The U.S. junk bond market is sending an optimistic message about the economy, despite market volatility around tariffs.

Despite Trump's escalating tariffs, junk bond spreads are near year-to-date lows. But cracks may be forming beneath the ...

What happened next? Treasury yields plunged while junk yields soared. The chart below plots the junk-bond spread over the past three decades.

Junk issuance in the European Union smashed records in June as investors gobbled $27 billion in subinvestment grade corporate ...

The ETF reconstitutes its holdings annually, replacing lower-quality dividend stocks with even higher-quality ones. At its ...

Looking at the 5-year performance chart I included above, it probably wouldn’t surprise you that junk bonds have delivered superior risk-adjusted returns.

These junk bond mutual funds and ETFs can help investors target the riskiest but highest-yielding portion of the fixed-income ...

Uncertainty is making junk bond investors nervous — and driving up yields Companies that issue junk bonds start out paying high interest rates. Now that investors are worried about the economy ...

The yield spread between Treasurys and junk bonds suggests that junk-bond investors aren't worried about recession.

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Junk-bond yields could rise while Treasury yields stay constant, for example, or junk yields could stay steady and Treasurys yields fall.