Junk Bond Ratings Headlines

Hungary’s Third Downgrade to Junk in Two Months Pares Bond Rally

Hungarian bonds pared gains after Fitch Ratings became the third company in two months to cut the country’s credit ranking to junk as the government worked to restart talks on an international bailout.

Most Europe, US Ratings Should Be Lower: Faber

Most of the European countries should be rated triple-C and the U.S. "should not be a "triple-A-minus but a triple-B or junk bond when you really analyze the unfunded liabilities that will come due in future," investor Marc Faber told CNBC Friday.

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Macy’s Bond Sale Signals Escape From Junk Just a Start: Corporate Finance

The second-largest U.S. department-store chain issued $800 million of bonds yesterday in its first offering since June 2008. Its $550 million sale of 10-year notes, rated Baa3 by Moody’s Investors Service after a Jan. 9 upgrade and BBB- by Standard & Poor’s and Fitch Ratings, yielded 200 basis points more than similar-maturity Treasuries, within the average 226 basis-point spread on A rated ...

UPDATE 1-ECB research - rating downgrades have fed crisis

(Adds comment from S&P) FRANKFURT, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Sovereign creditdowngrades and a rise in bond spreads feed off each other andevery rating cut can push up a troubled country's borrowingcosts by as ...