So it is both a long-term and immediate concern with higher rates also likely to add to the already substantial 20% YTD decline. Higher rates are potentially the new normal with capacity crimps and supply chain problems likely to partially persist due to growing economic disintegration. Due to the high duration, if rates continue to rise, which is likely given that unemployment remains extraordinarily low and core inflation remains high, further price declines are likely, and a weak spread between the coupons between 4 and 5% and the reference rate, rapidly approaching 3%, demonstrates the anti-economy in the investment. The average price is 94, meaning they are on average trading below par and coupons are becoming increasingly dwarfed. That might feel appealing, but unlike the dividend on a well selected equity, this will not grow. ConclusionsĬurrently, the weighted average YTM on the bonds is almost 5%. Other issuers include Apple (AAPL), other telco companies, well capitalised financial institutions, and Oracle (ORCL) and Microsoft (MSFT).
The riskiest might be AT&T (T) but even they we would consider very robust. Again, this is indicative, but it shows the potential sensitivity.Ĭredit qualities are technically rather good, certainly investment grade, but in our opinion as equity investors, the stocks that have issued debt that this ETF holds are all extraordinarily safe. Indicatively that means that for every 1% increase in rates, the price should decline by 13.4%. Looking at the detailed holdings data, the weighted average duration of the portfolio is 13.4 years. Meeting of 28-29 October 2020īreakdown () Monetary policy in a pandemic: ensuring favourable financing conditions The IGLB certainly earns its name because durations are really long. From the payments revolution to the reinvention of money IGLB Breakdown While credit risk is not a factor, and YTMs are quite nice, we just don’t see the reason to invest now with more rate hikes coming in and the economic environment being so uncertain. Yes, there is a constant cash flow and that can be appealing, but duration matters a lot for capital appreciation and the intensity of erosion of economic return from a coupon.
While buying bond ETFs makes a lot of sense, especially as it is expensive to buy bonds directly from the broker-dealer networks that trade them, you have to be careful about what you’re doing. The iShares Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF ( NYSEARCA:IGLB) has traded down meaningfully and deservedly so. Jetcityimage JPST: Cash Parking Pays, But There Are Better Ways Interview with Expresso
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