(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, […]

(Bloomberg)  High Yield Market Highlights     US junk bonds tumbled, yields rose and risk premiums surged as anxieties over artificial intelligence boiled over, causing a broad reassessment of riskier assets. Yields jumped the most in three weeks to 6.63% and spreads widened the most in four months to 275 basis points. The selloff extended […]

(Bloomberg)  High Yield Market Highlights     US junk bonds stalled for a third straight session as yields climbed after data showed consumer confidence collapsed to its lowest level in more than a decade. A measure of consumer sentiment on present conditions slid to a five-year low, reinforcing concerns about a potential economic slowdown. The […]

(Bloomberg)  High Yield Market Highlights     US junk bonds stalled after a two-day rally as jobless claims dropped to a three-year low, suggesting employers are largely holding onto workers. Still, the market is on track for its fourth straight week of gains amid growing expectations of a Fed rate cut next week. Yields were […]

  (Bloomberg)  High Yield Market Highlights US junk bonds posted modest gains on Thursday but still leave slight losses for the week across the rating spectrum. The broad gains spanned ratings, with even CCCs, the riskiest part of the credit market, rebounding from a six-day losing streak as junk bonds shrugged off a selloff in [...]