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Investors rush into junk bonds as corporate debt sees the biggest inflow in 3 years amid risk-on bets

Corporate bond funds saw inflows of more than $16 billion in the month to November 20, with junk bo…

Filip De Mott   


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Coinbase's CEO assured investors this week there was no question of bankruptcy but its junk bonds are now worth almost as little as Russia's

Coinbase's 10-year bonds got slammed after the company's first-quarter results, and now yield almos…

Zahra Tayeb   


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Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy ramps up junk-bond borrowing to plow $500 million more into bitcoin

MicroStrategy - which holds 92,000 bitcoin already - borrowed $100 million more than expected to sn…

Harry Robertson   


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Legendary investor Jeremy Grantham warns the S&P 500 could plunge another 26% - and reveals he's shorting the Nasdaq and junk bonds

The GMO cofounder said the global economic situation today looks more dangerous than the chaos duri…

Theron Mohamed   


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What are junk bonds? A risky yet high-yield investment that can bring rewards if you're willing to take the chance

Junk bonds are bonds that are low-ranked by credit rating agencies, due to their issuers' sketchy f…

Simon Chandler   


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Junk-rated loan funds have seen $8 billion of inflows this year, the most since 2018 as investors reach for yield

The shift in investor positioning comes as interest rates begin to bounce off of historic lows seen…

Matthew Fox   


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The riskiest US debt is paying out less than 4% for the first time as desperate investors clamor for yield

Junk bond yields have dropped below 4% for the first time ever as investors rush to buy risky debt …

Carla Mozée   


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These 6 'fallen angel' companies had their debt ratings slashed to junk in April

As the impact from the coronavirus pandemic spreads through the economy, a record number of compani…

Matthew Fox, CMT   


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JPMorgan’s quant chief shares 5 trade recommendations following Pfizer’s vaccine ‘game-changer’

Monday saw the biggest single-day rotation into value stocks since 2008, but there's still room for…

Ben Winck   


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The Fed isn't worried about enabling risk-takers as its massive stimulus attempts to revive markets and the economy, Cleveland chief says

The central bank's announcement that it would begin buying junk-bond ETFs sent the sector soaring a…

Ben Winck   


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Bill Ackman says he's 'long-term bullish on America' and the stock market, but sees a short opportunity in junk bonds

"If there's a vaccine soon, which I hope there is, markets could snap back quickly," Ackman said.

Matthew Fox   


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Traders are piling in to short WeWork's 'house of cards' junk bonds - and the cost of the bets are some of the of the priciest on record

Some $67 million or 10% of the company's outstanding $669 million of corporate debt was on loan, a …

Callum Burroughs,Callum Burroughs   


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WeWork is reportedly planning to tap investors via the risky junk-bond market again as its IPO stumbles

The debt plan comes after Softbank, one of the largest outside shareholders of the company, reporte…

Yusuf Khan   


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WeWork's attempt to tap junk-bond investors isn't working this time - 'Their borrowing model is seriously in question at this point'

Holders of WeWork's existing debt have already started selling off their holdings as a result of th…

Callum Burroughs,Callum Burroughs   


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Investors are reportedly eating up Tesla's junk-bond sale

Tesla has issued debt before, but it was convertible (the most recent capital raise, in fact, was a…

Matthew DeBord   


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Mohamed El-Erian warns the Fed supporting junk bonds may create a new generation of 'zombie companies,' and eat away at 'what makes America special'

Mohamed El-Erian told CNBC on Monday: "The Fed opened up the high-yield market for almost everybody…

Saloni Sardana   


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Netflix is issuing another $2 billion of junk bonds to fund its cash-burning content business

Last Tuesday, the company posted third-quarter earnings and subscriber growth that topped expectati…

Ethel Jiang   


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The stress in junk bonds is all about oil

This time around, things are a bit different in that spreads have widened on account of macro conce…

Myles Udland   


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Tesla slides following news the company is offering $1.5 billion of junk bonds

"We could lower our ratings on Tesla if execution issues related to the Model 3 launch later this y…

Seth Archer   


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People who almost never ask about junk bonds are asking about junk bonds, so Citi thinks it's time to buy

Second, and every bit as important, is that growing interest from outside the traditional HY invest…

Myles Udland