Sentences with phrase «above junk bond yields»

The structural issue at work encouraging the deal - making is that cash flow yields are markedly above junk bond yields, similar to the environment during the late «80s when the market in junk bonds flourished.

Not exact matches

For example, it does not include euro bonds («reverse Yankees») that are hot in Europe, where junk bond yields are at a ludicrously low 2.35 % on average, and the high - grade yield is just above zero.

High - yield bonds (sometimes referred to as junk bonds) typically offer above - market coupon rates and yields because their issuers have credit ratings that are below investment grade: BB or lower from Standard & Poor's; Ba or lower from Moody's.

That is above the average yield on U.S. junk bonds, which is 9.4 percent according to Merrill Lynch data.