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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U.S. companies can now unload their debt at the lowest rates so far this year.
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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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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 issuance in the European Union smashed records in June as investors gobbled $27 billion in subinvestment grade corporate paper.
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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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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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Investment grade and Treasury bonds are seen as potential relative outperformers for the rest of 2025.
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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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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 advisors weigh in with the market moves they are making in the trade-war era.
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There are plenty of relatively safe options for income despite all of the recent turmoil.
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Plenty of cynics focused on the government bonds’ levels and the impact of U.S. fiscal profligacy this week.
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The yield on the 30-year Treasury bond surged above 5%, one of its highest levels since 2023.
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AI cloud firm CoreWeave had lifted its debt offering by $500 million, and it was five times oversubscribed.
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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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An unusual decoupling of markets has continued alongside tariff negotiations.
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Investors are still demanding higher yields to hold corporate debt.
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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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Fixed income funds saw big outflows for the second straight week, data show.
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New data detail the exodus from some U.S. assets.
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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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It’s the return of the bond conundrum.
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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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