Sentences with phrase «into junk bond funds»

Yet we also see very strong inflows into junk bond funds, based on the belief that these high yields represent value rather than information about default probabilities.

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To a lesser extent, it has also gone into high - yield mutual funds that buy bonds rated below investment grade, known as junk bonds to those who are dubious of them.»

But I'd be wary of venturing, as some investors seeking higher yields do, into high - yield, or junk, bond funds, as they're generally more volatile than investment - grade funds and don't hold up as well in periods of economic and market stress.

If you decide to pour your entire life savings into a high yield junk bond fund or stock that I mention and it tanks, don't come crying to me.

Even as junk bond yields fell into the 6 % range, investor demand for bonds held up well, and the SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond ETF (NYSEMKT: JNK) and iShares iBoxx HY Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEMKT: HYG) were among the best - performing funds with returns of around 11 % to 1bond yields fell into the 6 % range, investor demand for bonds held up well, and the SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond ETF (NYSEMKT: JNK) and iShares iBoxx HY Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEMKT: HYG) were among the best - performing funds with returns of around 11 % to 1Bond ETF (NYSEMKT: JNK) and iShares iBoxx HY Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEMKT: HYG) were among the best - performing funds with returns of around 11 % to 1Bond ETF (NYSEMKT: HYG) were among the best - performing funds with returns of around 11 % to 12 %.

Because managers Dan Fuss and Kathleen Gaffney typically own a large helping of high - yield, or junk, bonds (those rated double - B or lower), as well as bonds from developing nations, the fund took a hit when investors bailed out of anything smacking of risk during the financial crisis and rushed into Treasuries.