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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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Robert Prechter: "The Current Market Trend Is Exhausted&q...more

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Why Junk Bonds Look Appealingmore

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Revised EU Stress Test Would See 66 Banks Fail, Analysts Saymore

At least 66 of Europe’s biggest banks would fail a revised European Union stress test and need to raise about...

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Boaz Weinstein's Saba Capital hires JPMorgan Prop's Maitland Hudsonmore

Saba Capital Management LP hired prop trader Maitland Hudson away from JPMorgan last month. According to Bloomberg...

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Cemex SAB’s bonds are yielding more than twice the average for Mexican corporate debt, prompting Citigroup Inc.

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China and Europe’s Debtmore

As China announces its readiness to buy up Eurobonds to help Eurozone countries, what are the motivations for this...

Dump some U.S., emerging market equities: Coxemore

7. Scale back exposure to Treasurys in favor of quality corporate bonds. "Avoid joining the mad rush to junk bonds.

BlackRock's Rick Rieder takes a stand on bondsmore

Rieder outside BlackRock?s headquarters in Midtown Manhattan. He previously spent 20 years at Lehman Brothers.

The junk bond market: How hot is too hot?more

capital gains since the dark days of early 2009 when investors shunned risk, sending the price of so-called ���junk���...

The Many Faces of Riskmore

time, broad swings in Treasury bond prices can create the perception that they're a lot riskier than high-yield bonds.

PIMCO Unconstrained: Betting on Rising Ratesmore

Total Return has strict limitations. It can only put 30% of assets in foreign securities and 10% in high-yield bonds,...

Watch out for a short, sharp end to the business cyclemore

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Europe's high-yield bond market set for record issuance yearmore

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Care homes in the balance as Southern Cross strugglesmore

leasing care homes to providers (Southern Cross was its biggest tenant) and turning the resulting rental income into...

A cold wind in August to shake up business cyclemore

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Preparing for the end of QE2: The Asian positionmore

they should take advantage of the US dollar rebound to diversify into selected Asian currencies, lean toward Asian...

Google Forevermore

out of stocks. Where might it go? The suggestion in this article from the Advisor.ca website is high-yield bonds, which...

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  • bloomberg.com
  • Wall Street Journal Online
  • Financial Times
  • BusinessWeek
  • MarketWatch
  • hedgetracker.com
  • Reuters
  • ihavenet.com

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