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The Junk Bond Bubble May Have Peaked (JNK, HYG, VYM, PHK, HYV)

Posted: October 3, 2012 at 11:48 am

Dividend and income oriented investors need to be on the lookout as of now as the formation of a bubble among the high dividend and high-yield stocks and funds appears to ...
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Junk Bond Dividend Chase May Have Peaked With Big Fund Premiums (JNK, HYG, HYD, HYV, DHF, PHK, HIX)

Posted: August 10, 2012 at 1:16 pm

We have been talking about dividend bubbles forming for about two weeks as of now.  Can the bubbles continue to inflate?  Sure.  But you better take a look at the ...
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Opportunity & Risk: Junk Bond Spreads Nearing 700 Basis Points (HYG, JNK, PHB, HYV, HIO, PHK, JPM, EPD)

Posted: June 1, 2012 at 8:05 am

While everyone remains focused on the jobs report and the European meltdown, investors are having a harder and harder time finding real investment returns.  Germany actually saw negative yields briefly ...
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PIMCO’s Bill Gross Warns Of Too Much Risk With Too Low Yields in Bonds

Posted: May 31, 2012 at 2:49 pm

Bill Gross is the de facto Bond King.  Running a giant institution like PIMCO give you quite some power.  Gross makes monthly outlooks and his June report is not offering ...
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Are Junk Bonds Being Hit Too Hard? (JNK, HYG, PHK, MSY, HIO, HYV)

Posted: May 18, 2012 at 8:19 am

Bonds of the Treasury variety may be the safe haven against a falling stock market.  They hardly pay anything in yield, but they haven't yet faced a meltdown. The woes ...
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Junk Bonds At Critical Juncture, Dividends & Yields Galore (JNK, HYG, PHB, HYV, PHT, PHK, AWF, HIX, HIO)

Posted: January 20, 2012 at 11:11 am

Junk bonds, or high-yield bonds are at a level that all income investors need to be paying attention to.  After a big recovery in the sector and after the markets ...
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When Junk Bonds Are Just Priced Too Ugly (HYG, JNK, HYT, PHK, HYF)

Posted: October 10, 2011 at 1:26 pm

Barron's is talking up junk-rated debt.  We have been expecting that some media outlets would begin to notice how the spreads over Treasury yields were growing and growing and now ...
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Junk Bond Funds Losing Face On Treasury Yields (HIO, MHY, PHK, HYG, JNK)

Posted: December 13, 2010 at 1:32 pm

As the economic outlook continues to improve, lower Treasury bond prices and higher yields seem to be putting pressure on several of the key high-yield bond funds on the market ...
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When Bond Funds Change Investment Objectives (PHK)

Posted: December 26, 2008 at 9:00 am

It is no secret at all that the bond funds, particularly closed-end funds, have had a hard time in the latest credit mess.  Yet today marks perhaps a new change ...
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Are Record Junk Bond Defaults & Outflows Growing Into Opportunities? (PHK, HIX, HYV, HYG, JNK)

Posted: October 18, 2008 at 6:01 am

The recent turmoil in the credit markets has created problems for issues of the highest quality debt all the way down to the junkiest of junk bonds which trade at ...
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