Commercial mortgage-backed securities match government bonds for safety
New wave of products aims to blunt the impact of interest rate changes
For some manufacturers of structured products, investments featuring U.S. fixed-income securities have been all the rage. Over the past several months, manufacturers have created investments based on the returns provided by U.S. mortgage-backed securities and on floating-rate U.S. corporate loans.A new issue from Claymore Investments Inc., a subsidiary of Claymore Group LLC of Chicago, pushes […]
If safety of principal is the dominant concern for an investor, bonds issued by the Government of Canada are a solid choice. But if the investor’s objective includes both safety of principal and a slightly higher yield, an investment in Canada mortgage bonds may fit the bill.Canada mortgage bonds are relatively new. They were first […]