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JUNK BONDS

Junk bonds (high-yield bonds) are ranked very low by a rating agency, because these are bonds which have a relatively high chance of default. To compensate for the additional risk, junk bonds offer higher returns than investment grade bonds. This topic covers the latest news and information on junk bonds.

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market funds undermined deposit accounts in banks; commercial paper undermined the business of short-term lending to...

Beware the red light of rising consumer price indicesmore

investment-grade bonds and emerging markets. They should be correspondingly underweight in consumer discretionaries,...

Following the taxless trail of private equitymore

that offered higher than usual interest rates to compensate for them being riskier investments. These were known as...

Stocks That Keep Paying You Backmore

surpassing the previous record set in 2003. Companies with junk bond ratings include Hovnanian Enterprises (NYSE: HOV)...

Credit Markets On Edge About When the Fed Will Raise Ratesmore

make money. This goal has achieved some success. The flood of cash has made its way into stocks, junk bonds and...

Search for incomemore

Investors should also look at how they are generating the income – if the portfolio is full of high-yield bonds, then I...

Riskier high-yield debt draws attentionmore

cases by buying credit protection. Adam Cordery, a bond fund manager with Schroders, expects that interest in corporate...

U.S. yield curve signals nagging Fed anxietymore

make money. This goal has achieved some success. The flood of cash has made its way into stocks, junk bonds and...

Kohlberg Capital Corporation Receives Notification of Noncompliance Fr...more

Our wholly-owned portfolio company, Katonah Debt Advisors, manages CLO funds that invest in broadly syndicated...

Is the Fed Creating New Bubbles?more

with the bounceback in global demand. Treasury bonds don't seem overpriced given today's subdued inflation, and junk...

Cogswell's Screed and the Seattle Leftmore

the Seattle Monorail Project, without mentioning that said project was going to be financed by 50 years of junk bonds.

Galaxy Seeks Up to $1 Billion in Debt for Casinomore

with the situation said Thursday. One person said the company is considering various financing options, including...

A brief introduction to bond investingmore

s not a factor with Treasury bonds, but it can be with corporate bonds, particularly with high-yield or junk bonds.

These Investments Are Far From Risk-Freemore

quite as safe, but they're seen as safe enough that the chance of default is minuscule. High-yield junk bonds from...

Time to Buy Junk Bonds: Strategistmore

In this market, you want to be in the “junkiest of the junk” bonds, Greg Peters, head of fixed income research at...

Junk bond sales may get nodmore

with most of it financing big infrastructure projects such as the Three Gorges Dam or new rail infrastructure.

Look Ahead: Gold Rush Prevails Low Rates, Weak Dollarmore

for high yield issuance, Bank of America Merrill Lynch said in a report Wednesday. World wide issuance of junk bonds...

Troubled casino to test extent of tribal sovereigntymore

of them have turned to gaming for revenue, financing casino projects with debt including more than $5bn in high-yield...

Investors go steady after corporate bond successmore

of America Merrill Lynch. It has now narrowed to around 52 basis points. The performance of high-yield, or...

Default threat raises stakes for tribal casinosmore

of them have turned to gaming for revenue, financing casino projects with debt including more than $5bn in high-yield...

Western Asset Managed High Income Fund Inc. as of September 30, 2009more

interest rates rise, bond prices fall, reducing the value of the Fund's share price. High yield or 'junk bonds' are...

Western Asset High Income Fund II Inc. as of September 30, 2009more

As interest rates rise, bond prices fall, reducing the value of the Fund's share price. High yield ('junk') bonds are...

Securitisation markets show signs of life, Reserve saysmore

securities funded 25 per cent of all home loans. Dr Debelle compared their future role to that of ''junk'' bonds, lowly...

Strong regional growth no reason for complacencymore

Washington and a career in running the world - a trajectory which has arced from writing papers on junk bonds and debt...

Future brighter for non-bank lendersmore

securities funded 25 per cent of all home loans. Dr Debelle compared their future role to that of ''junk'' bonds, lowly...

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