Oil prices and corporate high-yield spreads: Evidence from panels of nonenergy and energy European firmsOil pricesHigh yield spreadsNon-energy and energy European firmsPanel dataThis paper explores the potential impacts of oil prices on high-yield corporate bond spreads for the case of European non...
the credit risk for a corporate bond increases because the likelihood of default is higher due to rising prices. This causes the corporate bond spread to widen. When the economy is experiencing a period of growth, corporate bond spreads generally narrow because there is a lower likelihood ...
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current yields of various classes of high-yield bonds compared against investment-grade corporate bonds, Treasury bonds, or another benchmark bond measure. Spreads are often expressed as a difference in percentage points orbasis points. The high-yield bond spread is also referred to as credit ...
stocks. In addition, high-yield bonds offer lower overall risk versus equities, given that bond holders are paid ahead of equity shareholders should bankruptcy occur. As the chart on page 3 illustrates, yield spreads of high-yield bonds compared to Treasury bonds historically have widened during ...
Advantages of a High-Yield Bond Spread High-yield bond spreads are beneficial to investors because they can be used to assess the credit markets and evaluate the state of the economy. For example, if the spread between two bonds becomes larger, it implies that there is a higher default risk...
High-yield bonds (also called junk bonds) are bonds that pay higher interest rates because they have lower credit ratings than investment-grade bonds.
Despite record-tight spreads in corporate bond markets, asset managers remain bullish on U.S. fixed income, bolstered by President-elect Donald Trump's election victory and the Republicans' control of the House and Senate, which are expected to reinforce pro-growth policies ...
High-yield bond funds offer added bonuses, including monthly distributions, and provide transparency. When considering investing in bonds other than U.S. Treasurys, one crucial economic indicator to add to your watchlist is credit spreads. A credit spread is the variance in yield between a U.S...
Investors pour money into US corporate bond funds at record rate Demand to lock in yields helps push spreads on high-yield bonds close to their tightest level since 2007 February 26 2024 Sovereign bonds Bonds are back Pimco’s inflows are already almost equal to its 2023 total ...