While credit-market bears may get the last word during a recession, it’s still too soon to tell if corporate bond spreads will implode, contends an article in Bloomberg. American corporations…
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Corporate Bond Demand Drives Inflation-Adjusted Yields to Zero
For the first time, U.S. corporate bonds are yielding less than expected inflation, highlighting how the demand for fixed-income assets is dampening their potential returns. This according to a recent…
AXA Sees "Glorious Chaos" in Credit Bear Market
According to AXA investment Managers, “corporate bonds have fallen so hard they’re officially in a bear market,” says an article in Bloomberg, adding that it “may not be a bad…
Gundlach Warns Corporate Bond Investors
An article in Advisor Perspectives gives an overview of comments by DoubleLine Capital chief investment officer Jeffrey Gundlach regarding the corporate bond market. In a podcast last November, Gundlach reportedly…
Canadian Fintech Uses Machine-Learning For Bond Issuance
A financial technology start-up in Toronto wants to change the way corporate bonds are issued, according to a recent article in The Economist. The company, Overbond, uses “machine-learning algorithms powered…
U.S. Companies Facing $4 Trillion in Refinancing
A recent Bloomberg article reports that U.S. companies will need to refinance an estimated $4 trillion in bonds over the next five years (according to Wells Fargo Securities), a concern…
Gross: More Gloom -- and "Enormous" Opportunities
Pimco founder Bill Gross lays out some ugly economic predictions in the latest issue of Forbes, but also offers a tip for how investors can profit from the U.S. financial…
Arnott Sees Huge Opportunities in Bonds
Add Robert Arnott to the list of well-known previously bearish investment managers who are seeing value in the market. “I like investments, if I’m getting paid to bear risk,” Arnott…