Tag: bonds
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Cash competing with dividend stocks
Higher interest rates means government-bonds and FDIC insured bank accounts can provide yield without the risk inherent in owning equities. Because U.S. government bonds are considered to be safer than even blue-chip stocks, some investors say it is difficult to justify putting money in the relatively risky stock market. The extra yield from a dividend-paying…
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Chasing The Yield Podcast – July 19, 2021
Markets are taking a dive, J&J has more problems, Microsoft blames Israeli group, OPEC reaches compromise, hotels eliminating housekeeping, and much more!
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The Yield – Week ending June 25, 2021
Microsoft unveils Windows 11, consumers spending flat but shifting sectors, Whitehouse reaches deal on spending?, short sellers avoid financial stocks, and more
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High risk muni bonds hit decade low
Everyone is Chasing the Yield. Investors are hitting up higher risk municipal bonds which are now 13% of the market versus 10% last year. Investors have piled into muni bonds, sending yields to historically low levels. The yield on the Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond High Yield Index, which tracks riskier muni borrowers, fell to 3.11%…