Exchange-traded funds that focus on riskier corporate bonds were clinging to gains Wednesday afternoon, after the Federal Reserve said that it will hold its benchmark interest rate steady. The SPDR ...

Ratings of BB, B, CCC, CC, C and D (the lowest) are considered below investment grade, speculative grade, or junk bonds. Credit Spread/Quality Spread - The difference between the yields of ...

According to several shareholders, the latest preferred shares bear similarities to junk bonds due to their high-yield structure and lower position in the company’s capital hierarchy. Michael Saylor, ...

Moody’s Investors Service downgraded New York Community Bancorp’s credit by two notches late Tuesday, lowering it into speculative-grade or “junk” status and sending the bank’s stock ...

But Dimensional Fund Advisors isn’t buying it. “There is no outperformance relative to high-yield bonds,” said Savina Rizova, Dimensional’s co-chief investment officer and global head of ...

LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— The financial reputation of Lackawanna County just took another hit. The credit rating agency has officially downgraded the county’s credit rating. But while the ...

Based on my own firm’s research, it’s more than slightly peculiar to see that high-yield (aka, junk) bonds have experienced less increase in their yield compared to investment-grade bonds.

Additionally, the focus on investment grade will make funds here safer, but yields will be lower than in the junk bond category. ACGYX finds itself in the AllianceBernstein family, based out of ...

Of course, the focus on investment grade will make these funds safer, but yields will be lower than those in the junk bond category. Lord Abbett is based in Jersey City, NJ, and is the manager of ...