corporate bonds

The riskiest segments of the corporate fixed income market are experiencing a massive influx of investor capital in recent weeks as traders bet the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates at its September meeting and continue with a swift rate-cut cycle. U.S. corporate bonds rated CCC or lower —...

With interest rates remaining at their highest levels in over two decades, and with U.S. Treasury bonds comfortably exceeding a 4% yield, an increasing number of investors are turning their attention to the realm of corporate bonds. In this landscape, they seek not only promising yield...

The performance of the U.S. corporate bond market in the first quarter of the year was generally flat, though there were notable distinctions between the high-grade and high-yield sectors. Bonds issued by companies with higher credit ratings (BBB and above) experienced a slight downward trajectory...

Salman Ahmed, the global head of macro and strategic asset allocation at Fidelity International, stood firm in his anticipation of an impending recession, even as Wall Street appeared increasingly optimistic about the Federal Reserve’s potential to orchestrate a soft landing for the U.S....

With escalating interest rates and inflationary pressures, the resiliency of bond investments is being put to the test. Investors find themselves watching helplessly as bond prices undergoe a relentless downward spiral, battered by the unrelenting blows of surging borrowing costs. The tumultuous...

Fitch Ratings emphasizes that the foremost concern for the global credit landscape remains centered on persistently high inflation and interest rates. The credit rating agency highlighted in its recent Risk Headquarters report that despite a recent decrease in headline inflation rates across the U....

Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS)'s Goldman Sachs Asset Management unit, which includes the firm's exchange-traded funds business, added to its lineup of fixed income funds Thursday with the debut of a high-yield corporate bond ETF. The Goldman Sachs Access High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (NYSE...

If you’re one of a number of investors concerned about the possibility of a corporate bond bubble, new research has revealed one possible hedge for sophisticated investors. According to a new report by CEPRES, private infrastructure assets are a solid hedge for corporate bonds and can even...

Many investment pros swear by the concept of diversifying their investments, not only across various sectors but asset classes — especially corporate bonds. Here is how investors can invest directly in corporate bonds. As a reminder, a corporate bond is as its name implies: a bond issued by a...

There was some very large and unusual buying of June Puts in Corporate Bond ETF iShares IBOXX $ Invest Grade Corp Bd Fd (NYSE: LQD) This reflects a bet on significant weakness in the corporate bond market in the first half of 2016.   $LQD SHARPS POUND THE OFFER IN JUNE PUTS TODAY,...

Famed bond manager Bill Gross on Tuesday wrote a letter to his clients at Janus Capital stating that the "good times are over." Gross manages $1.2 billion for Janus Capital's Global Unconstrained Bond Fund and wrote "when the year is done, there will be minus signs in front...