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junk bonds

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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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Private credit faces rising defaults, while junk bonds returned 2% with roughly 7% yields.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

That venture raised $5.7 billion in a sale of junk bonds, with proceeds going toward buying land and developing a 430 megawatt data-center complex in New Lebanon, Ind.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

Yet junk bonds might prove more resilient than their loan peers in the speculative credit market in rocky times ahead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026

The move could kick off a trend of data centers funded by junk bonds — debt issued by companies too financially shaky to be rated investment-grade by the ratings agencies.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 8, 2025

Spreads, or the yield junk bonds earn over a risk-free Treasury temporarily widened by less than half a percentage point after news of the bankruptcies and bad loans, but then quickly shrunk.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025

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