Three resilient corporate bonds to buy now

With yields on government bonds nearing record low levels, and continued concerns about the economy, investors are turning to corporate bonds. Here, professional investor Nicola Marinelli picks three bonds to buy now.

Each week, a professional investor tells MoneyWeek where he'd put his money now. This week: Nicola Marinelli, fund manager at Glendevon King Asset Management.

Yields on some government bonds have approached the record low levels seen in the aftermath of Lehman Brothers' demise. For example, the yield on a ten-year gilt is 2.98%, versus 3.63% just a year ago. On the ten-year German bund the yield has reached 2.33%, compared with 3.23% a year ago. So many commentators are warning of a bond bubble that will soon burst yields will be pushed much higher and there will be significant capital losses for bondholders. Others, however, are saying that the bond market is simply pricing in the effect of another recession. And they add that judging by what's happened in the Japanese market since the 1990s, there is no serious collapse in bond values on the cards.

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