(Bloomberg)  High Yield Market Highlights US junk bonds are coming off the biggest one-day gains in more than two weeks despite a surge in new debt sales, pushing the market toward a modest 0.31% gain for the week after advancing in three of the last four sessions. The gains lured US borrowers into the market, […]

(Bloomberg)  High Yield Market Highlights US junk bonds are headed to the biggest weekly loss since mid-August, snapping a two-week gain, after yields jumped 14 basis points to 8.54% on renewed fears that the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates higher for longer. Chicago Fed President, Austan Goolsbee, told the Marketplace radio program on Thursday that […]

(Bloomberg)  High Yield Market Highlights (Bloomberg)  Powell Signals Fed Will Raise Rates If Needed, Keep Them High Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the US central bank is prepared to raise interest rates further if needed and intends to keep borrowing costs high until inflation is on a convincing path toward the Fed’s 2% target. “Although inflation […]

(Bloomberg)  High Yield Market Highlights US junk bonds are headed toward their worst weekly loss since June after steadily falling for five straight sessions. Thursday’s loss of 41% is the biggest one-day slide in six weeks as yields rose 10 basis points to a more than five-week high of 8.67%. Risk appetite softened after minutes […]

(Bloomberg)  High Yield Market Highlights US junk bonds rebound from last week’s losses and are headed to post the biggest weekly gain since mid-July. After steadily rallying for five straight sessions buoyed by a subdued consumer inflation reading, expectations are rising that the Federal Reserve will pause its interest-rate hiking campaign.  The current wave of […]

(Bloomberg)  High Yield Market Highlights     US junk bonds are headed for the worst weekly loss in six, as risk appetite wobbled on Fitch’s downgrade of US government debt, higher longer-dated Treasury yields and a Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey that showed tightening lending standards.  While it was business as usual for the primary […]

(Bloomberg)  High Yield Market Highlights US junk bonds lost some momentum on renewed concerns that strong macro data will pressure the Federal Reserve to raise rates again, prolonging the most aggressive policy tightening in decades. Junk bonds posted a modest loss of 0.1% on Thursday, on pace to end the two-week gaining streak. Yields jumped […]

(Bloomberg)  High Yield Market Highlights The US junk-bond rally stalled after data showing a resilient labor market renewed concerns that the Federal Reserve may not stop its interest-rate hikes after the quarter-point move expected next week.  The securities posted a modest loss of 0.03% on the week as yields rose seven basis points to 8.36. […]

(Bloomberg)  High Yield Market Highlights   The US junk bond market is headed toward the third week of gains largely propelled by the riskiest part of the junk market even after the Federal Reserve left the door open for future hikes. The CCC segment is on track for the biggest weekly gains since mid-April at […]

(Bloomberg)  High Yield Market Highlights     US junk bonds are heading for a modest weekly gain as investors debate whether the Federal Reserve will pause its tightening campaign or keep rates higher for longer following the example of the Bank of Canada. Signs of bullish sentiment can be seen as US high yield funds reported […]