Why would any investor want to invest in something known as a junk bond? Certainly, the name alone could put you off, and they are known for having a “risky” reputation, too. However, junk bonds can ...

to junk after its planned merger with Tapestry Inc. was scrapped. At the same time, lower-rated firms are selling debt elsewhere. Private credit lenders, for example, have wooed some companies away ...

The Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates again later this month, but if that's another signal that headwinds are building for fixed-income securities, the warning isn't resonating in ...

Junk bonds made Michael Milken the most important and richest person on Wall Street. But they caused many large thrifts to fail. Had he listened to his professors and pursued his Ph.D. in 1970, his ...

There are ten funds shown in this chart, and of those ten, only three have a lower yield than the Credit Suisse High Yield Bond Fund. As such, it is immediately apparent that the current yield of this ...

U.S. corporate bonds rated CCC or lower rally nearly 3% this month, their best monthly performance year-to-date. If the Federal Reserve does not deliver the rate cuts implied by the market, it could ...

Confusion over how the media giant plans to restructure its debt following a spinoff of cable channels like CNN and TNT have rattled the market for its bonds Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.'s plan to spin ...