Asian high-yield bonds is available to U.S. buyers.
GM's uncapped weight in the high-yield indices (6.4% in America and 20.3% in Europe).
To put these figures in context, second-lien loans have even printed wide of high-yield bonds.
One way to look at this is to analyze the state of high-yield bonds.
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Other options might be high-yield bonds, floating-rate debt, cash, commodities, or real-estate income producing properties.
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Money has been flowing at a dramatic pace into high-yield junk bonds, commodities, and gold.
Moreover, the correlation between high-yield bonds and stocks has been rising in recent years.
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The best way to go about it is through a high-yield mutual fund or ETF.
The longest available series for high-yield bond returns is the Merrill Lynch 100 High Yield Index.
At present, most high-yield companies are covering their interest, as evidenced by the U.S. default rate.
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Some of these forays, like high-yield bonds and blue chip dividend stocks, have performed well.
Even worse for investors: Some funds haven't come close to matching high-yield bond indexes.
In Europe, there were no high-yield (meaning risky) bond issues in the whole of 2008.
The most high-profile case has been Lehman principal-protected notes, which were sold as high-yield bonds.
Throughout the 1940s and '50s, high-yield dividend stocks offered the best returns for stock investors.
High-yield does not mean necessarily putting money with a rinky-dink company stuck in Backwater, America.
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Certainly, cooler conditions in the high-yield market have taken the heat off the takeout trade lately.
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Surely, this attests to how attractive European high-yield can be in a low-yielding world, sources say.
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Originally created to finance debt-heavy acquistions, high-yield bonds are now popular with investors looking for yield.
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