(Bloomberg)  High Yield Market Highlights     US junk-bond yields and risk premiums surged the most in four months as rising crude prices, a resilient labor market and escalating tensions with Iran reignited inflation concerns. Yields climbed to a nearly four-month high after rising for five straight sessions, the longest streak since November, triggering the […]

(Bloomberg)  High Yield Market Highlights   US junk bond yields held steady and spreads barely moved as investors remained wary of tech-stocks volatility and stretched valuations. Concerns deepened after data showed US consumer spending accelerated while inflation rose at its fastest pace in more than three years, reinforcing expectations that the Federal Reserve is set […]

(Bloomberg)  High Yield Market Highlights   US junk bonds rose for a second straight session Thursday, driven by robust corporate profits and strong retail sales data that pointed to resilient consumers. A steady stream of borrowers in the primary market is driving month-to-date supply to more than $21b, up 33% compared to last year. Three […]

(Bloomberg)  High Yield Market Highlights     US junk bonds stalled and momentum faltered on skepticism that a peace deal between the US and Iran is likely after reports of a US attack on an Iranian oil tanker, which pushed oil prices higher again. Meanwhile, the primary market shrugged off these developments and continued to […]

(Bloomberg)  High Yield Market Highlights US junk bonds are set to snap a three-week streak of gains as the US-Iran standoff unsettles investors and drives oil prices higher. Yields have climbed 19 basis points in the past five sessions to 6.94%. Meanwhile, still attractive yields and tight spreads produced a supply surge in the primary […]

(Bloomberg)  High Yield Market Highlights     A steady three-day rally and still-compressed spreads well below 300 basis points powered a supply boom in the junk bond primary market this week. Large cash inflows into the asset class drove the week’s supply to $15b, the busiest since September 2025. The supply surge pressured yields and […]

(Bloomberg)  High Yield Market Highlights     US junk bonds rallied for a second straight session, with yields dropping to a five-week low, as a fragile ceasefire in the Middle East appeared to hold. Junk bonds are on track for a second straight week of gains. Gains spanned the ratings spectrum, supported by a slide […]

(Bloomberg)  High Yield Market Highlights     US junk bond yields reached a new nine-month high on climbing oil prices, and Fed Chair Jerome Powell cautioning that the inflationary fallout from rising energy costs remains uncertain. The high-yield primary market has remained quiet. Rattled investors pulled more than $3b from US high yield funds last week. The weekly withdrawals were the highest […]

(Bloomberg)  High Yield Market Highlights   US junk bond yields soared and risk premiums approached 300 basis points fueling the biggest one-day loss in nearly a year, as fears of higher oil prices and inflation rattled markets. The energy sector accounts for more than 11% of the US high yield index. The selloff comes as […]

  (Bloomberg)  High Yield Market Highlights   US junk bonds will take their cue from key employment and retail sales data Friday amid broader market angst tied to Iran war Meanwhile, issuance of new junk notes has slowed to a trickle Thursday saw one deal enter the market, a $250 million tap from NGL Energy, […]