Not exact matches
The fund can purchase securities of any credit quality, including those in
default, but it will primarily invest in
investment -
grade debt, with no more
than 20 % of the portfolio invested in junk
bonds.
High yield / non-
investment-
grade bonds involve greater price volatility and risk of
default than investment -
grade bonds.
Default risk Historically, the risk of default on principal, interest, or both, is greater for high yield bonds than for investment grade
Default risk Historically, the risk of
default on principal, interest, or both, is greater for high yield bonds than for investment grade
default on principal, interest, or both, is greater for high yield
bonds than for
investment grade bonds.
Investment grade bonds had less
than 0.2 % probability of a
default within a year.1
Floating - rate loans» low credit ratings indicate greater potential risk of
default relative to
investment -
grade bonds (though
default rates for floating - rate loans historically have been lower
than on high - yield
bonds).
Income potential is higher
than investment -
grade bonds to offset the high level of
default risk.
High Yield
bonds involved greater risk of
default or downgrade and are more volatile
than investment grade securities, due to the speculative nature of their
investments.
The main danger of a junk
bond fund is that there will be a higher rate of bankruptcy /
default than in an
investment grade bond fund.
Without going into too much detail of statistics and standard deviation, I can tell you that there is a lot of research evidencing less
than a 0.5 %
default rate for
investment grade municipal
bonds for the last few decades.
High yield
bonds are more volatile
than investment grade securities, and they involve a greater risk of loss (including loss of principal) from missed payments,
defaults or downgrades because of their speculative nature.
Junk
bonds carry higher
default risk and are thus far more sensitive to the health of the economy
than investment -
grade bonds.
Income potential is higher
than investment -
grade bonds to offset the high level of
default risk.
Bonds that are not investment grade are much more likely to default than investment - grade b
Bonds that are not
investment grade are much more likely to
default than investment -
grade bondsbonds.
High yield
bonds are more volatile
than investment grade securities, and they involve a greater risks of loss (including loss of principal) from missed payments,
defaults or downgrades because of their speculative nature.
High - yield / non-
investment-
grade bonds involve greater price volatility and risk of
default than investment -
grade bonds.