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In 1986, mortgage backed securities were also added to the index, which was renamed the US Aggregate Index and backfilled with historical data to 1976. [3] It was later renamed the Barclays Capital Aggregate Bond Index. [4] The index was acquired by Bloomberg L.P. in August 2016 as part of a larger sale of the bank's index and risk analytics ...
(Bank of America) Merrill Lynch High-Yield Master II; Barclays High-Yield Index; Bear Stearns High-Yield Index; Citi US High-Yield Market Index (Credit Suisse) First Boston High-Yield II Index
Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF (BLV) – This fund aims to track the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. Long Government/Credit Float Adjusted Index and provide a high level of current income with high ...
The difference between the full capitalization, float-adjusted, and equal weight versions is in how the index components are weighted. The full cap index uses the total shares outstanding for each company. The float-adjusted index uses shares adjusted for free float. The equal-weighted index assigns each security in the index the same weight.
2. Volatility. The PUT Index had an annualized standard deviation of returns of 9.91%, which was 36% less than the 15.39% standard deviation for the S&P 500. (Other annualized standard deviations were 17.39% for MSCI EAFE Index, 4.05% for the Barclays Capital Aggregate Bond Index, and 0.53% for 3-Month Treasury Bills.) 3. Relative Performance.
Bloomberg Barclays US Corporate High Yield Total Return Index, [9] S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index, [10] and; FTSE US High-Yield Market Index. [11] Some investors, preferring to dedicate themselves to higher-rated and less-risky investments, use an index that only includes BB-rated and B-rated securities.
If the inflation index increased by 10%, the principal of the bond would increase to 110 units. The coupon rate would remain at 5%, resulting in an interest payment of 110 x 5% = 5.5 units. For other bonds, such as the Series I United States Savings Bonds , the interest rate is adjusted according to inflation.
It has been called the "Bond Market's Scariest Gauge", and hit an all-time low of 0.1968 for the Bloomberg Barclays US Corporate Bond Index on Dec 31, 2020. [30] The ratio is simply the yield offered (as a percentage), divided by the bond duration (in years).