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Corporate Bond Investors to Face Large Losses

With historically low interest rates before the recent market crash, corporate debt has skyrocketed.  According to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Nonfinancial Corporate Business Debt has eclipsed $6.5 Trillion.  Low interest rates have given rise to “zombie corporations.”  A “zombie corporation” only generates enough revenue to service its own debt, and as a result, […]

High-Yield Bond Funds: Increasing Blood in the Water

As reported by Bloomberg on December 13, 2015 (“Investors See Third Avenue Fueling More Bond Market Carnage”), “top bond managers are predicting more carnage for high-yield investors amid a market rout that forced at least three credit funds in the past week to wind down.” The three bond funds that suffered losses within the past week […]

High-Yield Investors Suffer Bond Fund Losses

The U.S. High-Yield bond rout deepened Monday, with the bonds of dozens of low-rated companies falling anew and the shares of some large fund-management firms tumbling as well. Investors are rushing out of junk bonds, spooked by last week’s closure of a mutual fund focused on some of the lowest-quality, highest-yielding bonds. The shutdown comes […]