Bonds Corporate Bond Analysis: What to Consider
Corporate bond investors need to look beyond yield and focus on an issuer's character, capacity, collateral and conditions.
As you will see, it was actually a two - step tango to income - generating nirvana despite — or actually because of — the sheer terror that gripped
even corporate bond investors in those days.
Looking further ahead and turning to fixed income, Scott
cautions corporate bond investors to be wary that although growth is buoyant at the moment, rising rates and the withdrawal of liquidity could precipitate a downturn in the credit cycle.
Aberdeen Standard Investments have published a new report
guiding corporate bond investors on what to expect when integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) analysis into their investment process.
Greater price risk now exists: The devil is always in the details, and price is an important risk that
most corporate bond investors, in my opinion, are overlooking.
Corporate bond investors have a high expectation of full payment, but when default occurs, they lose 60 - 80 %.
If you are selective,
corporate bond investors can often achieve equity - like returns without equity - like risk.
The retail investors are less diversified and more risk - averse, requiring a higher yield than
corporate bond investors.
Given that those bonds yield a 1.5 percentage point premium over government bonds (which have a default risk close to zero),
a corporate bond investor is likely to be left with a one percentage point advantage over government bonds after accounting for the risk of loss.
«In the 1980s, lenders were more focused on loan - to - value rather than cashflow orientation which drives corporate lenders,
corporate bond investors and equity investors.»