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...unprecedented step of saying it would leave the rate there "for a considerable period." The Fed hates to be boxed in. It desperately wanted bond investors to follow the lead. They didn't. A sell-off in Treasury bonds that began in June persisted, pushing bond prices down and yields up. The yield on the closely watched 10-year T-bond jumped to a 12-month high of 4.66% early Thursday before ending the week at 4.53%. As recently as June 13, the yield...
Bond traders can be a perverse group. A whiff of economic recovery had Wall Street pushing bond yields skyward (and prices downward) even before last week's report that GDP grew at a surprisingly strong annual rate of 2.4% in the second quarter. Now even stronger growth is widely expected the rest of this year. Since the middle of June, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond has surged to nearly 4.5% from 3.1%--a staggering reversal that is shutting down mortgage refinancings and forcing up business borrowing costs. If the trend persists much longer, these higher rates...
...Bancorp (4%), Chubb (2.4%), Johnson & Johnson (1.8%) and Pfizer (1.8%). These numbers may not seem big enough to lure you back into stocks. But a big advantage of dividends is that they grow over time. An investor who bought Johnson & Johnson 10 years ago would today be receiving a yield of 9% on that initial investment; for Pfizer the yield would be 11%. That investor would also have seen her J&J stock appreciate 90% and her Pfizer...
...trend toward more generous stock dividends gives income-oriented investors a solid alternative to Treasury bonds now yielding under 4%--and dividend stocks are less risky to boot. As the economy recovers, the yield on T bonds (and highly rated corporate bonds too) will rise, driving down the value of existing bonds. "Over the next few years, this is where people will lose the most money in the market," warns Steve Mintz, a fee-only investment manager in Monroe, La. High-yield corporate junk bonds, though, are somewhat insulated because a stronger economy removes much of their risk. So investors...
Kahan recommends preferred shares (yielding 6% to 8%) of bank companies, including Fleet Financial and HSBC, and of real estate investment trusts, including Vornado Realty and Health Care Properties. He likes junk-bond mutual funds, including Columbia High Yield and Northeast Investors. He also favors short-maturity bond funds (which yield just north of 1%) like Vanguard Short-Term Bond. Bank CDs are another alternative to money-market funds. Keep a mix of CDs that come due in three, six, 12 and 18 months. You can get 2% on a three-year CD, but you'll run the risk...