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Corporate Bond Risk Falls in Europe After US Unemployment Drop - BusinessWeek

Corporate Bond Risk Falls in Europe After US Unemployment Drop
BusinessWeek
... corporate debt fell after a report showed the US jobless rate unexpectedly dropped to the lowest in three years. Contracts on the Markit iTraxx Crossover Index of credit- default swaps on 50 companies with mostly high-yield credit ratings decreased ...
Financial Bond Risk Rises in Europe, Credit-Default Swaps ShowBloomberg

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Top 5 Zacks #1 Ranked High Yield Bond Mutual Funds - Zacks.com

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Top 5 Zacks #1 Ranked High Yield Bond Mutual Funds
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In addition, these funds provide better returns than investments with higher ratings, including government and corporate bonds. Further, because the yield from such bonds is higher than investment grade securities, these investments are less ...
The Winning Trade In High Yield Corporate BondsSeeking Alpha
Are High-Yield ETFs Also High Risk?ETF Trends

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CREDIT MARKETS: Corporate Debt Rally Fires Up Issuers As Treasurys Sink - Wall Street Journal

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CREDIT MARKETS: Corporate Debt Rally Fires Up Issuers As Treasurys Sink
Wall Street Journal
By DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--The party in the US corporate bond markets continued Wednesday as more than $16 billion of new company debt issuance came to market in a slate that included household names Procter & Gamble and International ...
Biggest Rally Imperiled by 28% Borrowing Increase: Muni CreditSan Francisco Chronicle
Market Post: Traders Push and Pull MunisBond Buyer
TREASURIES-Yields creep down as investors watch EuropeReuters
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Debt Downgrades: The Silent 2012 Bank Stock Killer - TheStreet.com

Debt Downgrades: The Silent 2012 Bank Stock Killer
TheStreet.com
Fitch Ratings also notes that financial institutions now represent only 27.1% of the overall corporate bond market, or $1.3 trillion worth of bonds, down from an over 50% 2007 share, when most banks had sterling credit ratings. As ratings fell, so did ...
Fitch: Industrials Dominate US Corporate Bond MarketMarketWatch (press release)

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Fitch: Industrials Dominate U.S. Corporate Bond Market - Business Wire (press release)

Fitch: Industrials Dominate U.S. Corporate Bond Market
Business Wire (press release)
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The US corporate bond market's rating drift turned more negative in the last quarter of 2011, following a similar but less severe trend in the third quarter, according to a new Fitch Ratings report. Downgrades affected 5% of ...

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