9% rate -- factoring in the tax-free status of those bonds, that's about 40% higher than corporate junk bonds.
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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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last week from about 3 percent when they were issued. The bond market exception has been high-yield debt.
last week from about 3 percent when they were issued. The bond market exception has been high-yield debt.
a private placement on Thursday. Solar Senior Capital SUNS.O will invest most of the proceeds in private junk bonds...
Nairne, president of Tacita Capital Inc. Some of his wealthier clients are filling their RRSPs with corporate and...
of America Merrill Lynch Municipal Master Index, which tracks investment-grade bonds. ���Trading Like Junk��� ���Munis...
of America Merrill Lynch Municipal Master Index, which tracks investment-grade bonds. ���Trading Like Junk��� ���Munis...
more than $1 billion for Wells Fargo & Co., isnt putting bank loans into her two mutual funds. High-yield bonds and...
F&C Investments, told clients this week. "The next candidate for the bubble is in sub investment grade and...
of America Merrill Lynch, which tracks the performance of more than 2,000 dollar-denominated securities.
year already represent roughly half of the 2010 total -- and last year was a good year, with junk bonds returning 15.
from its crisis low. Economic growth and Wall Street pay are at record levels. The yield gap between junk bonds and...
from its crisis low. Economic growth and Wall Street pay are at record levels. The yield gap between junk bonds and...
there is no reason why every single one of them wouldn't refinance right now." Repayments from high-yield bonds...
Junk bond yields are near record lows, but investors say the spread between high-yield bonds and Treasuries is still...
trustee alleged, and that he had put the money into speculative investments such as stocks, mutual funds and junk bonds.
Manchester United football club, a source close to Qatar Holding said on Wednesday. The Premier League club's...
made that the Fed's extraordinary actions are distorting valuations. Average yields, meanwhile, are sinking to all-time...
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you���ve had, and the zeal for yield regardless of risk. And that���s driven a lot of junk bonds to very low yields, in...
High-yield bonds ? bonds issued by companies with shaky credit ratings ? saw yields drop to 6.84% last week, a record...
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Investors are bidding up prices of the lowest-rated speculative-grade bonds as returns on...
and the Edge, and, as Marvel Comics might say, kerCHING! But as the folk behind subprime mortgages and junk bonds could...
IRA as well. For instance, if you intend to take advantage of the relatively attractive rates that high-yielding junk...
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