iShares iBoxx High Yield Bond ETF (HYG) — 19 years of uninterrupted monthly payments on diversified junk bond portfolio. HYG’s 6.7% yield remains safe with default rates at 2.5% and favorable Fed ...

High-yield bonds offer higher long-term returns than investment-grade bonds, better bankruptcy protections than stocks, and ...

Once known as junk bonds, the high-yield bond market has gotten a lot safer. This market is home to debt issued by borrowers with lower relative credit quality and a higher relative risk of default, ...

The loan default rate by amount rose to 1.44% in March, from 1.38% in February, driven higher by a trio of repeat defaulters who were unable to stay afloat following prior restructurings and have now ...

The investment seeks to achieve a high level of total return, with an emphasis on current income, by investing primarily in high yield debt and related securities. The fund invests primarily in lower ...

Income investors face a familiar bind in 2026: investment-grade bonds yield around the 10-year Treasury’s roughly 4.4%, while ...