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Fixed Income Report
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example, interest for the first 5 year changes each year as follows 3%, 3.5%, 4%, 4.5%, 5%. But the bank will have the option to call the CD, say after the 2nd year. So if rates have fallen or remained steady, they may just pay off your clients and not have to keep increasing the rate. The investor has the option to sell the CD at any time in the secondary market, however, an early sale could get less than the amount paid and there is no assurance of a buyer for the CD. Large institutions like LaSalle maintain a secondary market for CD trading.
So who are these CDs for? For people who want to put their money in the safest place (FDIC insured), who want a very high rate and who do not need access to the funds. These investors will have other funds set aside for liquidity needs and will have adequate medical and long term care insurance so that these funds can be left to earn a very high rate. Another type of CD pays interest based on the increase in the S&P 500 index. For example, its a 5-ear CD and pays interest equal to the increase in the S&P 500 index during the period. If the index is negative, the CD pays no interest. Even though CDs are not securities, you need a broker dealer and series 6 to transact them. LaSalle bank (www.lasallebdsd.com) has an excellent on line inventory and you can but any CDs they offer through your broker dealer.
As you see, by breaking the Ginnie Mae into pieces, more types of investors can be served.
Premium or Discount
Structured notes
We have omitted a discussion of vanilla bonds (e.g. corporate, municipal, etc) as you probably know about and understand that alternative. The purpose of this report is to explain investments that pay more than market rates. It is essential that you fully understand these instruments before investing, as there is always a trade off of these four items:
Length of term Volatility Rate Credit risk (easily reduced or eliminated by investing on high grade or guaranteed instruments).
Lets take the example of a note backed by GNMA, a federal agency. GNMA loans money so that people can purchase homes. If you invest in these notes, your payments are guaranteed. To have these notes be more suitable for various investors, a financial institution might split the note into two portionsthe principal repayment portion and the interest portion. You are able to buy one portion or the other. Each portion is priced based on assumptions about interest rates and the rate of mortgage prepayments. Lets say you buy the portion where you receive the principal. As you know, as people make their mortgage payments, part of each payment is principal which you receive, as the investor. When interest rates fall, people tend to refinance and you will get your principal payments faster than expected. This increases your yield (the faster you receive a stream of payments, the higher your yield). The opposite can also happen. Interest rates rise, and the length of your investment (the time it takes to receive your principal) stretches out. This reduces your yield as money received in the future has a lower present value today. These changes in yield cause the market value of these securities to change dramatically. Changes in market value are only important if you need to sell into the market. Your funds are backed by a government agency and you will eventually get all of the principal payments, but the yield, market value and length of your investment can vary greatly. These types of securities are great for people who love to guess about the future because they can put their money where their mouth is. Another example is Libor Range notes. Libor is the London Interbank Offered Rate something like an international discount rate. Libor range notes work as follows. The investor gets 6% interest as long as Libor remains between 3% and 4%. If the Libor rates moves outside of this range, the investors earn nothing for the remainder of the term.
As I said above, these types of securities are great for people who love to guess about the future because they can put their money where their mouth is. Next time you have a prospect that is convinced of their own opinion, you can probably find a structured note to offer them that will allow them to bet on their opinion.
Preferred Shares
Preferred shares are issued by corporations as a way to raise money, just like selling stock. Preferred shares however, have a preferred status because their dividend is always paid before the common stockholders can be paid a dividend. Additionally, preferred shares pay a much higher rate of income than common shares. Therefore, preferred shares are suitable for retirees because they pay higher income and offer greater safety than common stock. For example, the average common stock on the New York Stock Exchange pays a dividend of 2%. However, many preferred shares pay a fixed dividend of 6% and more. These are fixed rates that you enjoy for as long as you hold the preferred shares. Because investors hold these shares for income, they are traded less, are less volatile than common shares, and are designed for a more conservative income oriented investor. You can sell your shares at any time, just like any share of stock. The sales price may be more or less than you paid. Alternatively, many investors hold their preferred shares indefinitely until called (redeemed) by the company. Almost all preferred shares have a provision allowing the company to call in their preferred shares at a set time at a set future date. This list is not kept current (its from 2000), but you can see some familiar names in the left column and some very attractive fixed rates in the yield column.
S&P Description Rating Symbol Div Rate Next Payment Price Current Yield to Call Date Yield Call Call Price
ABN AMRO Cap Fund II 7.125% Farmers Group 8.25% Chase Preferred 8.10% Allstate Fin 7.100% QUIPs Duke Capital Fin II 7.375% QUIPs Travelers P&C 8.08% American General 8.45% Capital Re LLC 7.65% MIPs Public Storage 8.875% Sierra Pacific Power 8.60% Lincoln National 8.35% Avalon Bay
ABNprB FIGprB CMBpr ALLprA DUKprU TAPprA AGCprM KREprL PSAprG SRPprT LNCprY AVBprF
0.4453 09/30/2001 24.78 7.19% 7.48% 03/31/2004 25 0.5156 07/02/2001 25.6 0.5062 09/30/2001 25 8.06% 8.02% 12/31/2025 25 8.10% 8.09% 09/17/2001 25
0.4968 09/30/2001 25.16 7.90% 6.40% 11/24/2001 25 0.4609 09/30/2001 25 0.505 0.54 7.37% 7.37% 09/30/2003 25 any any any 25 25 25
0.5546 09/07/2001 24.89 8.91% ** any 25 0.5375 07/02/2001 24.48 8.78% 28.54% 07/29/2001 25 0.5218 07/02/2001 25.51 8.18% ** 0.5625 08/01/2001 25.12 8.96% ** 8/20/'2001 25 any 25
Communities 9% BBB First Industrial Realty FRprA 0.5937 9.5% BBB AT&T Capital Corp NCD 0.5156 8.25% BBB Nexen 9.75% NXYpr 0.6093 BBB NVP Capital I 8.20% NVPpr 0.5125 BBB- Placer Dome 8.625% PDGprA 0.539 BBB- Gables Residential GBPprA 0.5187 Trust 8.3% BBB- BRE Properties 8.5% BREprA 0.5312 BBB- Newscorp 8.625% NOPprA 0.539 **purchase not recommended above $25 per share
09/30/2001 25.02 9.49% ** 09/30/2001 25.5 09/15/2001 09/30/2001 09/28/2001 08/29/2001 25.46 22.74 22.8 23.57
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8.09% 7.33% 11/15/2003 25 9.57% 9.01% 9.46% 8.80% 8.87% 10/30/2003 21.10% 04/01/2002 28.54% 12/17/2001 14.03% 07/24/2002 25 25 25 25