Do TV and Film Investments Make Money?

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Trends in television The introduction of video-on-demand (VOD) services including Amazon and Netflix has revolutionised the way we watch TV. They are each gaining millions of new subscribers each year and produce ever more of their own award-winning…

Multi-Sector Bonds: A Yield Alternative

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Yields across the fixed income universe are low; in the market for US Treasury bonds, for example, one has to go out longer than 10 years to achieve even 2% and even the 30-year Treasury bond offers a current yield of only 2.66%, explains fund…

3 ways Brexit is shaking up bond portfolios

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Credit quality is key for yield moves, analysts say As global stock markets plunged in the aftermath of the “leave” vote in the U.K.’s referendum on European Union membership, investors were looking at the bond-segment of their portfolios…

Corporate-Bond Sales Seen Stifled by Brexit For Weeks to Come

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Europe’s corporate-bond market is bracing itself for an extended dry spell. From Tokyo to New York, the U.K.’s decision to quit the European Union triggered the kind risk aversion that tends to send corporate borrowers onto the sidelines…

Diversification vs. returns: The great bond challenge

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Sprott Asset Management is running an ad that states in big, bold letters: “Bonds are broken.” It guides investors to look at alternative strategies because yields on conventional bonds are so low. The ad hits on the question of the day…

GIVE YOUTH A CHANCE! $25 Baby Bonds: Low Volatility High Yield Distributions, Safer Than Preferreds

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What are $25 Baby Bonds? They are a different animal, but once you get the basics, they are fairly easy to understand. In a nutshell, they are a bond issue, that trades exactly like a stock. It varies, but they typically pay 5% - 8% or more…

Fixed-Income Inflows Driven by Corporate Bonds

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Among bond funds, active and passive strategies attracted new investment totaling $17.6 billion and $9.7 billion, respectively, during April. Net new investment to long-term mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) totaled $15.2 billion…

ON THE LOOKOUT! Japanese Investors Seen Seeking Europe’s Mortgage-Backed Bonds

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Japanese investors are turning to European asset-backed securities in search of higher yields as negative interest rates at home erode investment income, according to Morgan Stanley. Banks and insurers from the world’s third-largest economy…

High yield bonds for retirement income?

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The majority of individual investors don't travel much beyond a diversified basket of investment grade debt securities for their conservative retirement income portfolio. For those that assumed credit risk before the financial crisis, they…

POWER OF THE SUN! Solar: A High-Yield, Low-Risk Financial Instrument for Your Investment Portfolio

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As the 2016 election cycle unfolds, political uncertainty is causing investors to reflect upon the real long-term threats to their own portfolios. It occurred to me recently that there are some striking similarities between the current rate…

‘Should I put my £60,000 into a fixed-rate bond?’

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Deciding where to put a lump sum is a significant challenge in the context of a declining savings market. It is getting harder and harder to eke out a decent return, and the situation doesn’t look set to improve as long as Bank Rate remains…