Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index, or the Agg, is a broad base, market capitalization-weighted bond market index representing intermediate term investment grade bonds traded in the United States. Investors frequently use the index as a stand-in for measuring the performance of the US bond market .
Moody's was founded by John Moody in 1909, to produce manuals of statistics related to stocks and bonds and bond ratings. In 1975, the company was identified as a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization (NRSRO) by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission . [ 4 ]
A bond is considered investment grade or IG if its credit rating is BBB− or higher by Fitch Ratings or S&P, or Baa3 or higher by Moody's, the so-called "Big Three" credit rating agencies. Generally they are bonds that are judged by the rating agency as likely enough to meet payment obligations that banks are allowed to invest in them.
Bond ETFs can come in a variety of forms, including funds that aim to represent the total market as well as funds that slice and dice the bond market into specific parts – investment-grade or ...
The fund typically invests at least 80 percent of its assets in all types of investment-grade bonds. 5-year annualized return: 1.2 percent. Yield: 3.4 percent. Expense ratio: 0.45 percent.
The fund tracks the entire U.S. investment-grade bond market and has over 11,000 holdings. Two-thirds of the fund consists of U.S. Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities, with a weighted average ...
High grade corporate bonds usually trade at market interest rate but low grade corporate bonds usually trade on credit spread. [12] Credit spread is the difference in yield between the corporate bond and a Government bond of similar maturity or duration (e.g. for US Dollar corporates, US Treasury bonds ).
The fund holds government bonds, high-quality corporate bonds and investment grade international dollar-denominated bonds. SEC yield: 4.83 percent. Expense ratio: 0.04 percent.