High-yield bond - Revision history

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	Paradoxically enough, high-yield bonds cost less` than investment grade bonds but yield higher returns!		Paradoxically enough, high-yield bonds cost less than investment grade bonds but yield higher returns.

	And they turn cheaper when investors sell them and their price is pushed lower, due to risk aversion in the market or because of their falling out of favour due to any reason.		And they turn cheaper when investors sell them and their price is pushed lower, due to risk aversion in the market or because of their falling out of favour due to any reason.
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	* [[Speculative grade]]		* [[Speculative grade]]
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imported>Doug Williamson: Add link.

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	Also known as a Junk bond.		Also known as a Junk bond.

	Paradoxically enough, high-yield bonds cost less` than investment grade bonds but yield higher returns! And they turn cheaper when investors sell them and their price is pushed lower, due to risk aversion in the market or because of their falling out of favour due to any reason. Their yields then inch higher, as yields move in inverse proportion to prices, and it looks as if they wish to allure investors back with their higher yields.
			Paradoxically enough, high-yield bonds cost less` than investment grade bonds but yield higher returns!

			And they turn cheaper when investors sell them and their price is pushed lower, due to risk aversion in the market or because of their falling out of favour due to any reason.

			Their yields then inch higher, as yields move in inverse proportion to prices, and it looks as if they wish to allure investors back with their higher yields.

	But then investors need to beware this song of the market, much like sailors are wary of the siren of the seas that lures them to their destruction.		But then investors need to beware this song of the market, much like sailors are wary of the siren of the seas that lures them to their destruction.
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			* [[Leveraged buyout]]
			* [[Non-investment grade]]
			* [[Speculative grade]]
	* [[Sub-prime lending]]		* [[Sub-prime lending]]
	* [[Yield]]		* [[Yield]]

imported>Doug Williamson: Correct typo - "less".

2021-11-22T17:57:58Z

Correct typo - "less".

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	Also known as a Junk bond.		Also known as a Junk bond.

	Paradoxically enough, high-yield bonds cost ~~lesser~~ than investment grade bonds but yield higher returns! And they turn cheaper when investors sell them and their price is pushed lower, due to risk aversion in the market or because of their falling out of favour due to any reason. Their yields then inch higher, as yields move in inverse proportion to prices, and it looks as if they wish to allure investors back with their higher yields.		Paradoxically enough, high-yield bonds cost less` than investment grade bonds but yield higher returns! And they turn cheaper when investors sell them and their price is pushed lower, due to risk aversion in the market or because of their falling out of favour due to any reason. Their yields then inch higher, as yields move in inverse proportion to prices, and it looks as if they wish to allure investors back with their higher yields.

	But then investors need to beware this song of the market, much like sailors are wary of the siren of the seas that lures them to their destruction.		But then investors need to beware this song of the market, much like sailors are wary of the siren of the seas that lures them to their destruction.

imported>Doug Williamson: Add link.

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	Also known as a Junk bond.		Also known as a Junk bond.

			Paradoxically enough, high-yield bonds cost lesser than investment grade bonds but yield higher returns! And they turn cheaper when investors sell them and their price is pushed lower, due to risk aversion in the market or because of their falling out of favour due to any reason. Their yields then inch higher, as yields move in inverse proportion to prices, and it looks as if they wish to allure investors back with their higher yields.

			But then investors need to beware this song of the market, much like sailors are wary of the siren of the seas that lures them to their destruction.

imported>Doug Williamson: Expand first sentence.

2019-02-16T20:54:58Z

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	A bond with a sub-investment (speculative) grade credit rating at the time of issue or subsequently.		A high-yield bond is a bond with a sub-investment (speculative) grade credit rating at the time of issue or subsequently.

	This type of bond is used particularly to finance leveraged buy-outs and to pay higher yields to investors than bonds with higher ratings do.		This type of bond is used particularly to finance leveraged buy-outs and to pay higher yields to investors than bonds with higher ratings do.
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	Also known as Junk bond.		Also known as a Junk bond.


	== See also ==		== See also ==
			* [[An introduction to debt securities]]
			* [[Black Friday]]
	* [[Bond]]		* [[Bond]]
	* [[Credit rating]]		* [[Credit rating]]
	* [[Leveraged takeover]]		* [[Leveraged takeover]]
	* [[Yield]]		* [[Yield]]
	* [[An introduction to debt securities]]

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	[[Category:Long_term_funding]]		[[Category:Long_term_funding]]
			[[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]]
	[[Category:Treasury_operations_infrastructure]]		[[Category:Treasury_operations_infrastructure]]

imported>Doug Williamson: Expand.

2016-06-01T20:19:36Z

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	A bond with a sub-investment (speculative) grade credit rating at the time of issue.		A bond with a sub-investment (speculative) grade credit rating at the time of issue or subsequently.

	This type of bond is used particularly to finance leveraged buy-outs and to pay higher yields to investors than bonds with higher ratings do.		This type of bond is used particularly to finance leveraged buy-outs and to pay higher yields to investors than bonds with higher ratings do.

imported>Doug Williamson: Add links.

2016-05-19T03:21:51Z

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	== See also ==		== See also ==
	* [[Bond]]		* [[Bond]]
			* [[Credit rating]]
	* [[Leveraged takeover]]		* [[Leveraged takeover]]
			* [[Yield]]
	* [[An introduction to debt securities]]		* [[An introduction to debt securities]]

	[[Category:Long_term_funding]]		[[Category:Long_term_funding]]
	[[Category:Treasury_operations_infrastructure]]		[[Category:Treasury_operations_infrastructure]]

imported>Doug Williamson: Added link to Treasurer's Handbook

2015-11-13T09:39:33Z

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	* [[Bond]]		* [[Bond]]
	* [[Leveraged takeover]]		* [[Leveraged takeover]]
			* [[An introduction to debt securities]]

			[[Category:Long_term_funding]]
	[[Category:Treasury_operations_infrastructure]]		[[Category:Treasury_operations_infrastructure]]
	~~[[Category:Long_term_funding]]~~