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| 5/10/2013Market Performance |
| Municipal Bonds |
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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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| S&P/BGCantor US Treasury Bond |
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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Beware of Yield Bribery |
Forbes.com - June 28, 2010 - by David Loeper
David B. Loeper is a Certified Investment Management AnalystSM, a Certified Investment Management ConsultantSM and the CEO of Financeware, Inc. which does business as Wealthcare Capital Management(R).
Investors often oversimplify investing decisions that can result in terrible mistakes. Yield is one of those things that mislead investors and advisors alike. A client recently asked why we would have government bonds in our portfolios yielding a mere 3.5% when a report he got from a major Wall Street firm showed there were all kinds of preferred stocks available that had yields of 6%-9%. Afterall, if you can get a yield of 9%, isn't that better than a yield of 3.5%?
Of course it would be better if all other things were equal, but they aren't. Yield is just a portion of the return representing the ongoing promised dividends (in the case of preferred stocks) or interest payments (in the case of bonds). The other piece of the equation is capital appreciation (growth) or depreciation (loss). The appreciation/depreciation is based on price change. When you combine the price change with dividends or interest you come to the total return, or what you can convert the portfolio to in cash at any point in time. This is what really matters.
Read the complete article: Forbes
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