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The boom in dodgy US corporate debt
Features Investors are flocking back into CDOs – the debt instruments implicated in the financial crisis. But this time hedge funds have a new darling: corporate debt.
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Stash your cash in bond ETFs
Features A savings account isn’t always practical. Here’s what to do with the cash in your portfolio.
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Is this the beginning of the end for bond markets?
Features The corporate bond market has had its worst year since 2008. And it doesn’t look like things are going to get much better John Stepek explains what’s going on.
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Beware of the risks when investing in mini bonds
Features Don’t be swayed by impressive interest rates and fun perks, says Ruth Jackson. Mini bonds aren’t as good an investment as they look.
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Rising US bond yields could spell the end of an era
Features US bond yields are on the rise, and the easy-money good times will soon be gone. When the markets catch up with that fact, things could get ugly.
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Why investors shouldn’t ignore the trouble brewing in the bond market
Features Matthew Partridge talks to Simon Fasdal of Saxo Bank about the latest developments in the bond markets, and what they mean for investors.
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Corporate debt: the big bubble to watch now
Features Ten years on from Lehman Brothers, where does the biggest risk lie? On corporate balance sheets.
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Jeffrey Gundlach: bond yields face a squeeze
Features Jeffrey Gundlach, founder and chief executive of DoubleLine Capital, is warning that the record number of bets made in the futures market in favour of higher bond yields could “cause quite a squeeze”.
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Be cautious when seeking income
Features Mini-bonds are going out of fashion, says David C Stevenson. But they do still have some redeeming features.
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