Why would any investor want to invest in something known as a junk bond? Certainly, the name alone could put you off, and they are known for having a “risky” reputation, too. However, junk bonds can ...

Investors in U.S. junk bonds are showing increasing caution toward riskier debt. An index of CCC-rated bonds fell nearly 0.8% over the past month ended Thursday, underperforming the broader high-yield ...

Beneath the calm surface of the US corporate bond market, there are worrying signs about companies that could lose their ...

For an average investor, high-yield bond mutual funds are the best to invest in bonds rated below investment grade, popularly known as junk bonds. This is because these funds hold a wide range of such ...

Junk debt is about as safe as investment-grade now, at least according to prices in credit markets. The gap between risk premiums on the highest-rated US junk bonds and the lowest-rated ...

* Calculated with Portfolio123 from 7/24/2018 to match inception dates. FDHY is in the middle of the pack regarding yield, but it is the best performer based on total return and Sharpe ratio, ahead of ...

There are ten funds shown in this chart, and of those ten, only three have a lower yield than the Credit Suisse High Yield Bond Fund. As such, it is immediately apparent that the current yield of this ...

Junk bonds made Michael Milken the most important and richest person on Wall Street. But they caused many large thrifts to fail. Had he listened to his professors and pursued his Ph.D. in 1970, his ...