Corporate Bonds


Private Credit Is a Booming Business. Where One Pro Sees Opportunities Now.

Brad Marshall, global head of private credit strategies at Blackstone, says he owes his family and career to this asset class. How he manages default risk.

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The Corporate Bond Market’s Utter Faith in the U.S. Economy

U.S. companies can now unload their debt at the lowest rates so far this year.

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Why These Active Bond Funds Are Worth a Premium

It’s a good time to consider active funds with flexible mandates to play offense and defense amid uncertainty about the macroeconomic environment.

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Big California Pension Fund Returns 11.6% in Year. But It Lags Behind the S&P 500, Stock/Bond Mix.

Calpers beat its assumed rate of return during the June year. But the pension fund was still outperformed by major indexes.

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Junk Bonds Are Europe’s Next Big Thing. It’s a Goldilocks Moment.

Junk issuance in the European Union smashed records in June as investors gobbled $27 billion in subinvestment grade corporate paper.

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The Stock Market Is Ignoring Warning Signals. Nvidia May Be One More.

A combination of tight credit spreads, a low VIX, placid bond markets, and high valuations for riskier assets could be a sign investors are complacent.

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Bonds Have Underperformed. Why You Should Own Them Now.

Barron’s has long favored dividend-paying stocks for those seeking income. But bonds now deserve a hard look because they are so attractively priced.

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Bonds Are Boring Again. How to Earn 7%.

Investment grade and Treasury bonds are seen as potential relative outperformers for the rest of 2025.

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MicroStrategy’s Preferred Yields 11% as Trading Starts. The CEO Bought Shares.

The company has issued about $3 billion of preferred in 2025 as it seeks to broaden its funding sources to buy Bitcoin.

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Politics-Based Investing Sounds Smart. But These Strategies Work Better.

Investors should pay attention to where the government is spending our tax dollars, but that doesn’t mean chasing returns based on political movements.

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Investment Pros: Here’s How We’re Navigating Trump 2.0

Investment advisors weigh in with the market moves they are making in the trade-war era.

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Bond ETFs to Buy in a World of Trump-Induced Volatility

There are plenty of relatively safe options for income despite all of the recent turmoil. 

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U.S. Treasuries Might Be Wildly Undervalued. Here’s an Example.

Plenty of cynics focused on the government bonds’ levels and the impact of U.S. fiscal profligacy this week.

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3 Bond Market Moves to Make as Yields Spike

The yield on the 30-year Treasury bond surged above 5%, one of its highest levels since 2023.

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CoreWeave Stock Jumps After $2 Billion Debt Deal Sees Strong Demand

AI cloud firm CoreWeave had lifted its debt offering by $500 million, and it was five times oversubscribed.

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Apple or America? The iPhone Maker Now Has a Better Credit Rating Than the U.S.

Moody’s still has a perfect Aaa rating on Apple’s bonds. Yields for long-term Apple debt are higher than the 10-Year Treasury as well.

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Stocks Are Getting a Warning from Bonds and the Dollar. Tariff Turmoil Isn’t Over.

An unusual decoupling of markets has continued alongside tariff negotiations.

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Corporate Bonds Have Lost Their Magic. It Speaks Volumes About the Economy.

Investors are still demanding higher yields to hold corporate debt.

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Trump Tariffs Have Shaken Up Markets. How Investment Pros Are Playing Bonds Now.

The trade war has dealt the bond market an unexpected blow. Investment advisors share how they are tweaking fixed-income portfolios.

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The Great Bond Fund Exodus: Who the Big Losers Are

Fixed income funds saw big outflows for the second straight week, data show.

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A Global Rebalancing Is Well Underway as Investors Sell Off U.S. Bonds

New data detail the exodus from some U.S. assets.

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The U.S. Corporate Bond Market Needs a Boost. Big Banks Are Helping.

Just over $15 billion worth of investment-grade bonds have been issued in April, the slowest start to the month since 2009.

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Long-Term Treasury Bond Yields Are Spiking. Why It Won’t Last.

It’s the return of the bond conundrum.

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Could This Turn Into a Financial Crisis? Here’s What 3 Economists Are Monitoring.

Many financial crises start with trouble in financial institutions. This time the Trump administration’s trade policy has sparked the market turmoil.

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