So, a high-yield investment could mean locking in “equity-like” returns from the income alone. But with credit spreads at about 3.1%, should investors wait for them to widen closer to their 5. ...
Still, given yields of around 7% for high-yield bonds, some believe there's plenty of cushion to absorb a potential widening of spreads. "Junk credit spreads still have room to tighten even though ...
High yield credit had a strong year (to date), as yields rallied and spreads followed, while defaults didn't blow up as feared. In Europe, the index default rate stands at 2.7% and the US at 1.2% ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. corporate credit spreads hit fresh multi-year lows ... Spreads in the ICE BofA U.S. High Yield Index, which tracks so-called junk bonds, dipped to 289 basis points ...
Private credit has more than doubled in size since 2019, ballooning into a $1.7 trillion industry. At the same time, returns in publicly-syndicated corporate debt markets have become significantly ...