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EWM Number of the Day: 8/4/2014

By August 4, 2014No Comments

1.33%

Average value lost last month by U.S. funds investing in junk bonds, or debt rated below investment grade, their second-worst monthly performance since November 2011—prompting fears that many once-hot securities could prove hard to sell in an increasingly difficult trading environment.

GIVEN THAT HIGH YIELD SPREADS ARE AT THEIR TIGHTEST, IT MAKES SENSE TO TAKE A MORE ACTIVE APPROACH TO HIGH YIELD INVESTING, AS THE QE PROGRAM COMES TO AN END AND INTEREST RATES ARE POISED TO HEAD HIGHER…

(Source: WSJ)