While issuance of high yield bonds strengthened across all key global jurisdictions in 2024, the US and Europe still face mounting maturity walls High yield bond issuance in key markets around the ...

High yield bonds offer superior returns with manageable risk when selected using strict criteria on credit rating, maturity, and leverage metrics. My portfolio favors bonds with maturities under 5 ...

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF remains a buy, offering solid returns and attractive yield relative to cash and global peers. BND's yield to maturity is 4.3% with a 5.9-year duration, providing ...

Somer G. Anderson is CPA, doctor of accounting, and an accounting and finance professor who has been working in the accounting and finance industries for more than 20 years. Her expertise covers a ...

Much has been made about an impending recession. The reasons, however, are seldom discussed, are even less understood, and do little to inform what actions investors should take (if any). Economists ...

The most awaited change in the bond market’s favorite indicator is finally here: the Treasury yield curve has steepened owing to a drop in short-term yields and an increase in intermediate- and ...

After three years of volatility—driving by inflation and interest rates—bond yields are well off recent peaks. Now with the Federal Reserve expected to cut rates as soon as September, investors face a ...

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After it reacted to investors’ risk aversion with higher yields offered under the retail bond issues in April, amid the ...