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 ...

Signs of a full-blown panic are everywhere, and the corporate bond market is no exception. The riskiest U.S. companies have started offering bigger returns over risk-free government bonds.

NEW YORK, April 4 (Reuters) - U.S. high-yield corporate bond spreads surged to 401 basis points as of late Thursday, their highest since November 2023, as global markets swooned, opens new tab ...

High-yield bond holders aren't asking for much of a premium above ultra-safe U.S. Treasurys. Time to own quality. Junk-bond investors are giving zero odds to a global trade war. They are almost ...

Companies are increasingly using the $1.4 trillion US junk-bond market to refinance existing debt, while new borrowing is happening more in private and leveraged loan markets. Nearly 80% of junk ...

Marty Fridson, whose analysis of junk bonds has been scrutinized by Wall Street since 1984, says the market is “extremely overvalued” in aggregate but there are still opportunities for investors.

You’ve got your investment grade bonds, which are not considered that risky, and then you’ve got what are known as “junk” bonds, which are. Those junk bonds are in some ways canaries in ...

Bond funds saw inflows of more than $16 billion in the month to November 20. Of that amount, junk bonds drew $11.4 billion in investment. Risk-on investments are back in play, with corporate bonds ...

You should be worried that junk-bond investors aren’t worried. Consider the narrow spread that exists currently between the yields on junk bonds and U.S. Treasurys of comparable maturities.

Still, high-risk investments can have a place in a well-balanced portfolio. Junk bonds are one example of these risky investments. But what are junk bonds? They’re a high-risk, high-yield ...

Junk bonds can be an attractive investment for investors with a high-risk appetite. They’re risky because of the bond issuer’s poor credit rating and financial situation. But the risk also ...