This year’s seesaw action in the stock market has emphasized two important concepts for investors: Diversification can lower ...

HYLB tracks the Solactive USD High Yield Corporates Total Market Index, reflecting U.S. high-yield corporate bonds. Click ...

They then assign the issuer to one of four groups based on its estimated risk of default and the estimated spread premium ... its US dollar-denominated high-yield bond category peers.

with current conditions being adequate regardless. Wider credit spreads increase the attractiveness of high-yield corporate bond funds over higher-quality, lower-yielding alternatives. USHY and ...

The fund tracks the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid High Yield index ... years remaining to maturity, while current holdings must have at least 1.0 year. Eligible bonds cannot have more than 15.0 years ...

Analysts attributed narrowing spreads largely to an apparent calm in global trade tensions last week. They also pointed to ...

The increase in spreads hasn’t translated into losses for junk bonds yet—the SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond exchange ...

US high-yield bond spreads are close to all-time tight levels ... compared with 1.57% for the broader high-yield market. "I don’t think the current cohort of Triple Cs is a ‘problem’ cohort, I think ...

A dark corner of the bond market is sending a warning sign about the economy. "If our analysis is correct, today's elevated level of US investment-grade and high-yield credit spreads will persist ...