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junk bonds

  1. Technically known as bonds of “less than investment grade,” they are short-term, high-yield bonds. They were widely used in the 1980s to finance mergers, especially hostile ones.



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This could be bad for investors holding risky assets, specifically junk bonds.

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Credit rating firms were debating where to place the transaction within the BB to CCC range usually deemed junk bonds, according to a Bloomberg report from last month about the potential offering.

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Launched in 2014, its mandate calls for investing 80% in investment-grade bonds, and up to 20% in junk bonds.

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For Goldman’s Spencer Rogers, high-yield corporate bonds— junk bonds —are now “less junky” than they used to be.

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Junk bonds have been a decent investment this year.

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