To compensate investors for the greater risk of default,
junk bonds offer higher yields.
With equity valuations at historic highs and government bonds barely eking out a return,
junk bonds offer solid yields at a good price, he reasons.
The theory pushed was that
junk bonds offered higher returns but with a lower risk thanks to low default rates.
Not exact matches
NEW YORK, Jan 18 - U.S. fund investors pulled $ 3.1 billion from high - yield «
junk»
bonds during the latest week, Lipper data showed on Thursday,
offering new warning signs about risk appetite despite global markets» continuing triumph.
Beyond the requirements that liquidity and regulators impose on us, we will purchase currency - related securities only if they
offer the possibility of unusual gain — either because a particular credit is mispriced, as can occur in periodic
junk -
bond debacles, or because rates rise to a level that
offers the possibility of realizing substantial capital gains on high - grade
bonds when rates fall.
The $ 1.2 trillion market for U.S.
junk bonds yields about 6.6 percent, double what's
offered by higher - rated company debt, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch index data.
Most of the capital provided to these companies comes from high - yield («
junk») corporate
bond sales, preferred share
offerings, and debt.
David Swensen
offers a savage takedown of
junk bonds in his book Pioneering Portfolio Management.
Most
bonds (not
junk bonds) represent a less risky investment than most stocks, which means that stocks have to
offer a higher return as a premium for increased risk.
Most
bonds (not
junk bonds) represent a less risky investment than most stocks, which means that stocks have to
offer a higher return as a premium for increased risk.
High - yield
bonds, also referred to as «
junk bonds,»
offer higher rates of return, and therefore carry a higher rate of risk, than investment grade
bonds.
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.
HIGH - YIELD
JUNK BONDS can
offer impressive interest payments.
Some of the
bonds that come due in the next 12 months were trading at prices that
offered hearty investors a 25 % to 35 % yield, one
junk bond manager told us.
Assets that are hybrid between equity and debt tend not to
offer much diversification to a balanced core portfolio, so
junk bonds, convertible
bonds, and preferred stock do not
offer much of a diversification advantage.
Guggenheim also
offers defined maturity funds that invest in
junk bonds.
(The funds
offered by Guggenheim below do invest in both «
junk»
bonds and include financials.)
Guggenheim Investments currently
offers 14 of these funds, 8 of which invest in investment grade
bonds, 6 of which invest in high yield or «
junk»
bonds.
But these funds may
offer a great addition to investors who do use
junk bonds in their portfolio.
Junk bonds can
offer astronomical yields.
Some of the
bonds that come due in the next 12 months were trading at prices that
offered hearty investors a 25 % to 35 % yield, one
junk bond manager told -LSB-...]