High yield corporate bonds delivered strong results in 2025, supported by steady economic growth, accommodative Fed policy, ...

Rate trajectory carries a special meaning for many bond investors because it often signals potential price and yield movement. For many bond investors who have patiently endured 11 rate hikes since ...

It may be hard to believe, but it wasn't that long ago that there wasn't much difference between the interest rates savers could secure with a traditional savings account and those they'd get with a ...

As of the time of writing, the highest yielding of the major bond indices is the Bloomberg High Yield Very Liquid Index. This particular index tracks the price and yield performance of ...

The Federal Reserve cut rates three times between September and December 2025, bringing its benchmark rate down from 4.5% to its current level of 3.75%. Then it stopped. The January 2026 meeting ended ...

One notable trend across both mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) is the growing prevalence of core-plus fixed-income strategies. These funds operate under a two-part mandate. The “core” ...

The U.S. 30-year Treasury Bond futures edged 1.18% higher in 2025, while the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) posted a marginal 0.19% decline. I asked where U.S. government bonds were heading ...

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, ...

Japan Post Insurance Co. plans to sell holdings of lower-yielding government bonds and replace them with higher-yielding debt on expectations for further interest-rate hikes, according to its chief ...