(Bloomberg)  High Yield Market Highlights     US junk bonds shrugged off equity volatility to notch up gains for the fifth straight session. The junk market printed a weekly gain, rebounding from last week’s losses. Yields dropped 43 basis points for the week to close at 8.19%, the biggest weekly decline since December 2023. The […]

(Bloomberg)  High Yield Market Highlights     US junk bonds are headed for their third weekly loss after dropping in five of the last six sessions, spurred by US tariffs and the continuing trade war with China. Yields surged 32 basis points in four sessions this week, the third consecutive week of rising yields. The […]

(Bloomberg)  High Yield Market Highlights     US junk bond spreads widened to a 16-month high, the most since the pandemic in March 2020, as global markets were hit by US tariffs. Yields surged to a nine-month high, hovering near 8%, after rising the most in more than two years. Soaring yields and widening spreads […]

(Bloomberg)  High Yield Market Highlights     US junk bonds continued to retreat on renewed concerns prompted by tariffs on automakers that could provoke a large scale trade war, nullifying the impact of data showing US economy expanded faster-than-expected in the fourth quarter of last year. The market stumbled for the second straight session on […]

(Bloomberg)  High Yield Market Highlights   US junk-bond yields surged to seven-month highs as risk premiums rose to levels not seen since August, driving the biggest one-day loss since December, amid the escalating trade war after Donald Trump threatened more tariffs on European exports. The risk premium for junk bonds, as reflected in spreads, closed […]

(Bloomberg)  High Yield Market Highlights   US junk bond racked up the biggest one-day loss in nearly eight weeks on Thursday as equities plunged. High-yield markets, which have been jittery amid evolving headlines over US tariffs, are on track for their biggest weekly loss since mid-December. Spreads surged to a near five-month high after jumping […]

(Bloomberg)  High Yield Market Highlights     US junk bonds defied policy uncertainty, elevated volatility, and tumbling equities as they headed for their second monthly gain this year, with modest returns of 0.6%. Yields also declined for the second consecutive month, falling six basis points to 7.14%. The broad gains in the US junk bond […]

(Bloomberg)  High Yield Market Highlights     US junk bond yields edged up, looking through trade tariffs noise and mixed earnings, with Walmart posting disappointing forecasts on Thursday. Traders awaited manufacturing PMI data due later today for clues on the interest-rates path. Higher yields continued to bring borrowers into the market Four companies sold a […]

(Bloomberg)  High Yield Market Highlights     US junk bonds snapped back on Thursday, notching the biggest one-day returns in a week after it became clear that reciprocal tariffs were not likely before April. Yields tumbled six basis points to 7.26%. The gains spanned across ratings. CCCs, the riskiest part of the high-yield market, racked […]

(Bloomberg)  High Yield Market Highlights     US junk bonds rallied for five straight sessions on Thursday and are headed for best monthly gains since September, after a slew of data showed economic strength and a steady labor market. Yields have dropped 30 basis points this month, also the biggest monthly decline since September, reaching […]