High yield bonds were better yesterday and today is opening slightly better too. Three new issues priced yesterday for $1.55B in proceeds with three more on the docket for today. The default risk in high yield bonds still remains low, as Moody’s reported a Q2 default rate of 3.8% versus 4.7% for Q1. It appears that corporate America’s CEO’s haven’t gone stupid by making expensive acquisitions or adding a bunch of capacity anticipating growth as they understand it is not there. The Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Index’s yield-to-worst hit a three year low yesterday, now at 5.36%, though we certainly are able to find better yielding opportunities as an active manager.
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