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S&P National Bond Index
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3.00% |
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S&P California Bond Index
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2.96% |
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S&P New York Bond Index
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3.13% |
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S&P National 0-5 Year Municipal Bond Index
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0.70% |
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400.09 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index
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848.03 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (CAD)
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636.26 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (TR)
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1,701.05 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (TR) (CAD)
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1,276.26 |
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S&P REIT Index
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174.07 |
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S&P REIT Index (TR)
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425.30 |
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S&P MLP Index
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2,469.58 |
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S&P MLP Index (TR)
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5,428.50 |
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Shopping the Globe for Higher Yields |
Seeking Alpha - June 21, 2011 - Randy Durig
A rapidly increasing number of income investors are arriving at the realization that current U.S. Treasuries and bank CD yields are lower than the current inflation rate. This low U.S. interest rate environment is forcing income investors to continue losing buying power "safely," or to find alternate (added risk) fixed income investments. Mitigating the added currency risk of many higher yielding foreign government bonds has been a U.S. dollar that has continued to weaken as a result of increased debt concerns. As a result, a greater number of investment grade bonds denominated in diverse currencies have found their way into the savvy income investor's portfolio. Believing that a well informed investor has the ability to make the best choices, we offer this article as being informative, comparing various global yields in similar very broadly traded U.S. debt instruments.
Brazil
Brazil's 10 year government bond is currently yielding 8.5%. It's central bank raised key interest rates for a fourth straight time as it seeks to rein in persistent inflation while continued global slowdown might help cool inflation concerns. The Bank of America's (BAC) Brazilian real bond maturing 11-19-2014 currently has a 9.30% yield. Compared to Bank of America's U.S. offering (a two month shorter duration) yielding 2.46%, the B of A Brazilian real bond adds a whopping 6.84% spread for tacking on the currency risk.
Turkey
Turkey's 10 year government bond is currently yielding 8.87%. There's concern that the fast-growing economy is overheating as Turkey re-elects its open market based leaders. In this environment, RaboBank 2015 bonds yield over 8%, which seems very high for an AAA rated bank. In comparison, it's longer 2016 U.S. dollar denominated bonds yield a mere 2.21%. That's nearly a 6% increase in yield over a longer maturity, for the addition of a currency risk.
Australia
Australia's 10 year government bond is currently yielding 5.09%. Worth noting is the Australian government's rating at #1 in the Stanford Based Sovereign Fiscal Responsibility Index.
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